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Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!
The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.
Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue. Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.
Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speaker will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will be exhibit and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in the celebration and brunch will be served.
Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at: http://cambridgesciencefestival.org.
【小題1】Who can take in the Curiosity Challenge?

A．School students.
B．Cambridge locals.
C．CSF winners.
D．MIT artists.
【小題2】When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?
A．On February 8th.
B．On March 10th
C．On March 15th..
D．On April 21st.
【小題3】What type of writing is this text?
A．An exhibition guide.
B．An art show review.
C．An announcement.
D．An official report.


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】C

解析試題分析：本文是一篇應(yīng)用文。敘述了第六屆劍橋科技節(jié)的通知，通知要求5至14的學(xué)生可以報(bào)名參加，參賽作品可以是一張畫、一篇文章、一張照片或一首詩(shī)，作品能夠鼓勵(lì)人們探險(xiǎn)世界。將在大橋科技節(jié)4月21日給優(yōu)秀作品頒獎(jiǎng)。
【小題1】A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。誰能夠參加好奇心的挑戰(zhàn)？根據(jù)The challenge invites,even dares school studenrs between the ages of 5--14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity�？芍�5—14歲的學(xué)生可以參加比賽。故選A。
【小題2】D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。頒獎(jiǎng)儀式什么時(shí)間舉行？根據(jù)Students who enter the Cambridge Challenge and are selected as winners will be honorned at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday,April 21st.可知頒獎(jiǎng)儀式在4月21日星期天舉行，故選D。
【小題3】C考查判斷推理。這篇是屬于什么體裁的文章？根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容及The program guidelines and other related information are available at:http://cambridgesciencefestival.org.可推知這是一個(gè)通知，如果想了解更多的信息可以登陸這個(gè)網(wǎng)址。故選C。選項(xiàng)A展覽指導(dǎo)或說明，如果是這一項(xiàng)的話，短文應(yīng)該寫出展覽的時(shí)間及地點(diǎn)，那么讓學(xué)生參加比賽及頒獎(jiǎng)部分的內(nèi)容就是多余的；故不符合原文；選項(xiàng)B藝術(shù)展回顧或評(píng)論，它的內(nèi)容應(yīng)該寫的是對(duì)這種展覽過后的評(píng)價(jià)，因而短文的句子的時(shí)態(tài)不會(huì)用將來時(shí)，而應(yīng)該用一般過去式；而這篇短文用的是將來時(shí)；故排除B。選項(xiàng)D一個(gè)官方的報(bào)道。根據(jù)The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you Of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge.可知這里是劍橋科技節(jié)的名譽(yù)寫的通知，而并非官方，故排除D。
考點(diǎn)：廣告類短文閱讀。

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