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Stratford-on-Avon,as we all know,has only one industry—William Shakespeare—but there are two distinctly separate and increasingl
Stratford-on-Avon,as we all know,has only one industry—William Shakespeare—but there are two distinctly separate and increasingl
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Stratford-on-Avon,as we all know,has only one industry—William Shakespeare—but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company(RSC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare MemorialTheatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaway’ s Cottage, Shakespeare’ s birthplace and the other sights.
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 himself an actor(with a beard)and did his share of noise-making.
The tourist streams are not entirely separate. The sightseers who come by bus—and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side—don’t usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing. It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town’ s revenue because they spend the night(some of them four or five nights)pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.
The townsfolk don’t see 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 seems 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.
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 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.)The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.
It would be a shame to raise prices too much because 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 seem 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 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m..
From the first two paragraphs, we learn that
选项
A、the townsfolk deny the RSC’ s contribution to the town’ s revenue.
B、the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and offstage.
C、the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms.
D、the townsfolk earn little from tourism.
答案
A
解析
细节题。根据题干定位到前两段。由文章第二段第一句The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue(斯特福特镇那些可敬的居民们质疑剧团是否 真的能为他们增加些许收入)可以看出,居民们否认了剧团对城镇收人的贡献,因此A项“城镇 居民否认皇家莎士比亚公司对小镇做出贡献”正确。前两段文章都是在论述皇家莎士比亚公司 与城市居民之间的抵触情绪。文中并没有提及演员在舞台下也模仿莎士比亚,因此B项错误。 C项偷换概念,文中是讲述RSC和居民的矛盾,而不是RSC本身内部分为两派。D项明显与原 文相反,居民从旅游业中获益是很大的,而不是几乎没有。
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