2022-2023学年上海市静安区市西中学高三（上）期中英语试卷（附答案详解）.docxVIP

第 =page 1 1页，共 =sectionpages 1 1页 2022-2023学年上海市静安区市西中学高三（上）期中英语试卷 Inflation （通货膨胀） ruins Broadways romance with the Phantom The stage chandelier （水晶吊灯） will fall for the last time when The Phantom of the Opera， the longest running musical on Broadway，shuts in February after 35 years.Musical theatre has been the mainstay of Broadway since the 19th century，but the business of running grand musicals （1）______ require huge audiences to pay high ticket prices is quite a gamble.Phantom （2）______（ see） by almost 20 million people on Broadway by earlier this month，grossing ＄1.3 billion.It （3）______ not match classical operas as a work of art，but you cannot argue with a cash machine.However，the machine can suddenly break down，as Phantom has found on Broadway （4）______ it returned post-pandemic last year.The biggest difficulty is not the initial investment in a new production，enormous （5）______ this can be；it is that musicals are very costly to keep going.Cameron Mackintosh，joint producer of Phantom， compares them with yachts. It is like owning a boat：the happiest days are buying and selling it.It is extremely expensive to run.The drag has become greater with high inflation.Mackintosh estimates that so far，the weekly cost of putting on Phantom on Broadway （6）______（ rise） by ＄100，000，with further rises in energy and other expenses to come.This is reinforced by the fact，as is often the case in London and New York，（ 7）______ long-running musicals tend to become increasingly dependent on tourists，with locals attracted （8）______ limited runs of new shows and revivals.Fewer have been visiting New York than before Covid hit，particularly from Asia.As demand falls，tickets get （9）______（ discount） and the economics of the older musical sag （萧条、下挫）.This will probably not be the last New York has seen of the lovestruck masked man； Phantom may be revived in the future，perhaps in a more viable form.It will carry on touring the world for limited runs.If the tourists will not come