HK's family affairThe 32nd Hong Kong Art Festival, to be held early next year, will be bas

HK's family affair
The 32nd Hong Kong Art Festival, to be held early next year, will be based on the theme of “family”.
The art festival, considered to be Asia's best, was launched in 1973.
“We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the multiple performances in our art festival,” Douglas Gautier, the festival's management director, told a press briefing in the capital.
In the 34 days of the festival, which runs from February 8 to March 7, 2004, the audience can choose from 111 performances of 51 programmes staged by 700 foreign performers, 450 local artists and 160 actors from the mainland.
Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and dance to outdoor spectaculars.
The programmes include Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio, Shakespeare’s drama Romeo and Juliet, the ballet Mozartina and African dances, to name just a few.
The lineup (阵容) includes the English Touring Theatre, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Zurich Ballet, the Spanish National Dance Troupe, as well as Europe Galante, the Petersen Quartet, pianists Angela Hewitt, and arc-Andre Hamelin, and saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
In an effort to increase attention, hotels and airlines are offering discount packages along with art festival ticket sales.
For more information, please check www.hk.artsfestival.org.
【小题1】The press briefing must have been held . A．in Hong KongB．in EuropeC．in BeijingD．in Zurich【小题2】By means of discount packages, you can pay . A．more than the usual costB．less than the usual costC．for the air ticket but not for the festival ticketD．for the ticket but not for hotel rooms【小题3】We do NOT have any information about . A．what programmes there will beB．in which theatres there will be performancesC．who will performD．when the festival will be held【小题4】Where is this material from?A．Literature MagazineB．TextbookC．Website www.hk.artsfestival.org.D．NewspaperC

(答案→)C 解析：这是一则新闻报道，报道32届香港艺术节的相关情况，包括节日的起止日期，节目内容，演员阵容，和相关的打折信息。【小题1】细节题：从第三段的句子：Douglas Gautier, the festival's management director, told a press briefing in the capital. 可知这个新闻发布会是在北京举行的。选C【小题2】猜词题：从前面的In an effort to increase attention, 和后面的along with art festival ticket sales.可以猜出discount packages是“优惠套餐”，选B。【小题3】细节题：从第五段的句子：Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and dance to outdoor spectaculars.可知讲的是节目内容，倒数第二段讲的是演员阵容。In the 34 days of the festival, which runs from February 8 to March 7, 2004, 第四段讲的是节日的日期，没有提到剧院会有表演。选B【小题4】这是一则新闻报道，报道32届香港艺术节的相关情况，不会是A“文学杂志”，和B项“课本”，但也不是网站，因为文章最后一句话For more information, please check www.hk.artsfestival.org.如果想要更多的信息，上这个网站查询。所以是出自报纸的文章。选D

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