Anyway, the townsfolk can’t understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 per cent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.) The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.

　　It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive clientele. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over) –lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.

　　26. From the first two paragraphs, we learn that

　　[A] the townsfolk deny the RSC’s contribution to the town’s revenue

　　[B] the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage

　　[C] the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms

　　[D] the townsfolk earn little from tourism

　　27. It can be inferred from Para 3 that

　　[A] the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separately