雅思听力真题(Part 2)
国际周庆祝活动:小镇年度国际文化节
本篇也叫:国际周、国际文化节、国际庆祝活动、小镇国际周、International Week、国际周庆典
Part 2 · 考频:中频 · 最近考试:2024.1.27
本篇为雅思听力真题(Part 2)《International week celebration》,共 10 题,2024.1.27雅思考试真题回忆,页面提供完整题目、答案与解析,并支持在线机考模式免费练习。本页同时提供 Markdown 版本 供 AI 助手与搜索引擎直接读取。
文章介绍小镇一年一度的国际周庆祝活动,组织者George Johnson讲述其起源:五年前商界人士提议让来自世界各地的居民展示家乡文化,首年仅一天三个国家,后扩展为七天,每天一个国家主题,第七天在市政厅附近举办街头派对,有音乐、美食和游戏,雨天则移至学校体育馆。还涉及申请流程、场地限制和社区支持。
答案:August
原文定位:Well, I was with a group of businessmen in town one February day five years ago, and we were discussing what we could do for livening things up in August when the weather's good and the kids are out of school till September. And someone said, "Hey, we've got people from all over the world living here. Let's have an international celebration and get people to show off things about their home country." And we all agreed
同义替换:「think it is a good idea」↔「And we all agreed」
答案:people would like to show off their countries
原文定位:The first year, the celebration lasted just one day;It was a great success;And so the next year, even though it cost more, the organizers expanded it to an international week, and so many people were eager to feature their countries
同义替换:「change」↔「expanded」,「show off」↔「eager to feature」
答案:school gym
原文定位:Of course, we move it to the school gym if it rains like last year, but nobody minds
同义替换:「bad weather」↔「rains」,「last time」↔「last year」
答案:provide a good proposal
原文定位:To apply to have a day for their country, people don't need to belong to a particular country association;They submit a formal plan to us;The organizing committee has to select the ones with the best ideas
同义替换:「provide a good proposal」↔「submit a formal plan」
答案:parking lot
原文定位:Unfortunately, for large outdoor activities, we aren't allowed to use the local stadium because they've got other commitments, but the community center lets us use its parking lot
同义替换:「big」↔「large」,「hold」↔「use」
答案:furniture and equipment
原文定位:Local people have been very generous. A lot of business people let us have things like tables and amplifiers for the week
同义替换:「provide」↔「let」,「furniture and equipment」↔「tables and amplifiers」
答案:music
原文定位:Monday is Mexico Day, and these ladies and gentlemen are going to put on a show that's hotter than those chili peppers they're famous for eating. They'll be singing and playing songs, and those drums will make you want to get up and move around
同义替换:「music」↔「singing and playing songs」
答案:costumes
原文定位:Then Tuesday is South Africa Day, and they've got an exhibition of dresses and robes used in traditional ceremonies and dances, and they are magnificent
同义替换:「costumes」↔「traditional ceremonies and dances」,「features」↔「got an exhibition of」
答案:cookery
原文定位:Next, Wednesday is Indonesia Day. They have an exhibition where you'll definitely get your money's worth. Two ladies will put on their chef's hat to demonstrate how they prepare those dishes and sauces they're famous for
同义替换:「cookery」↔「prepare those dishes and sauces」
答案:wood carving
原文定位:That brings us to Thursday, Canada Day;but they've arranged to have some of their countrymen show us how they use just a knife and blocks of wood from Native American trees to make absolutely lovely statues of birds and bears and other animals famous in local legends
同义替换:「wood carving」↔「use just a knife and blocks of wood from Native American trees to make」