LaoShewroteTeahousein1957．TheplayshowstheaudiencelifeinChinabetween1898and1945．IttakesplaceinateahouseinoldBeijingandittellsusthestoryofWangLifaandhiscustomers

　　LaoShewroteTeahousein1957．TheplayshowstheaudiencelifeinChinabetween1898and1945．IttakesplaceinateahouseinoldBeijingandittellsusthestoryofWangLifaandhiscustomers．Itasksustoseetheteahouseasthecentreoftheneighbourhood．FinallyitsaysgoodbyetooldBeijinganditspeople．

　　Thestorystartsin1898duringtheQingDynasty．Itcontinuesin1916andfinallyitbringstheaudiencetotheendoftheAnti-JapaneseWarin1945．AfterthewarWanglosestheteahouseandhedies．

　　LaoShewasborninBeijingin1899．HisparentssenthimtotheTeacher'sSchoolinBeijingandhelearnedtoteach．From1924to1929hetaughtChinesetotheEnglishinLondon．Hewrotemanyplaysnovelsandshortstories．Hewasnameda“People'sArtist” anda“GreatMasterofLanguage”．HewasoneofthegreatestChinesewritersofthe20thcentury．

　　InLaoSheTeahousetodaywaitersbringteatothecustomersandsellthemdelicious Chinesefood．IfyoulikeBeijingOperafolkmusicacrobaticsormagicshowsyoucanenjoythemintheteahouse．LaoSheTeahousegivesawonderfulwelcometoeveryonefromChinaandfromallovertheworld．

　　1．WhendidLaoShewriteTeahouse?

　　A．In1950 B．In1954 C．In1957

　　2．DoesWangLifadiefinallyinthestory?

　　A．Yeshedoes． B．Nohedoesn't． C．Wedon'tknow．

　　3．WhatdidLaoSheteachinLondon?

　　A．English B．Chinese C．Japanese

　　4．WhatcanyouenjoyinLaoSheTeahousetoday?

　　A．BeijingOperafolkmusicmagicshows

　　B．BeijingOperaballetacrobatics

　　C．Jazzacrobaticsmagicshows

　　5．WhereisLaoSheTeahouse?

　　A．InLondon B．InBeijing C．InJinan