Question

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．

1.The first edition of the festival may be held in ____．

A．Rio de Janeiro B．Lisbon

C．Madrid D．a place not mentioned

2.Up to now, the festival has been held in Rio for at least _____．

A．ten times B．four times

C．three times D．twice

3.The number of native people to attend the festival is probably ____．

A．700,000 B．315,000 C．10,000 D．385,000

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

5.The purpose of the creator’s opening the Rock City gates was to _________.

A. prepare for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

B. applaud the International stars as well as local singers and bands

C. welcome the Brazilian audience who make the grand show

D. celebrate the returning of the music festival to Rio de Janeiro

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：十年后，世界上最大的音乐节日——里约摇滚音乐节返回了家乡里约热内卢举办。持续约一周的盛宴吸引了超过70万的人次参加。

1.A细节理解题。根据第一段“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．”可知音乐节将在里约热内卢举行。故选A。

2.B细节理解题。由第二段第一句“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，音乐节在里约热内卢举办了至少4届。故选B。

3.D细节理解题。由倒数第二段第一句“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70万人中旅客占了31.5万人，其余的38.5万人就是当地人了。故选D。

4.C细节理解题。由倒数第二段第二句“Riotur estimated that the Rock in Rio festival will bring 419 million U．S．dollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs．”可知音乐节为里约带来了巨大的利润和工作机会。故选C。

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