William 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. In 1585, 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 _______.
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 wifeB．with his daughter
C．with his wife and childrenD．a(chǎn)lone
小題4:Shakespeare got much money from _______.
A．writingB．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

試題分析：本文敘述了莎士比亞的生平事跡，他是英國偉大的劇作家和詩人，他從事寫作雖然沒有掙到錢，可是他通過在劇中做演員掙了一些錢，他總共寫了37個(gè)劇本，至今仍然很受歡迎。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. 故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He was born in 1564 in England.He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen.故選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. 他獨(dú)自離開了家，故選D。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But he made a lot of money from acting.故選C。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems.莎士比亞寫了許多劇本和詩，故選B。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：細(xì)節(jié)題為閱讀考題的重頭戲，所占比例高達(dá)80% ，相對(duì)而言較簡(jiǎn)單，因?yàn)檫@類題雖然要求理解準(zhǔn)確，但基本上限于字面意義的理解，范圍也限于局部，因此是我們可望得高分的部分。細(xì)節(jié)題絕大部分體現(xiàn)“中心思想是解”這一原理。本文都是細(xì)節(jié)理解題，在文中比較容易找到答案。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”
The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future  37 . Each of you will have to   38  someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.  “How about some   41_ ?” I shook my head again .
Finally , I thought he realized I was   42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43 : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   44  in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   47  all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   49 .
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and   51  choosing my strongest area.  52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get  54  all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could  55 her.
小題1:
A．goodB．madC．carelessD．curious
小題2:
A．universityB．familyC．professionsD．life
小題3:
A．interviewB．find outC．a(chǎn)dmireD．learn from
小題4:
A．expressedB．orderedC．expectedD．meant
小題5:
A．hardlyB．nearlyC．naturallyD．eagerly
小題6:
A．drinkB．newspapersC．preparationsD．paper
小題7:
A．satisfiedB．comfortableC．terrifiedD．sorry
小題8:
A．studentB．journalistC．teacherD．writer
小題9:
A．researchB．booksC．imaginationD．memory
小題10:
A．calledB．recognizedC．rememberedD．visited
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)nswerB．promiseC．stopD．persuade
小題12:
A．howB．whetherC．whyD．when
小題13:
A．It B．Virginia DeViewC．My parentsD．My oral report
小題14:
A．breaking in B．getting downC．falling offD．going on
小題15:
A．making upB．listening to C．coveringD．writing
小題16:
A．of courseB．finallyC．doubtfullyD．in all
小題17:
A．WhenB．As long as C．OnceD．On condition
小題18:
A．forB．withC．ofD．to
小題19:
A．hurtB．excitedC．disappointedD．a(chǎn)sked
小題20:
A．respectB．supportC．thankD．favor

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