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HOW TO BOOKBooking opens for Beckett Shorts on 8 September.BY TELEPHONEFor credit card（信

HOW TO BOOK

Booking opens for Beckett Shorts on 8 September.

BY TELEPHONE

For credit card(信用卡) bookings. Calls are answered.

BOX OFFICE

01789 295623 9 a. m.- 8 p. m. (Mon.- Sat. )

0541 541051(24 hours,7 days, no booking charge)

BY FAX

For credit card bookings. Please allow at least 48 hours for reply, if required.

BOX OFFICE

01798 261974 or 01862 387765

BY POST

Please enclose (附上) a cheque or credit card details together with an SAE or add 50p to the to tal amount (总额)to cover postage. Please send to the Box Office, RST, Stratford-upon-Avon.

CV 376BB.

Booking opens for all other plays on 19 September.

IN PERSON

BOX OFFICE

RST hall,9:30a, m.- 8p. m. (Mon.- Sat. ) (6p. m. when theatres are closed).

OVERSEAS BOOKING

The easiest method if payment is by credit card. You can also pay by: Eurocheque(up to $500)with your card number written on the back.

PAYING FOR YOUR TICKETS

CREDIT CARDS

We accept Visa, master Card, American Express and Diners Club. Please give the card number, name and address of cardholder.

CHEQUES

Cheques and postal orders should be payable to: Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

In which of the following ways of booking does one probably have to pay extra money？

A．In person.

B．By telephone.

C．By fax.

D．By post.

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The saying “Love’s not love when it is mingled with regards that stands aloof from the e

A. Eliot

B. Shelley

C. Shakespeare

D. Tagore

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第3题

___ is from Shakespeare's sonnet No.18.A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds

___ is from Shakespeare's sonnet No.18.

A “Let me not to the marriage of true minds ”

B “To be or not to be: that is the question ”

C “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ”

D “No longer mourn for me when I am dead ”

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Who once observed that 'when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weath

er'？

A.William Shakespeare

B.William Blake

C.Henry James

D.Samuel Johnson

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第5题

Last year we visited, the place where Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April, 1564.

Stratfordis a very interesting town, right in the centre of. The countryside aroundis pleasant, with its beautiful woods, green fields and quiet rivers.

The first place we visited was the house in the centre ofwhere Shakespeare was born. We saw the small desk that Shakespeare sat at when he went to school. One of the things we liked best was the garden behind the house, because we could see there many of the flowers, trees and plants that Shakespeare wrote about in his plays.

After we had visited Shakespeare's birthplace, we went to see the church where he was buried.

We had lunch in a very old hotel that was probably there in Shakespeare's time- Every room of the hotel had the name of one of Shakespeare's plays on the door—the "Hamlet" room, the "Romeo and Juliet" room, and so on.

After lunch we walked across the fields to the old cottage, about a mile out of, where Shakespeare spent most of his married life. The cottage is just as it was in Shakespeare's day. We saw the chairs where Shakespeare perhaps sat and thought about ideas for new plays, and we saw the plates from which he probably ate his dinner.

When we got back to our hotel in the evening, we were very tired, but we had enjoyed a wonderful day.

86.Shakespeare was born in ____.

A.1464

B.1564

C.1664

D.1764

87.Stratford where Shakespeare was born is _____.

A.an industrial city in the middle of

B.an interesting farm surrounded by woods and fields

C.a small town in the center of

D.part of the countryside in central England

88.Which of the following is NOT true_____

A.Shakespeare was born in a house in the centre of.

B.Shakespeare was buried in a church in his native town.

C.Shakespeare was buried in Wesminsier Abbey.

D.Inthere is a very old hotel which existed probably in Shakespeare's time.

89.After Shakespeare got married, _____.

A.he stayed home and wrote his plays

B.he lived in the centre of

C.he began to write plays

D.he spent most of his married life in an old cottage

90.A more suitable little for the above passage is ____.

A.Shakespeare and His Birthplace

B.A Visit lo

C.A Day in Stratford

D.A Famous Town

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听力原文：Everyone remembers the reign of Elizabeth. She gave her name to an age, which rem

听力原文： Everyone remembers the reign of Elizabeth. She gave her name to an age, which remains in English minds as an age of glory. Most people associated it with two things. The first is literature, especially the literature of Shakespeare, for this was the age when Shakespeare lived and when English literature greatly developed. The second is adventure on the sea. For the first time, English ships began to explore the world and trade with distant countries. They soon came into conflict with the might of Spain, whose huge ships had been sailing across the sea for a hundred years and who had established a rich empire in the Americas. Spain was the greatest enemy to England at the time. Sea fights between Spanish and English ships were frequent, and the English proved to be more aggressive and more successful. Their greatest sailor was Sir Francis Drake, who led the English ships to fight against the great Spanish fleet, "the Armada", when they began to attack the heart of England. "The Armada" was defeated by the English ship. It was a lucky victory in many ways, but it marked the beginning of England as a great power at sea.

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A．Her name and her rule over the country.

B．The great writer, Shakespeare and her name.

C．literature and adventure on the sea.

