江苏省常州市金坛区2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

江苏省常州市金坛区 2022-2024年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读理解 2024年江苏省常州市金坛区中考一模英语试题 三 、阅读现解(共14小题：每小题2分, 湖分28分) A What do we look forward to in winter? Snow and ice festivals! Many of them hold fun ice sculpture contests (冰雕比赛). Check out these four famous winter sculpture contests! Kiruna Snow Festival, Sweden This festival started in 1986. A snow sculpture contest is held during the festival every year. Artists from all over the world show their skills in the contest. Tourists can also have a lot of fun there. They can skate and take part in snow blowing games. This year's festival was held from January 24 to 28. Geilo lee Music Festival, Norway This festival began 19 years ago. Artists gather in Geilo to make working musical instruments out of ice. People can enjoy musical shows in an igloo(冰屋). The 2024 festival took place from February 19 to 24. International Snow Sculpture Championships, U. S. A. This contest has been held for more than thirty years. Teams of artists compete to hand-carve (手工雕刻)ice into works of art. No power tools are allowed! Their works will be displayed in an outdoor art gallery in Colorado. This year, the contest was held from January 22 to 26. And the art gallery was open from January 26 to 31. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China It started on January 5th, 1985, and has become the world's biggest winter festival. As China's economy(经济)grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps growing. The scale(规模)and size of the sculptures and the beautiful lighting make the festival stand out. The festival is officially held from the end of December through February. Opening dates keep changing, and ending dates partly depends on the weather. 23. Which is the youngest of the four winter sculpture contests? A. Kiruna Snow Festival. B. Geilo Ice Music Festival. C. International Snow Sculpture Championships. D. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. 24. What makes the Harbin festival special? A.