Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors reading课时作业

Passage1（2018届河南省中原名校高三第三次质量考评）

OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS

Antlia Pneumatica

In a new play by Anne Washburn, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, a group of estranged friends gather at a Texas farm house to bury one of their peers. (Peter Jay Sharp, 416 W. 42nd St. 212-279-4200. In previews.)

Bright Star

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell wrote this bluegrass-and-Americana musical, in which a magazine editor meets a soldier returning from the Second World War. Walter Bobbie directs. (Cort, 138 W. 48th St. 212-239-6200. In previews.)

The Crucible

Ivo van Hove directs Arthur Miller's classic drama about the Salem witch trials, starring Saoirse Ronan, Ben Whishaw, Ciaran Hinds, and Sophie Okonedo. (Walter Kerr, 219 W. 48th St. 212-239-6200. In previews.)

Dry Powder

John Krasinski, Claire Danes, and Hank Azaria star in Sarah Burgess's play, in which an executive at a private-equity firm (私人股本公司) tries to rebound from a P.R. disaster. Thomas Kail directs. (Public, 425 Lafayette St. 212-967-7555. In previews. Opens Oct. 28, 2017)

The Father

Frank Langella stars in a play by the French writer Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Doug Hughes for Manhattan Theatre Club, about an eighty-year-old man who is losing his grip on his own life story. (Samuel J. Friedman, 261 W. 47th St. 212-239-6200. Previews begin Oct. 28, 2017)

1.If you're interested in American music, where can you get entertained?

　A. Peter Jay Sharp, 416 W. 42nd St. B. Cort, 138 W. 48th St.

　C. Walter Kerr, 219 W. 48th St. D. Public, 425 Lafayette St.

2.If you want to preview a play now, which of the following is not available?

　A. Bright Star B. The Crucible

　C. Dry Powder D. The Father

3.The author's purpose of writing the passage is to ________ .

A. inform B. entertain