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【题目】William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. He had a sister, Joan, and several younger brothers. They were Gilbert, Richard and Edmund. After William's parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother's brother. At school, he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.

At 28, he moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599. He became an actor and he also wrote plays. He usually acted his own plays. He__could__make__all__kinds__of__people__pleased. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. He got almost no money from his writing, but he made a lot of money from acting.

Shakespeare died at the age of 52. He is a famous ________ in the world. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.

31题完成句子；32～33题简略回答问题；34题写下文中空缺处的一个单词；

35题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

【1】When William Shakespeare was at the age of 14, he liked ________.

【2】How many younger brothers did William Shakespeare have?

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【3】What was William Shakespeare?

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【4】________________________________________________________________________

【5】________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】watching plays/to watch plays

【2】3/Three.

【3】He was a great writer and actor.

【4】writer

【5】他能让各种各样的人高兴。

【解析】我们都知道莎士比亚，他是英国著名的剧作家。其实他也是一个演员，他通常表演自己写的戏剧。这篇短文中给我们介绍了莎士比亚的生平，我们可以更多的了解这个著名的人物。

【1】根据短文第一段中At school, he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.可知，在14岁的时候，莎士比亚喜欢观看戏剧，因此他毕业后决定成为一个演员。由此可知这里应填watching plays。like to do sth.也可以表示喜欢做某事，因此这里也可以用to watch plays。

【2】根据短文第一段中He had a sister, Joan, and several younger brothers. They were Gilbert, Richard and Edmund.可知，莎士比亚有三个弟弟，他们是Gilbert, Richard和Edmund。

【3】根据短文中He became an actor and he also wrote plays 以及He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays可知，莎士比亚不仅在戏剧中表演，他还写戏剧。由此可知他既是一个演员actor，也是一个作家writer。

【4】根据下句话In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all.可知，在莎士比亚的一生中，他写了37部戏剧。因此这里应说他是一个作家，故填writer。

【5】all kinds of 各种各样的，是一个固定短语；pleased高兴的，是一个形容词。句中的谓语动词make是一个使役动词，意思是“使，让”，常用于句型make sb. +形容词作宾补，“使某人…”，故这句话的意思是：他能使各种各样的人高兴。