1. (2021九下·温州竞赛) 阅读理解

The annual gala, which is held on Lunar New Year's Eve, has become a tradition during Spring Festival celebrations. Millions of families switch on their TV sets to watch the gala—usually lasting over four hours — after having a grand dinner.

Consisting of a lot of performances, from music programs to crosstalk and acrobatic shows, the gala which has been held for 38 years, gathers many stars and artists. Even for many famous stars, getting a chance to perform on the gala's stage is an honor and a gateway to be more widely-known.

But China Media Group, the hosts and broadcasters of the gala, have founded a program to help ordinary people and lesser-known artists to compete for an opportunity to perform in the gala. One of the lucky groups was a children's choir.

The children's choir from Qihang School in Dayuan Village in Hunen beat lots of other competitors from different places and finally showed on the 2021 Spring Festival Gala. The headmaster of the school told China Daily that he and all the children were very excited and rejoiced upon hearing the news. The school set up the choir in 2017 to increase the children's self-confidence with the power of music. Over recent years, the choir's teachers have kept a close eye on musical competitions and variety shows, as they thought attending such events would make the children more social. They did try so many times, but they never expected that they would be chosen to perform on the gala stage. Some children said their parents were so proud to see them appear on TV.

Chen Linchun, the chief director of the 2021Spring Festival Gala, selected the finalists on Feb 5, along with more than 10 stars. He says the effort is to make the program a down-to-earth platform that is open to ordinary people." We wish to tell the audience that it is possible to be part of the gala if you have enough passion and talent to achieve your dreams," he says.

1. （1） The Spring Festival Gala was firstly held ________________.

   A . in the 1990s B . in the 1980s C . in the 1970s D . in the 1960s
3. （2） The program set up by China Media Group is to ________________.

   A . support the well-known artists B . win the hearts of more young people C . give more chances to common people D . notice more talented hosts and broadcasters
5. （3） What can we infer from the passage?

   A . The choir from Qihang School entered lots of competitions after its founding. B . Everyone can be on the stage of Spring Festival Gala as long as he has talents. C . The performances on 2021 Spring Festival Gala were by famous stars and artists. D . China Media Group preferred the performance by the children's choir to the others.
7. （4） This passage mainly introduces ________________.

   A . the time when the Spring Festival Gala is held B . the importance why the Spring Festival Gala is held C . many performers that the 2021 Spring Festival Gala selected D . one of the ways how the Spring Festival Gala selects performers