Unit 23 Lessons 1 & 2

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A ★★☆☆☆

　　Planning your to-do list for the coming year? To help you out, we've collected our favorite must-see events across Canada. Ready, steady, go!

　　Red or white?

　　Every spring wine growers get together to celebrate the beginning of another grape-growing season at the Okanagan Spring Wine Festival. The best time to visit the Okanagan is usually from May 1 to 10. The festival allows visitors to taste the best wines in Canada together with unique dishes representing the latest developments in local cuisine (烹饪).

　　The jazz festival

　　Montreal's downtown comes alive every summer during the International Jazz Festival. This year the event is scheduled to run from June 29 to July 9. Stages replace cars along busy streets. With a host of free outdoor shows, you'll be snapping your fingers (打响指) to anything from Dixieland to blues, African beats to modern trip-hop, and everything in between.

　　Are you ready?

Just head east to the Newfoundland Targa Rally, which runs from September 9 to 16 this year. The 2,200-kilometre race dashes across the eastern and central parts of the province, and is the largest race of its kind in North America. On these sections