Question

For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.

Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.

Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.

1.What was Shakespeare?

A．A writer                              B．An actor

C．A theater producer                      D．A,B and C

2.Shakespeare made much money from_______.

A．writing                               B．acting

C．opening the Globe Theater                D．selling his books

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “genius” in the passage?

A．房子             B．遺憾             C．悔恨             D．天賦

4.Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Shakespeare died when he was 52 years old.

B．Shakespeare married in 1582,and he had two daughters and a son.

C．Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and science fictions.

D．No one knows why Shakespeare left his hometown at he age of 21.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了英國著名的劇作家和詩人莎士比亞的生平。莎士比亞出生在1564年，十四歲時決定成為一名演員。后來獨自離開家鄉，靠著演戲爭得了很多錢。49歲時退休返回家鄉，52歲去世。

1.根據第二段Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor.描述，可知選D。

2.根據最后一段No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. 描述，可知選B。

3.聯系后一句描述，可知此處指的是他把他的天賦留給了世界。故選D。

4.根據第二段His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies.描述，可知選項C描述錯誤。

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