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CARDIFF, 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 in age 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 the Inuit from Canada, are thousands 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 (coming back into use or existence) 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.

　　1. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling _______.

　　A. will be more popular than TV

　　B. will be popular again

　　C. started in Wales

　　D. are in the hands of some old people

　　2. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.

　　A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago

　　B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way

　　C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live

　　D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

　　3. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

　　B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

　　C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

　　D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

　　4. The underlined phrase in good hands means _______.

　　A. controlled by rich people  B. grasped by good storytellers

　　C. taken good care of   D. protected by kind people

background information

當晝短夜長，漸入深冬之時，還有什么比在聽故事的時候來上一杯可可——或者更濃郁的飲料——更能夠放松的呢？傳統的說故事可以讓你一下子從寒冷的黑夜來到另一個世界和時空。

神話和魔法、民間故事和傳說、游記和冒險，或者僅僅是伴隨幾聲大笑的喧鬧嬉戲，都可以讓人們盡情放松自我。

十月份的愛丁堡將迎來一年一度、為期十天的說故事節，這是延續口述故事傳統和感受多元文化的盛事，為蘇格蘭人帶來其他國家的故事講述者和音樂家。

愛丁堡國際說故事節的主要舉辦場地是位于皇家英里大道的Netherbow劇場，這里是愛丁堡老城區的核心地帶。說故事節的活動給成年人和兒童提供許多參與機會，并受到蘇格蘭同樂會傳統的影響，希望通過分享故事、音樂、歌曲和民謠的方式把人們團結在一起。

more inf http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/

vocabulary

govern ：管理，掌管

revive：復活，再生

　【答案解析】

　　短文介紹了威爾斯故事節的有關情況。

　　1. B。推斷題。根據 …but this is an unusual art form. whose time has come again 可以推斷這種講故事的傳統會再度受到歡迎。

　　2. A。細節題。根據 Some of the tales, like those the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old 可推知此題答案為 A。

　　3. D。細節題。文中說Ambrose started the festival in 1993，Ambrose1993年創辦了這個節，但并不等于說講故事的傳統1993年才恢復的，這是兩碼事。故選D。

　　4. C。詞義猜測題。從 as all the Welsh are storytellers 可以推斷出 in good hands 是“照顧得好或舉辦得好”的意思，故選 C。