阅读理解 At the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Colorado on January 21, people will carve the white stuff into art. Planning begins months before the first snow falls. Teams submit applications and sketches of their sculptures in July. Then, a panel of judges chooses 14 teams for the championship. The rules are simple: Electric tools are not allowed. Teams carve snow with everything but the results are not entirely in the sculptors'' hands. "If it is extremely sunny and warm," De Wall, the competition''s director of public relations, explained. "We will erect old sails from sailboats into the air to block the sun from melting the sculptures." "If is snows," she continued, "teams have to work extra hard to scrape (刮掉) the new snow off their work." The judges look for creativity, technical skill, and overall impact on the viewer. The winner does not receive any money. "There is no cash prize because the event began with the concept of global camaraderie (情谊) ," De Wall explained. "Instead of focusing on money," she continued. "Winners revel (纵情) in the friendship, the art, and the work."

单选题 What does the phrase "white stuff" in the first paragraph refer to______?

单选题 When do people start to plan for the Championships?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】由文章第一段第二句话可推知人们开始计划是在“the first snow falls”之前，接下来的一句话“Teams submit applications and sketches of their sculptures in July”作了具体说明。C项符合题意，故本题选C。

单选题 The sculptors cannot control the results because______.

单选题 What is the viewer's role in the Championships?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】答案见文章最后一段第一句话：“The judges look for creativity，technical skill，and overall impact on the viewer”，可知评判的标准就是按照创造力和技巧以及对观众所产生的影响来评价参赛作品。可知对观众的影响，即观众观看后所产生的反应是很重要的，故B为正确答案。