Unit 6 Design（A）（35分钟）I .阅读理解A（2017 全国n卷）In the coming months,we are bringing together artists from all over the globe,to enjoy speaking Shakespeare s plays in their own language,in our Globe,within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for.Please come and join us.National Theatre of China Beijing|ChineseThis great occasion（盛会）will be the National Theatre of China s first visit to theUK.The company s productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre.This production of Shakespeare s Richard 田 will be directed by the National s Associate Director,Wang Xiaoying.Date &Time:Saturday 28 April,2.30pm & Sunday 29 April,1.30pm & 6.30pmMarjanishvili Theatre Tbilisi|GeorgianOne of the most famous theatres in Georgia,the Marjanishvili,founded in 1928,appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world.This new production ofAs You LikeIt is helmed（ 指导）by the company s Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.Date &Time:Friday 18 May,2.30pm&Sunday 19 May,7.30pmDeafinitely Theatre London|British Sign Language（BSL）By translating the rich and humorous text ofLove s Labour s Lost into the physicallanguage of BSL,Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare scomedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.Date &Time:Tuesday 22 May,2.30pm&Wednesday 23 May,7.30pmHabima National Theatre Tel Aviv|HebrewThe Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide.Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution,the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s.Since 1958,they have been recognized as the national theatre of Israel.This production of Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK. Date &Time:Monday 28 May730Pm &Tuesday 29 May730Pm1 .Which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?A. Richard 田.B. Love s Labour s Lost.C.As You Like It. D. The Merchant of Venice.2 .What is special about Deafinitely Theatre?A.It has two groups of actors.B.It is the leading theatre in London.C.It performs plays in BSL.D.It is good at producing comedies.3 .When can you see a play in Hebrew?A.On Saturday 28 April.B.On Sunday 29 April.C.On Tuesday 22 May.D.On Tuesday 29 May.BThe values of artistic works,according to cultural relativism（相对主义 ）,aresimply reflections of local social and economic conditions.Such a view,however,fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.History has witnessed the endless productions of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world.It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert halls,as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries.Unique works of this kind are different from today s popular art,even i f they began as works of popular art.They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future.In a 1757 essay,the philosopher David Hume argued that because“the generalprinciples of taste are uniform（不变的）in human nature, the value of some works ofart might be essentially permanent.He observed that Homer was still admired after two thousand years.Works of this type,he believed,spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exis t over centuries.Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art.For example,evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction.The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before.Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist.4 .According to the passage ,what do we know about cultural relativism?A.It introduces different cultural values.B.It explains the history of artistic works.C.It relates artistic values to local conditions.D.It excites the human mind throughout the world.5.In Paragraph 2,the artists are mentioned in order to show that.A.great works of art can go beyond national boundariesB.history gives art works special appeal to set them apartC.popular arts are hardly distinguishable from great artsD.great artists are skilled at combining various cultures6 .According to Hume,some works of art can exist for centuries because.A.they are results of scientific studyB.they establish some general principles of artC.they are created by the world s greatest artistsD.they appeal to unchanging features of human nature7 .Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A.Are Artistic Values Universal?B.Are Popular Arts Permanent?C.Is Human Nature Uniform?D.Is Cultural Relativism Scientific? n.七选五（2018 山西重点中学协作体联考）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Whether you re a child,teenager,you