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短文试题
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9
A.She won a music competition and the prize was a trip to Tanglewood.
B.She happened to get a ticket from her friend.
C.She went there to give a performance as a conductor in the band.
D.She accompanied her friend to go there who won a music competition.
10
A.It ends in the last week of September.
B.It will last for three months.
C.It usually starts on July 1st.
D.It consists of forty concerts.
11
A.The sound system is so poor that people can't hear the music clearly.
B.It might rain and sometimes it is a little cool at night.
C.The distance is so far that people can't see the performers clearly.
D.There are many mosquitoes in the summer.
12
A.Berkshire residents invited a symphony orchestra to perform indoor concerts.
B.Tanglewood's music festival got started in a real sense.
C.A business estate was built for Tanglewood's music festival.
D.Leonard Bernstein showed up in Tanglewood's music festival.
短文文本
Passage One
I'd like to tell you about my trip to Tanglewood's music festival. When I was in college, (9) I won a music competition and the prize was a week at Tanglewood. Anyway it is one of the world's most famous music festivals and the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The festival is often held in the beautiful Berkshire Hills in New England. (10) The summer musical season consists of about fifty concerts given over about nine weeks: from July 1st through the first week in September. Famous stars tend to show up here. The year I went I was lucky enough to see Leonard Bernstein conducting. I understand it is sometimes hard to get tickets but of course mine were a part of the prize. And I even get a front seat inside. You know, if you want to sit inside the tickets are expensive. (11) It's much cheaper to sit outside on the lawn. But it might rain, or some nights are really cool even in the summer. Either way the sound system is excellent. So it doesn't really matter where you sit. (12) I seem to recall that the festival got started in the 1930s. Some Berkshire residents invited a symphony orchestra to perform a few outdoor concerts. The concerts were so successful that after a couple of years somebody donated a family estate as a permanent home. After that things really took off. And the festival is getting increasingly popular. Attending the festival was such a wonderful experience. I'd love to be able to go again. And I hope that all of you would be able to go too.
9. Why was the speaker able to go to Tanglewood's music festival?
10. What do we learn about summer musical season?
11. Why is it much cheaper to sit outside on the lawn while watching concerts?
12. What happened in the 1930s according to the speaker?
文章一
我想跟你们讲讲我去唐格尔伍德音乐节的旅行。我上大学的时候，赢得了一项音乐奖，奖品就是去唐格尔伍德待一个星期。总之它是世界上最著名的音乐节之一，也是波士顿交响乐团的夏季之家。音乐节通常在美丽的伯克希尔山举行。夏季音乐季大约由五十场音乐会构成，它们都在九周内举行：从7月1日持续到9月的第一周。很多明星都会出现在那里。我去的那一年非常幸运，看到了雷昂纳德·伯恩斯坦指挥乐队。我知道有时候很难买到门票，当然我的票是奖品的一部分。我甚至获得了场内前排的座位。你知道，如果你想坐在场内，票价会非常昂贵。坐在外面的草地上要便宜很多。但是可能会下雨，而且有时候即使是夏季，外面也太过凉爽。不管怎样，音响系统都非常棒。所以你坐在哪里并没有太大区别。我记得音乐节是从20世纪30年代开始的。有些伯克郡的居民邀请交响乐团在户外表演一些音乐会。音乐会举行的非常成功，几年以后，有人将家庭财产捐赠出来，作为永久表演场所。从那以后，事情发展很快。音乐节也变得越来越受欢迎。参加那里的音乐节真的是很美好的经历。我很想再去一次。我希望你们都能有机会去。
问题9 为什么作者能去唐格尔伍德音乐节？
问题10 关于夏季音乐季，我们知道些什么？
问题11 观看音乐会时，为什么坐在外面的草地上会便宜很多？
问题12 根据作者，20世纪30年代发生了什么？
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习题答案解析
参考答案：
【小题9】A
【小题10】C
【小题11】B
【小题12】B
习题解析：
【小题9】短文开头说话者提到想给大家讲讲自己去Tanglewood音乐节的经历，随后提到自己当时赢得了一次音乐比赛，而其奖励即为一周的Tanglewood之旅，故选A。
【小题10】短文中提到夏天的音乐季会持续约九周的时间，即7月1号到九月初。在此期间将会举办约50场音乐会，故选 C。
【小题11】此题目问的是为何坐在草地上观赏音乐会票价要低很多。短文在提及此信息点后马上给出解释：天气可能会下雨，或者有时候晚上会比较凉，即使是在夏天的夜晚，故选B。
【小题12】短文中首先给出概述，Tanglewood音乐节始于1930s。伯克郡的居民邀请了一个交响乐团去表演了一些户外音乐会。这些音乐会是如此地成功，以至于几年之后，有人捐出一栋家庭住宅作为音乐节永恒的家，故选B。in a real sense意为“从真正意义上讲”。
