首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry—William Shakespeare— but there are two distinctly separate and increasi
Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry—William Shakespeare— but there are two distinctly separate and increasi
admin
2012-12-01
32
问题
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 Memorial Theatre 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 other sights.
The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSC’s actors, 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 play going. 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 per cent 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 jean sand 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.
According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because______.
选项
A、ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending
B、the company is financially ill-managed
C、the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable
D、the theatre attendance is on the rise
答案
D
解析
括号里就是townsfolk认为RSC不应被给予补贴的原因,The theatre hasbroken attendance records for three years in a row.Last year its 1,43 1 seats were94 per cent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better。剧院已经连续三年打破上座率记录,去年上座率94%,今年还会更好;D项on the rise,在上升,契合文意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/iTaO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Anti-socialbehaviour(ASB)isallyactivitythatimpactsonotherpeopleinanegativeway.Despiteofa39%drop【M1】______i
Itishardtoconceiveofalanguagewithoutnounsorverbs.ButthatisjustwhatRiauIndonesianis,accordingtoDavidGil,a
Thestudyoftheproductionofspeechsoundsisofgreatinteresttothoseworkingin______.
AFrenchman,thepsychologistAlfredBinet,publishedthefirststandardizedtestofhumanintelligencein1905.ButitwasanA
AFrenchman,thepsychologistAlfredBinet,publishedthefirststandardizedtestofhumanintelligencein1905.ButitwasanA
Stratford-on-Avon,asweallknow,hasonlyoneindustry—WilliamShakespeare—.Buttherearetwodistinctlyseparateandincreas
Iknownowthatthemanwhosatwithmeontheoldwoodenstairsthathotsummernightoverthirty-fiveyearsagowasnotatall
Oneofthestrangestthingsaboutdisputeoveradvertisingisthatthegreaterthefussthemuchofamysterytheindustryitsel
AbreakthroughintheprovisionofenergyfromthesunfortheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)couldbebroughtforwardbyup
Thatsummeranarmyofcricketsstartedawarwithmyfather.Theypickedafighttheminutetheyinvadedourcellar.Daddidn’t
随机试题
不易调节流量,但切断迅速的阀门是()阀。
关于免疫调节作用,错误的叙述是
在生产过程中,下列哪些属于事故?()
下列关于国家授权经营国有土地使用权设定登记中权属审核的描述中,正确的有()。
《锅炉大气污染物排放标准》(GB13271—2001)中规定,一类区禁止新建以()为燃料的锅炉。
计算并公告基金资产净值的责任人是()
以下对金融期权的表述中,正确的是()。
下列费用中,不应计入产品成本的有()。
李浩、王鸣和张翔是同班同学,住在同一宿舍。其中,一个是湖南人,一是个重庆人,一个是辽宁人。李浩和重庆人不同岁,张翔的年龄比辽宁人小,重庆人比王鸣年龄大。根据题干所述。以下哪项是关于他们三人的年龄次序(由大到小)的正确表述?
Sincethedawnofcivilization,mankindhasbeenobsessedbythepossibilitythatitwillonedaybeextinguished.Theimpactof
最新回复
(
0
)