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【题目】 Festivals are about fun in large helpings(一份食物), and science festivals should be no exception There should be plenty of it at the second Edinburgh Science Festival, which runs from 2 April to 16 April, But there really does seem to be something to cater for all tastes in the impressive listing of more than 300 events.

For starters, what about a tour of tropical crops in the Botanical Gardens- tastes and smells included? You can follow that up with a course of lectures and tastings of Italian food and wine given by the finest Italian delicatessen(熟食) in the country. No trip to Scotland would be complete without a trip to a distillery(酿酒厂) to see how the" water of life" is made.

Besides food and drink "practicals", you can try something in the medicine section.There are also plenty of events designed for kids, such as the Discovery Dome and the "hands on"science tent. OK,you might say, but where is the high-tech physics, the computer science and the space technology? Well, it is all in Edinburgh, but room is unavailable here to list the entire programme: including the daily diary and A map of venues. It covers 20 pages! There is also a host of specialist conferences on a range of topics including statistics, computing and urban planning. The idea seems to be to make Edinburgh a focus of science at all levels during the festival.

The programme of the festival is well arranged and subdivided, making it easy to pick out interesting events to suit your tastes, whatever they may be. Venues and the target audience (children, adults or specialists)are all clearly coded and the maps posted along the road should make it easy to get around.

【1】What do we know about the second Edinburgh Science Festival?

A.It lasts for 14 days.B.It includes 300 events.

C.It has much fun about food.D.It is the largest festival in Edinburgh.

【2】What does the author strongly recommend for a trip to Scotland?

A.Tasting the delicious local food.B.Visiting the famous Botanical Gardens.

C.visiting a factory where the wine is made.D.Seeing how the drinking water is made.

【3】Why can't we find information about the entire high-tech programme?

A.The information is too much to list

B.There are more important events.

C.The visitors are not interested in it.

D.The information concerned has appeared in the poster.

【4】What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A.The events suit all the tastes.

B.It is convenient for tourists to visit the festival.

C.Tourists have to buy a map for the festival.

D.The target audience are restricted to certain events.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了第二届爱丁堡科学节的相关信息。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段“Festivals are about fun in large helpings(一份食物), and science festivals should be no exception There should be plenty of it at the second Edinburgh Science Festival”可知，节日充满了关于食物的乐趣，科学节也不例外，在第二届爱丁堡科学节上应该有很多这样的关于食物的乐趣。所以第二届爱丁堡科学节上有很多关于食物的乐趣。故选C项。

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段“ No trip to Scotland would be complete without a trip to a distillery(酿酒厂) to see how the" water of life" is made.”可知，没有去酿酒厂看看“生命之水”是如何制造的，去苏格兰的旅行就是不完整的。所以作者强烈建议去苏格兰旅行去参观生产酒的工厂。故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据第三段“but room is unavailable here to list the entire programme”可知，但这里没有空间列出整个项目。所以为什么我们找不到关于整个高科技计划的信息是因为信息太多了，无法一一列举。故选A项。

【4】主旨大意题。根据最后一段“The programme of the festival is well arranged and subdivided, making it easy to pick out interesting events to suit your tastes, whatever they may be. Venues and the target audience (children, adults or specialists)are all clearly coded and the maps posted along the road should make it easy to get around.”可知，节日的日程安排得很好，也很细致，很容易挑选出适合自己口味的有趣的活动，不管它们是什么。场地和目标观众(儿童、成人或专业人士)都有清晰的编码，路边张贴的地图应该让人们更容易参观。所以最后一段告诉我们，游客在节日期间的参观是很方便的。故选B项。