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【題目】 Who is the greatest English writer?【1】His popular expressions, like “to be or not to be, that is a question”, and his stories such as Romeo and Juliet are almost famous in every corner of the world.

William Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564.【2】 By 1594, he had become an important playwright (戲劇大師）in London.

Whether comedies or tragedies, Shakespeare’s plays always catch people’s hearts.

【3】 In A Midsummer Shakespeare’s Night’s Dream, fairies (仙女）play magical tricks on people lost in the woods. His tragedies, however, can be very dark. Macbeth tells the story about a man who becomes king by killing a lot of people.

Shakespeare’s works also have a big influence on the English language. 【4】

Of course, Shakespeare wrote his plays 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today. 【5】 His plays have been translated into other languages and are performed more often. There are over 400 films and TV plays adapted from his works. Shakespeare is not of an age, but for all the time.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，將方框內(nèi)5個句子分別填入文中空缺處，使短文內(nèi)容完整、正確。

A. His comedies make a joke on human weakness and always have a happy ending.

B. But it doesn’t influence his popularity (流行程度）.

C. He created about 1,700 English words, including everyday ones like “l(fā)onely” and “hurry”.

D. When he was young, he moved to London and began to work as a playwright.

E. The person should be William Shakespeare (莎士比亞).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇人物小傳，介紹了英國文豪莎士比亞的簡單生平、文學(xué)成就及其對英語發(fā)展的重要影響。

【1】根據(jù)上文Who is the greatest English writer?，結(jié)合后文William Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564.，可知這個人就是莎士比亞。備選句子The person should be William Shakespeare符合句意，故選E。

【2】根據(jù)上下文William Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564.…By 1594, he had become an important playwright in London.，可知莎士比亞30歲以前就接觸到戲劇。備選句子When he was young, he moved to London and began to work as a playwright.符合句意，故選D。

【3】根據(jù)段首Whether comedies or tragedies, Shakespeare’s plays always catch people’s hearts.，可知本段介紹莎士比亞戲劇的特點(diǎn)。備選句子His comedies make a joke on human weakness and always have a happy ending.他的喜劇拿人類的弱點(diǎn)開玩笑，總是有一個快樂的結(jié)局。符合句意，故選A。

【4】根據(jù)Shakespeare’s works also have a big influence on the English language. 莎士比亞的作品對英語也有很大的影響，可知He created about 1,700 English words, including everyday ones like “l(fā)onely” and “hurry”.符合句意，故選C。

【5】根據(jù)上文and his English was very different from that of today，結(jié)合下文His plays have been translated into other languages and are performed more often，可知他的戲劇很受歡迎。備選句子But it doesn’t influence his popularity符合句意，故選B。

補(bǔ)全短文，要求根據(jù)上下文選擇合適的句子填空，使句意通順，文意連貫，表達(dá)順暢，重在考查學(xué)生對所學(xué)語言的綜合運(yùn)用能力和對文段的理解判斷能力。本題有一定難度，但只要聯(lián)系整篇短文，把握好上下句的意思和關(guān)系，正確作答是不成問題的。