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五、任务型阅读。(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读短文,按要求回答问题。
Culture UK:Bristol
Chocolate
The first chocolate bar in the world was created in Fry's, a company in Bristol.Joseph Fry invented the delicious treat around the year 1761.Fry's also produced the first chocolate Easter egg in the UK in 1873.The company continues to produce chocolate and sweets to this day.
Balloon Festival
The Bristol Belle was the first modern hot-air balloon in Western Europe and was developed and built in 1967.The
Bristol International Balloon Festival is held every summer in the city,and is Europe's biggest hot-air ball loon event. ______
According to a new study,Bristol is a very musical place in the UK,with the biggest number of musicians among the population.It's well-known for giving birth to the trip-hop scene in the 1990 s.Its multicultural(多元文化的)population has really influenced the sounds of the Bristol music scene.

Famous People
J.K.Rowling
J.K.Rowling was born and brought up in Chipping Sodbury,just outside Bristol.It is said that she invented her famous character Harry Potter after meeting a young boy named Ian Potter in the village where she grew up.
Banksy
Banksy is a graffiti artist local to Bristol.He is famous all over the world for his street art.Some of his artworks have been sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.Many Hollywood pop stars and famous people love to collect his works.
注:每题答案不超过5个词。
1.What does Fry's produce? Chocolate and sweets.
2.How often is the Bristol International Balloon Festival held in the city?
Once a year.
3.Is Ian Potter a fictional character?
No, he isn't.
4.What is Banksy well-known for? Street art.
5.Please give a title in English for Paragraph 3. Musical Place

答案： 1. Chocolate and sweets. 2. Once a year. 3. No, he isn't. 4. Street art. 5. Musical Place/Music Scene