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What" s your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and
fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants?
It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals. Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular in the UK. It began in 1970 and was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of£ l- the ticket
included free milk from the farm.
Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength-in 2004 0ne hundred and frfty thousand fans attended, payingf 112 for tickets to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Acts included veteran (老的 .著名的) superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talents, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone.
Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event , donating millions of pounds to local and international charities(慈善事业) .
Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money for global poverty. In July of thisyear, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously(同时) in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Superstars , such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight in-ternational poverty and debt.
68. What does the author mean by "the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength"?
[ A] The festival has achieved continuing and growing success.
[B] It has taken great efforts to hold the festival.
[ C] The festival has brought in a large amount of money.
[ D ] There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!

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正确答案:A
参考译文D在你眼里,什么算是开心时刻呢?如果能在下雨的旷野里远远地欣赏一个著名乐队的表演,一边看着他们像蚂蚁一样地在台上忙碌,一边还能和十五万人一同雨中曼舞的话能否算是开心时刻呢?这听起来似乎有些奇怪,但英国每年都有十多万青年在夏季进行这样的活动。为什么呢?原因是夏天是户外音乐节。其中,最著名且最有人气的音乐节是在农场举办的格拉斯顿伯里节。该节始于1970年,有一千五百人参加,每位参加者需付一英镑的入场费,该费用还包括参加者免费饮用农场的牛奶。在此以后,格拉斯顿伯里节越办越成熟,2004年,参加者多达十五万人,每位参加者需要为这个为期三天的活动支付112英镑。尽管费用不菲,然而所有门票还是在三个小时内一售而空。在活动期间会举办多场表演,其中包括已经退出娱乐圈的老明星们,例如:保罗·麦克卡特尼,詹姆斯·布朗恩和一些新秀,比如弗兰兹·弗迪南德和乔斯·斯窦。很多的夏季音乐节都是为了赚钱,但格拉斯顿伯里节则是一个慈善活动,它向当地的或者国际的慈善机构捐赠了数百万英镑。格拉斯顿伯里节不是唯一一个利用现场音乐来为全球贫困人群筹资的活动,同年七月份,伦敦、巴黎、罗马和柏林同时上演Live8音乐会,表演者不乏超级巨星,例如麦当娜、埃尔顿·约翰和斯戴弗·汪德,该活动旨在引起全球共同关注贫穷和债务问题。答案及解析68.A【解析】判断推理题。从第二、三段可知,in20040nehundredandfiftythousandfansattended,paying£112forticketstothethree-dayevent.Ticketsfortheeventsoldoutwithinthreehours。格拉斯顿伯里音乐节从1970年以来不断壮大,到2004年已具相当规模。所以这里表示的是“越来越成功”。

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