Question

英语阅读短文，请大家帮我翻译一下吧。只需要翻译正文就行了，答案我知道的。

A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to have to go back there every night, so she rented (租用) an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture (家具) and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.
It was very difficult to get tickets for her show because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were the words “Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance,£3,” with this note： “After 5 p.m. I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.”
1. In the article, “Miss Hall” was the name of ______.
A. a place where people sang and danced B. an unmarried woman
C. a hall D. a street
2. The woman’s flat was situated ______.
A. near the city B. near her home
C. in the middle of the city D. by the side of the country road
3. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping he would______.
A. be pleased B. ask less money for his work
C. charge more money for his work D. say a good word for her musical show
4. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he ______.
A. sold them for £3 B. went to watch the musical show
C. paid £3 for them D. was very thankful to her
5. In the story , ______ made a mistake.
A. both the actress and the painter B. neither the actress nor the painter
C. the painter D. the actress

参考答案：1B 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 A

Answer 1

简单些吧：
一个女演员在一个音乐剧里演个角色，她住在乡下，为了方便就在市中心租了个很贵的公寓。她买了些家具，雇了个人给屋子刷漆。
买她演出的票不容易，所以她给那个人两张好座位的票，希望他能好好干活。这人什么都没说，之后也没提过。月底账单到了，最下面有一项：四个小时用于看hall小姐表演，收费3英镑。旁边注明：下午5点之后，每小时在10先令基础上加收5先令。

Answer 2

一个美丽的和非常成功的女演员主演一部新的音乐剧。她的家在农村，但她不想每天晚上回去，所以她租用在市中心一个昂贵的公寓，买了一些漂亮的家具，雇了一个人来粉刷房间新颜色。
这让她表演的票很困难，因为每个人都希望看到它，所以她决定给画家两个最好的座位。她希望这能使他更心甘情愿地为她工作。他把票什么也没说，她再也没有听到过关于他们直到月底，当她得到了画家的账单。在它的底部有一句话“四小时观看霍尔小姐唱歌跳舞，£3，“这个注意：“下午5点以后我有十五先令而不是十个小时先令。