Question

Some of us do not know much about ________.

1. A.
   a theatre
2. B.
   the theatre
3. C.
   theatres
4. D.
   that theatre

Answer 1

B
此处的theatre应理解成“戏剧”或“戏剧艺术”．theatre作为可数名词，可以用来表示building for performance of plays剧院，剧场．例如：
They are going to the theatre to see Shakespeare's play this evening.
今天晚上他们要去看莎士比亚的戏．
theatre还可以用作不可数名词，表示：dramatic literature or art戏剧；戏剧文学或戏剧术，常与the联用．例如：
①Mr Johnson is going to give a lecture about the British theatre tomorrow afternoon.
约翰先生明天下午将要作一个关于英国戏剧的报告．