四子王旗一中普通高中高三英语期中试卷 一.doc

四子王旗一中普通高中高三英语期中试卷 一，阅读（30分 每个2分） A 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, began 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, said in a press conference in the capital. In the 29 days of the festival, which runs from February 8 to March 7, 2011, 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(观众). 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 pianists Angela Hewitt and Marc-Andre Hamelin, and saxophonist Jan Garbarek. In an effort to increase attendance, hotels and airlines are offering discount packages along with art festival ticket sales, most of which are at 20% and 30% discounts. For more information, please check: www.hk artsfestival. org 1．The press conference must have been held . A．in Hong Kon B．in Beijing C．in Europe D．in England 2．By means of “discount packages” , you can pay . A．less than the usual cost B．nothing for the cost C．for the air ticket but not for the festival ticket D．for the festival ticket but not for hotel rooms 3．According to the text, we do NOT have any information about . A．who will perform on stage B．what programmes there will be C．which theatres will put on performances D．when the 32nd Art Festival will be held 4．The main purpose in writing this text is . A．to