D．Shakespeare and English literature at the time.

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第7题

第一篇 ShakespeareWhen talking about the world's greatest poet and greatest dramatist, on

第一篇 Shakespeare

When talking about the world's greatest poet and greatest dramatist, only one name can possible suggest itself;that of William Shakespeare. Nearly every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work of this greatest writer. We use words, phrases and quotations form. Shakespeare's writings that have become part of the common property of English-speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we use. For example, and old lady, after seeing a performance of Hamlet complained, “It was full of well-known proverbs and quotations!”

Shakespeare made full use of the great resources of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English;Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand! There is probably no better way for a foreigner (or an Englishman) to appreciate the richness and variety of the english language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it. Such a study is well worth the effort, even thought some aspects of English and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare’s day. It is a pity that we know so little about the life of the greatest English author. We only know that he was born in 1564 in Stratford on-Avon, and that then died there in 1616. He almost certainly attended the Grammar School in the town, but of this we cannot be sure. We know he was married there in 1582 and had three children. We know that he spent much of his life in London, writing his masterpieces. But this is almost all that we do know. 

However, what is important about Shakespeare's life is not its incidental details but its products, the plays and the poems. For many years scholars have been trying to add a few facts about Shakespeare's life to the small number we already posses and for an equally long time critics have been theorizing about the plays. Sometimes indeed, it seems that the poetry of Shakespeare will disappear beneath the great mass of comment that has been written upon it. 

Fortunately this is not likely to happen. Shakespeare's poetry and Shakespeare's characters(Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet and all the others) have long delighted not just the English but lovers of literature everywhere, and will continue to do so after the scholars and commentators and all their works have been forgotten.

31 How can we best describe the popularity of Shakespeare's works among the English speaking people？

A Most of the people have taken courses in Shakespeare's works.

B The English-speaking people like to mention the names of Shakespeare's works.

C Most of the people know clearly how to use the words and phrases from Shakespeare's works.

D Many of the words and phrases used by the English-speaking people are taken from Shakespeare's works.

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第8题

Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of the Shakespearean Works his comedi

es and his tragedies？ Did he really write the【C1】______, or was he just a man that got confused？ There is not even a correct【C2】______of this man's name. Shakspere, Shakespeare, and Shaxpere are【C3】______of variations. Shakespeare was both fact and fiction. He was nobody's concern【C4】______nearly two hundred years after he perished, and there is still no definite conclusion【C5】______this mystery. There is another man that can be【C6】______to the works of Shakespeare. His name is Edward DeVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. The man known as Shakespeare does not【C7】______perfectly into the necessary criteria to【C8】______the author of these works. Thomas Looney established a series of criteria that had to be fulfilled【C9】______be a possible candidate for the authorship of the Shakespearean works. To have all the knowledge that is【C10】______in the works, the author must have accomplished many things, e.g. a superior education. However, from what we know of Shakespeare, this was not a【C11】______We do not even know【C12】______Shakespeare has ever written anything.【C13】______do we know that he was paid for writing. The man Shakespeare does not even make a【C14】______that he is the author. It's not how【C15】______we know about Shakespeare that【C16】______confusion and difficulty now;【C17】______it's the things that we do know. We know Shakespeare's father, a glover, could not write. When he【C18】______documents, he simply made an X. This is【C19】______it is believed that Shakespeare could not write as well, because his education probably was passed【C20】______from his father.

【C1】

A．comedies

B．plays

C．tragedies

D．operas

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Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry--William Shakespeare--but there a

re 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 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 sightseeing 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 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 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 of rice opens at 10:30am.

From the first two paragraph, we learn that ______ .

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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第10题

听力原文： The birthplace was to open at 10 a. m. It was 9: 30 and already the pilgrims had

formed a queue. I asked a lady from Ohio why she had come. "For Shakespeare, "she said. "Isn't that why you came？"

"Not entirely, " I said. "I was born here. I'm visiting my family. "

"You were born here？" she said, as if only Shakespeare had the right.

Long ago I had emigrated to America. Now I was visiting places in which I had taken little interest before; the birthplace for example. I had passed it perhaps a hundred times without a thought of going in. Now it would cost me just under two pounds, about $ 3. But even stranger experience was buying a ticket to the school two members of my family had attended. Shakespeare had gone there though 350 years before. It was a good school, but I was fortunate in being sent to a better one. "Better than Shakespeare's？" asked an American to whom I had confided. "I don't see how that could be possible, "he had muttered before turning away.

I had taken Shakespeare for granted. However, in my current tourist status, that would have to be changed. Respect was called for. I must learn to refer to him as the bard, and not as Will in the familiar way, and never as "Willie -- the Shake", which is the inelegant but customary nickname of some of the younger generation.

This was no problem. Shakespeare worship had been around long before my day. Every building with Shakespeare connections was preserved. An inclusive ticket enabled holders to see them all. When several Americans whom I had run into asked me to show them around, I readily agreed.

Where did most of the “pilgrims” the speaker met come from？

A．U. S.A.

B．Europe.

C．Ohio.

D．His hometown.

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