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Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry -- William Shakespeare -- but there are two distinctly parate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which prents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to e the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights.
联通查话费打什么号The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSC’s actors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himlf an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noi-making.
The tourist streams are not entirely parate. The sighters who come by bus -- and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side -- don’t usually e the plays, and some of them are even surprid to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-eing along with their playgoing. It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town’s revenue becau they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. The sighters can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.
The townsfolk don’t e it this way and local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poor traditionally. Nevertheless every hotel in town ems to be adding a new wing or cocktail lounge. Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive.
恋爱个性签名Anyway, the townsfolk can’t understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 ats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.) The reason, of cour, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.
It would be a shame to rai prices too much becau it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive clientele. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all em to look alike (though they come from all over) -- lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 ats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:
26. From the first two paragraphs , we learn that __________.鱿鱼卷怎么做好吃
[A] the townsfolk deny the RSC ’ s contribution to the town’s revenue
[B] the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage
[C] the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms
[D] the townsfolk earn little from tourism
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27. It can be inferred from Para 3 that __________.
[A] the sighters cannot visit the Castle and the Palace parately
[B] the playgoers spend more money than the sighters
[C] the sighters do more shopping than the playgoers
[D] the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theater
28. By saying “Stratford cries poor traditionally” (Line 2-3, Paragraph 4), the author implies that __________.
[A] Stratford cannot afford the expansion projects孕妇贫血吃什么食物
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[B] Stratford has long been in financial difficulties
[C] the town is not really short of money
[D] the townsfolk ud to be poorly paid
29. According to the townsfolk, the RSC derves no subsidy becau __________.
[A] ticket prices can be raid to cover the spending
[B] the company is financially ill-managed
小嘛小二郎[C] the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable
[D] the theatre attendance is on the ri
模拟ap30. From the text we can conclude that the author __________.
[A] is supportive of both sides
[B] favors the townsfolk’s view
[C] takes a detached attitude
[D] is sympathetic to the RSC
