Book now to see Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss star in The Children’s Hour at the Comedy Theatre in London．
Dates: 22 January 2011 to 31 January 2011
Times: 22 Jan 2011 6:30 PM; 24—29 Jan 2011 7:30 PM; 29 Jan 2011 2:30 PM; 31 Jan 2011 7:30 PM．
Place: Comedy Theatre
The Children’s Hour
The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman is a striking play about the power of a lie． Karen Wright （Keira Knightley） and Martha Dobie （Elisabeth Moss） run a girls’ boarding school in the 1930s New England． When an angry student starts a rumour that the two headmistresses are having a lesbian （女同性戀者） affair, it gradually destroys the women’s careers, relationships and lives． The Children’s Hour is an upsetting story of cheat, shame and courage．
Banned in London and several cities across America, The Children’s Hour received its world opening on Broadway in 1934． Generations on, its exploration of a culture of fear remains remarkably relevant．
Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss Star
Keira Knightley, nominee （被提名者） for Best Actress 2010 Evening Standard Awards for The Misanthrope, returns to the London stage． Knightley starred in Love Actually, The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, Pride and Prejudice．
Elisabeth Moss, best-known for playing Peggy Olson in Mad Men, made her Broadway stage debut （首映） in David Mamet’s Speed the Plow in 2008． The Children’s Hour will be her West End debut．
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1.If you visit London in January, at which time can you see the play?
A． 21 Jan 2011 6:30 PM． B． 23 Jan 2011 2:30 PM．
C． 26 Jan 2011 2:30 PM． D． 31 Jan 2011 7:30 PM．
2.We can learn from the passage that The Children’s Hour____________．
A． used to be forbidden B． is about the power of love
C． was set in England in the 1930s D． is not popular these days
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
A． Keira Knightley was awarded Best Actress 2010 Evening Standard Awards．
B． Elisabeth Moss ever performed on the Broadway stage．
C． Without the two big stars, people would not buy the play’s tickets．
D． You can only buy a ticket with Visit London’s secure ticket booking partner．
4.Where shall we probably read this passage?
A． In a movie magazine． B． In the newspaper．
C． On the website． D． In an academic journal．
1.D
2.A
3.B
4.C
【解析】本文主要介紹了馬上要上演的Children’s Hour的故事情節，演員信息以及上演的時間，地點，票價等相關事宜。
1.D 細節題。由Times: 22 Jan 2011 6:30 PM; 24—29 Jan 2011 7:30 PM; 29 Jan 2011 2:30 PM; 31 Jan 2011 7:30 PM．可知選D
2.A 細節題。由Banned in London and several cities across America,可知，這部電影曾經被禁播。故選A
3.B 細節題。由Elisabeth Moss, best-known for playing Peggy Olson in Mad Men, made her Broadway stage debut （首映） in David Mamet’s Speed the Plow in 2008． The Children’s Hour will be her West End debut．可知B正確
4.C 推理題。Book yours online now with Visit London’s secure ticket booking partner on this wetsite．可知 在這個網站上訂票。故選C
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