The audience at some of the shows—a performance by Max Raabe and the Palast Orchestra of songs from the 1920s and 1930s, Ute Lemper, a German chanteuse specialising in Kurt Weill, in cabaret—were made up largely from what one participant described as the geriatric intelligentsia from the Upper West Side. As many of them have German- or Austrian-Jewish origins, they have a loving, knowledgeable relationship with German culture. One critic hissed that Ms Lemper was a poor copy of Lotte Lenya, Weill's wife, whom she had seen perform in the 1940s. Sir Clive hopes that concerts by the Nomad SoundSystem, a Berlin band performing western dance music and North African melodies, and concerts by Berlin's Turkish and Kurdish communities may bring in a younger crowd.
1. What does the word “marathon” (Line 1, Paragraph 1) mean in the text?
[A] A festival
[B] A sport competition
[C] A culture fest
[D] A large event
2. The first sentence of the third paragraph implies that_____
[A] Berlin is lagging behind New York in artistic invention.
[B] Berlin and New York have a long history of artistic exchange in the societal level.
[C] Berlin is the German equivalence of New York in terms of creative vigour.
[D] Both Berlin and New York boast of people with high admiration of art.
3. The Goethe-Institut is probably situated in_____
[A] New York.
[B] Berlin.
[C] Carnegie University.
[D] Germany.
4. The festival is carried out in order to_____
[A] enhance cultural exchange between the two cities.
[B] propagate new Berlin of culture and politics in the form of art.
[C] goes along with the 8 day visit of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
[D] internationalize New York music world.
5. From Sir Clive’s statements, it can be infered that he holds the view that a festival ______
[A] should be comprehensive.
[B] should be innovative.
[C] should be full-blown.
[D] should be limited in scale.
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