¡¡¡¡"It might seem strange that people still want to listen to instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again, "said David Amibrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival(½Ú)in Wales.

¡¡¡¡"Some of the tales, like those of 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 ª©Kntadjait, orªª 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.

¡¡¡¡61. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling.

¡¡¡¡£ÛA£Ý will be more popular than TV

¡¡¡¡£ÛB£Ý will be popular again

¡¡¡¡£ÛC£Ý started in Wales

¡¡¡¡£ÛD£Ý are in the hands of some old people

¡¡¡¡62. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn.

¡¡¡¡£ÛA£Ý about their life as early as thousands of years ago

¡¡¡¡£ÛB£Ý why they tell the stories in a throatª²singing way

¡¡¡¡£ÛC£Ý how cold it has been where the Inuit live

¡¡¡¡£ÛD£Ý how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

¡¡¡¡63. According to the writer, which of the following is not true?

¡¡¡¡£ÛA£Ý Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

¡¡¡¡£ÛB£Ý Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

¡¡¡¡£ÛC£Ý Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

¡¡¡¡£ÛD£Ý Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

¡¡¡¡64. The underlined phrase in good hands means.

¡¡¡¡£ÛA£Ý controlled by rich people

¡¡¡¡£ÛB£Ý grasped by good storytellers

¡¡¡¡£ÛC£Ý taken good care of

¡¡¡¡£ÛD£Ý protected by kind people

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¡¡¡¡Greek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields(¶Ü)toward the sun. The flashes reflected light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other Greek soldiers could understand the messages.

¡¡¡¡Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.

¡¡¡¡In Africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums(¹Ä). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all

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