Question

Three weeks before the May Day holiday, Tong Zhuo, a 24-year-old computer engineer in Nanjing, started getting busy. He was trying to get in touch with friends on MSN to arrange a trip to the annual Midi Music Festival in Beijing during the holiday.

Although Tong failed in his job-hunt, he felt less frustrated after visiting the festival at the invitation of a friend. "It was the first time that I saw so many crazy people gathered together. When the music reached a climax, people kept yelling, jumping and bumping each other. You felt excited even if you weren't as high as they were," recalled Tong.

Midi, which is held May 1-4, started in 1999 and has grown into China's largest outdoor music festival. The festival is named after Beijing's Midi Music School, which started the event. This year's festival will have 84 bands, 22 of them foreign. It will be held in Haidian Park, northwest Beijing.  

Outdoor music festivals have been around for decades in the West. They often stand for a kind of different belief. The Woodstock Festival in the US in 1969 is an example. It took place while the US was involved in the Vietnam war and was used to express young people’s love of peace.

China's Midi has become a good place for young people as well. "The biggest attraction of Midi is that it is an event for all young people, whether they know rock or not. They can come and have fun together," says Li Wei, www..coma general manager of Beijing Midi Performance Company, the festival organizer.“ Besides，the open environment of an outdoor festival attracts young people. Without the restrictions of seats and walls, people are more likely to relax themselves. There's often more interaction between the audience and performers.”

What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Midi Music Festival in Beijing

B. Tong Zhuo— a music lover

C. The joy of Midi Music Festival

D. The history of Mini Music Festival

Before May Day, Tong Zhuo started getting busy because_______.

  A. he was very busy with his computer work

  B. he was preparing for the Midi Music Festival

  C. he wanted to attend Beijing's Midi Music School

  D. he was busy hunting for jobs

Which of the following statements is WRONG about Midi Music Festivals?

  A. Midi Music Festival is held every year in Beijing.

  B. You can relax yourself as you like in the festival.

  C. The festival is named after a school

D. Only those who know music can take part in the festival

Which of the following is not the reason why Midi Music is popular with Chinese young people?

A. full of energy and life       

B. the open environment

C. freedom and interaction   

D. its popularity in the West

The Woodstock Festival is mentioned mainly to show that ______.

  A. westerners also like the outdoor music festivals

  B. the festival has a long history and good tradition

  C. young people can express their feelings through music festivals

D. people love peace and hate wars

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】B

【小題3】D

【小題4】D

【小題5】C

解析:

【小題1】主旨大意題。 本文由Tong Zhuo參加北京Midi 音樂節(jié)談起，緊接著介紹了的一些基本情況和以及它的受青年人歡迎的原因， 故A項(xiàng)為正確答案。

【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段 “He was trying to get in touch with friends on MSN to arrange a trip to the annual Midi Music Festival in Beijing during the holiday.”可知答案為B。

【小題3】正誤判斷題。由文中第五段 “The biggest attraction of Midi is that it is an event for all young people, whether they know rock or not.”可以判斷D項(xiàng)表述有誤，符合題意。根據(jù)第一段最后一句中的 “the annual（每年的）Midi Music Festival” 可知A項(xiàng)正確；B、C兩項(xiàng)可以分別從第二段和第三段中找到依據(jù)。

【小題4】歸納概括題。由最后一段我們可以歸納出A、B、C三項(xiàng)均是Midi Music受青年人喜歡的原因。文章中談到了Midi Music在西方國家也受青年人的青睞，但不能作為中國青年人喜歡Midi Music的原因。故答案為D。

【小題5】推理判斷題。我們由第四段可以推出，作者提及The Woodstock Festival，是為了說明青年人可以通過這個(gè)節(jié)日表達(dá)自己的對社會(huì)和國家的不同看法。