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The festival, which runs until August 31 this year, includes as its high points Peter Stein’s staging of Wagner’s Parsifal, with Claudio Abbado directing the Gustav Mahler youth orchestra. The concert programme includes American pianist Richard Goode, bass baritone Thomas Quasthoff and violinist Christian Tetzlaff. New to the programmes this year will be 25 late evening classical music concerts.
Earlier this month, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest show-case in the world for performance art, officially got under way with theatre, dance, poetry and music presentations.
Many of the fringe artists, who can enter the fringe festival upon payment of a small fee, were inspired this year by the event of September 11.
Thousands of people flock to Edinburgh from around the world during the festival, which is over 50 years old. It aims to promote and encourage arts and to reflect international culture. It consists of various dance, music, opera, and theatre presentation taking place across the city during the three-week run.
小题1:Who will perform in the concert on Sunday?
小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题1:根据文章第一段with a concert that included Hector Berlionz"s To Deum 可知Hector要表演他的作品。
小题2:根据第二段The festival, which runs until August 31 this year可以排除C和D。第三段Earlier this month, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival....got under way.....本月较早时候，即选A。
小题3:根据第二段最后一句New to the programmes this year will be 25 late evening classical music concerts可知。
小题4:A错在了only; C错在了all; D项以偏概全，本次音乐节不仅仅有dance, 还有music, opera, and theatre。根据文章第四段who can enter the fringe festival upon payment of a small fee可知应选B。
点评：本文是关于在苏格兰首都要举行的一次艺术节的新闻报道。本文就音乐节的时间，地点，参赛选手及形式进行了全面报道。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。
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