2018全國(guó)英語(yǔ)等級(jí)考試二級(jí)閱讀試題（2）

　　After ten years, the world' s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week.

　　It is the 10th edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers exported the festival to Lisbon and Madrid ten years ago.The first edition of the festival was in 1985 and the most recent edition in Rio was held in January, 2001.A total of 700,000 tickets were sold out for this year' s festival.

　　The festival consists of four stages with the participation of International stars including Elton John, Katy Perry, and bands Metallica, Evanescence and System of a Down.Several stars which performed in previous editions are also on the list this year..In addition, a number of local singers and bands will also join this year.

　　The performance site, named as Rock City, is a 150,000-square-meter area.Besides the concert area, the site also has a giant Ferns wheel, a roller coaster, and a small shopping mall.After the festival, the Rock City area will be converted into a leisure area to athletes in the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

　　According to Rio' s tourism company Riotur, out of the 700,000 people expected in the festival, some 315,000 will be tourists, who raised the hotels' occupation rate to 98 percent.Riotur estimated that the Rock in Rio festival will bring 419 million U.S.dollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs.

　　The creator of the festival, Brazilian businessmen Roberto Medina, insisted on opening the Rock City gates himself, in the early afternoon, and greeted the first fans to enter the site."We come to the gate because the Brazilian audience is even more important than the bands.We applaud them.They make the greatest show," he said.

　　小題1:The first edition of the festival may be held in ____. A.Rio de JaneiroB.Lisbon

　　C.MadridD.a place not mentioned

　　小題2:Up to now, the festival has been held in Rio for at least _____. A.ten timesB.four times

　　C.three timesD.twice

　　小題3:The number of native people to attend the festival is probably ____. A.700,000B.315,000

　　C.10,000D.385,000

　　小題4:From the passage, we can know ____. A.Rock City is a great theatre

　　B.Only rock bands are invited to the festival?

　　C.the festival will improve the employment of Rio

　　D.The gate of Rock City was opened by the Brazilian audience

　　參考答案及解析

　　小題1:A

　　小題2:B

　　小題3:D

　　小題4:C

　　試題分析：十年后，世界上最大的音樂(lè)節(jié)日——里約搖滾音樂(lè)節(jié)返回了家鄉(xiāng)里約熱內(nèi)盧舉辦。持續(xù)約一周的盛宴吸引了超過(guò)70萬(wàn)的人次參加。

　　小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“After ten years, the world' s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week.”可知音樂(lè)節(jié)將在里約熱內(nèi)盧舉行。故選A。

　　小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“It is the 10th edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers exported the festival to Lisbon and Madrid ten years ago.”可知，音樂(lè)節(jié)在里約熱內(nèi)盧舉辦了至少4屆。故選B。

　　小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“According to Rio' s tourism company Riotur, out of the 700,000 people expected in the festival, some 315,000 will be tourists, ”可知70萬(wàn)人中旅客占了31.5萬(wàn)人，其余的38.5萬(wàn)人就是當(dāng)?shù)厝肆�。故選D。

　　小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Riotur estimated that the Rock in Rio festival will bring 419 million U.S.dollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs.”可知音樂(lè)節(jié)為里約帶來(lái)了巨大的利潤(rùn)和工作機(jī)會(huì)。故選C。