Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He 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 fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..
【小題1】Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.

A．HamletB．Macbeth
C．Romeo and JulietD．Man and Superman
【小題2】Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.
A．1578B．1582C．1599D．1616
【小題3】In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.
A．with his wife B．with his daughter
C．with his wife and children D．a(chǎn)lone
【小題4】Shakespeare got much money from ______.
A．writing.B．playsC．a(chǎn)ctingD．retirement
【小題5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Shakespeare had two children.
B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.
C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.
D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：本文主要介紹了英國(guó)著名的劇作家和詩(shī)人莎士比亞的生平。莎士比亞出生在1564年，十四歲時(shí)決定成為一名演員。后來(lái)獨(dú)自離開(kāi)家鄉(xiāng)，靠著演戲爭(zhēng)得了很多錢。49歲時(shí)退休返回家鄉(xiāng)，52歲去世。
【小題1】根據(jù)Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .描述可知不不包括選項(xiàng)D。
【小題2】根據(jù)He 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 fourteen.可知1564+14=1578.故選A。
【小題3】根據(jù)In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .描述可知他是自己獨(dú)自離開(kāi)。故選D。
【小題4】根據(jù)But he made a lot of money from acting.可知他通過(guò)演戲掙了很多錢。故選C。
【小題5】根據(jù)Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems.描述可知選項(xiàng)B表述正確。
考點(diǎn)：關(guān)于記述文的閱讀理解
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文信息量較大，出現(xiàn)數(shù)字較多。閱讀中注意把握文章的重點(diǎn)內(nèi)容。注意短文的敘述順序.然后帶著問(wèn)題,再讀短文,找出答題依據(jù).對(duì)于有關(guān)數(shù)字的問(wèn)題,要認(rèn)真分析,并進(jìn)行必要的計(jì)算.

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