Question

D

The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.

During the opening ceremonies（典礼）, after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair: their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish line in front of the cheering people.

Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down — their legs and feet straight up in the air — all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. So fast and so wonderful!

1.This passage mainly tells readers_____.

A. how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival

B. what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival

C. how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival

D. what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

2.The Sahara Festival is a festival which_____.

A. has a very long history in North Africa

B. is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

C. is held in the same place on the same day

D. is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

3.The underlined word “finale” in the fourth paragraph most probably means the _____ of the opening day.

A. first part    B. middle

C. last part    D. whole

4.Before the races begin，_____ take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.

A. musicians, dancers, horses and hares

B. camel riders, musicians, dogs and hares

C. musicians, officials, camels and horses

D. horsemen, dancers, camels and dogs

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】文章要介绍了撒哈拉节日开幕式上的主要活动。

1.主旨大意题。根据第二段第一句话可知文章主要介绍的是开幕式上的活动。通读以下2段可知，还是介绍开幕式这一天的活动，所以D正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中的It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.告诉我们主要是Sahara当地人参加the Sahara Festival。

3.词义猜测题。根据最后一段Towards the evening可猜测出这应该是这一天的活动的最后部分。所以C正确。

4.推理判断题。根据第二段内容可判断出在开幕式期间，比赛前音乐家、政府官员、骆驼和马参加了各项活动。 所以C正确。

名师点睛：

历史文化类阅读技巧：

【题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。

主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类：一类是Main idea型；一类是Topic或Title型。在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点：

a．读首句抓大意。

文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁，而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心，即主题句在文章开头。因此，要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。

b．读尾句抓大意。

有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾，作为对全篇的总结。

c．读首段抓大意。

有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同，而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。

d．从段落中抓大意。

有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中，这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题，在主题句出现后，再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。

e．归纳要点抓大意。

有些文章或段落无明显的主题句，只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。

此题中的第一题为主旨大意题。解答此题时，我们可以先看第一段，通过首句，可以知道此文主要讲述撒哈拉节日。然后读第二，三四段第一句可知主要讲述在开幕式上的活动。所以，此文的主旨大意主要通过首段以及每段的首句确定的。