Brownsea Open Air Theatre
DORSET
The only way to this theatre is by boat. Each June volunteers travel there to begin building the set.
“The people do Brownsea for the love of the island,” says BOAT director Denise Mallender. “We're a charity, and we help the work on the island by holding a regular Shakespeare play.”
Visit brownsea-theatre.co.uk for details
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
LONDON
Each summer, almost 140,000 people visit the park to watch one of the four yearly plays. This year's plays include J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan and William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
With the stage and seating both completely uncovered, the actors and the audiences are left at the mercy of the British weather — although this hasn't prevented stars such as Jeremy Irons and Benedict Cumberbatch from performing here.
Visit openairtheatre.org for details
Scarborough Open Air Theatre
SCARBOROUGH
Enjoy the sea air and sights of Europe's largest open-air playhouse. The stage and seating are separated by a lake.
“It's a unique place,” says Janet Deacon, area director of Welcome to Yorkshire. The theatre now plays host to concerts by big-names such as Elaine Paige and Tom Jones, who are both performing this month.
Visit scarboroughopenairtheatre.com for details
Rutland Open Air Theatre
RUTLAND
This theatre is home to the Stamford Shakespeare Company, who this year celebrate their 39th year of outdoor plays with performances of Romeo and Juliet and Henry V.
In all its years, ROAT has never cancelled a performance because of rain — and although the stage and actors are left open to the weather, the audience can shelter in the covered hall.
Visit stamfordshakespeare.co.uk for details
1.What do we know about Regent's Park Open Air Theatre?
A. It puts on four plays a year.
B. It has a covered hall for the audience.
C. It has the same plays on show every year.
D. Its stage and seating are separated by a lake.
2.What do BOAT and ROAT have in common?
A. They do Shakespeare plays.
B. They are completely uncovered.
C. They have the same history.
D. They can be reached only by boat.
Each spring, I conduct a unit on careers with my students. In the past, I asked my students to write down their areas of ____, and then I made a mass call on Facebook for guest speakers. Typically, I got about five people who could come and ____ with my students, but I also heard ____ from more than fifty people who would have loved to come but lived too far away.
It was always such a pity to ____ the chance to host someone who carried out a career in a field that interested a student of mine because of ____. Therefore, a year ago I ____ to try and solve the problem and Skype was the ____. I created a Skype account (账号), and we ____ six of my friends who have careers in ____ areas.
It became clear that while the discussions that ____ the ins and outs of daily career tasks indeed interested my classes, the most inspiring aspects of the interviews had to do with the speakers’ ____ to their present jobs. I saw my students ____ when they heard about the real-life twists and turns (迂回曲折) these adults made on the way to making their futures. Soon more and more students asked to ____ the interviews.
What had begun as an attempt to ____ real-life professionals into the classroom suddenly had all kinds of possibilities. Why not record these videos and create a video library for all students to ____ when their curiosity took hold? All of the work involved was ____ it when I saw my most disengaged (闲散的) students ask questions about areas I had no idea they were interested in.
Students are ____ for adults other than their teachers and parents to ____ their varieties of life paths. The ____ of Skyping and networking also led to some amazing ____ contacts in town.
1.A. research B. fortune C. expertise D. interest
2.A. study B. speak C. agree D. deal
3.A. back B. hard C. little D. abroad
4.A. have B. improve C. lose D. ignore
5.A. health B. knowledge C. money D. distance
6.A. decided B. continued C. deserved D. stopped
7.A. answer B. level C. reason D. pattern
8.A. challenged B. interviewed C. visited D. interrupted
9.A. creative B. average C. various D. technical
10.A. depended on B. drew on C. carried on D. centred on
11.A. solutions B. freedoms C. journeys D. objections
12.A. turn up B. light up C. stay up D. break up
13.A. give B. attend C. hold D. get
14.A. fool B. lead C. force D. bring
15.A. wander B. explain C. access D. manage
16.A. within B. unlike C. worth D. beyond
17.A. grateful B. hungry C. ready D. sorry
18.A. offer B. discuss C. add D. show
19.A. act B. figure C. set D. sign
20.A. daily B. physical C. new D. psychological
_____ seemed selfish of him not to share his dictionary with others. But you shouldn’t have blamed him for this because he needed his dictionary to finish his paper then.
A. That B. What
C. It D. As
—I think we should give up the project.
—What for? You know I have spent a(n) _____ month on it. I won’t give up.
A. unique B. pure
C. practical D. entire
The street was once _____ a local musician, but recently they have changed it and named it Park Street.
A. in favour of B. named after
C. in charge of D. come after
I heard that John was very hard to get along with, so I wonder _____ Sam got on so well with him.
A. how B. when
C. that D. what
