单选题 CARIFF, Wales poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.
"It might seem strange that people still want to listen to it instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again," said David Ambrose, director of "Beyond the Border", an international storytelling festival in Wales.
"Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time," he said early this month.
Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound.
Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings forcing them to say little but listen attentively.
Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving storytelling in Wales.
"It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here," Ambrose said.

单选题 Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精解] 推断题。题干问:“安布罗斯认为讲故事的艺术怎么样?”根据文章第二段的... but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,可以推断出这种讲故事的传统会再度受到欢迎。
单选题 From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干问:“从因纽特人讲的故事中,人们能知道什么?”根据文章第三段的Some of the tales,like those of the Inuit from Canada,are thousands of years old,So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,可推知此题答案为A。
单选题 According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干问:“根据作者的意思,下面哪项是不正确的?”文中说安布罗斯在1993年创办了这个节,但并不等于说讲故事的传统是在1993年才恢复的,这是两回事。故选D。
单选题 The underlined phrase "in good hands" (Line 2, Para. 7) means "______ ".
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精解] 词义猜测题。题干问:“划线短语in good hands意思是什么?”从本段... as all the Welsh are storytellers,可以推断出in good hands是“照顾得好”或“举办得好”的意思,故选C。