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 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 made 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 in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius(天才)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.
Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except .
A.Hamlet | B.Macbeth |
C.Romeo and Juliet | D.Man and Superman |
Shakespeare decided to be an actor in .
A.1578 | B.1582 | C.1599 | D.1616 |
In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon .
A.with his wife | B.with his daughter |
C.with his wife and children | D.Alone |
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Mrs. Wilson is not tall with curly hair. She comes from Australia. She is our math teacher. But I don’t like math. It’s too difficult and boring. Mrs. Wilson is 25 years old. She is very shy (害羞)and kind of serious(严肃的). She never plays games with us. She often sees the films on weekends. And she enjoys reading very much. She has lots of books in her bedroom.
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Tom lived in a town near New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven years old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far(远的) from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never(从不) late for class and his teachers likes him very much.
It was Monday that day. Miss Green was teaching them to count(数数) from one to ten in the morning. Tom was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Green was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Tom?”
Tom stood up and said, “Two, Miss.”
“Who are they?”
“My father and my mother.”
“Oh,” Miss Green was surprised. She then said, “There’re three people in your family.”
“But now I’m not at home. I’m at school, you know!”Where did Tom’s father work? ______________
A.In a factory. | B.In a school. | C.In a shop. | D.In a hospital. |
Tom was now a student of_______.
A.Grade One | B.Grade Two | C.Grade Three | D.Grade Four |
Tom was never late for school because________.
A.all his teachers liked him |
B.he went to school in a car |
C.his house was next to the school |
D.he just began to school a month ago |
Miss Green taught her children to count from one to ten_______.
A.every day | B.one Monday morning |
C.in Tom’s house | D.five days a week |
Which is the best title(题目) for this story? ____________
A.Two or Three? | B.From One to Ten |
C.Tom and his family | D.Miss Green and Her Students |
SUNNY SCHOOL
We are a bilingual(双语) school for children of 6-15. We want a cook, a library assistant, a sports coach and a language teacher.
Job |
Age |
Language |
Skill |
Other terms (其它条件) |
cook |
25~40 |
Chinese |
can cook Chinese and Western(西方) food |
healthy |
library assistant |
20~35 |
Chinese, English |
has the knowledge(知识) on all kinds of books |
careful (仔细) |
sports coach |
20~40 |
Chinese, English |
major in(主修) P.E. |
healthy, strong |
teacher |
30~45 |
Chinese, English |
major in English |
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Who can’t go to Sunny School?
A.A four-year-old child. | B.An eleven-year-old boy. |
C.A fifteen-year-old girl | D.An eight-year-old kid. |
Who is not wanted by Sunny School?
A.A PE teacher. | B.An English teacher. |
C.A library assistant | D.A math teacher. |
We know ______ may not speak English in Sunny School.
A.the sports coach | B.the cook |
C.the library assistant | D.the language teacher |
The coach must major in _______.
A.Chinese | B.English | C.food | D.P.E. |
The Sunny School wants a teacher ________.
A.aged between 25 and 40 | B.who can cook Western food |
C.who is careful and strong | D.who can speak English and Chinese |
I will never forget the year when I was 12.My mother told us that we would not get Christmas gifts because there was not enough money .I felt sad and thought, ”What shall I say when the other kids ask me about my gifts?” I started to hope the Christmas wouldn’t come that year. Just then three women came to our house with gifts for all of us. For me,they brought a doll .I felt so happy.
Years later, my life changed a lot. So one Christmas, I wanted to do something special. I asked forty friends to help me. We visited 125 orphans(孤儿)to come to our Christmas party. For every child, we prepared a beautiful gift.
Finally the moment came. I called out,” One, two, three. Open your gifts!” As the children opened their boxes, the whole room was full of their bright smiles. The feeling I got from that Christmas so long ago came again. ___gave the writer a Christmas gift when she was 12.
A.Nobody | B.Her mother | C.Three women | D.An old man |
From the sentence “Years later, my life changed a lot.” we can guess that _____.
A.the writer didn’t get Christmas gifts any more. |
B.the writer became rich. |
C.the writer didn’t like Christmas gifts at all. |
D.the writer hoped to help more orphans. |
The writer was so _____when she got a Christmas gift.
A.sad | B.bored | C.tired | D.happy |
Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
A.The writer’s family was very poor when she was a child. |
B.The writer wanted to do something special for the old people at Christmas. |
C.The three women taught the writer how to help others. |
D.The writer and her friends invited 125 orphans to come to the Christmas party. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
A.A special Christmas |
B.How to choose Christmas gifts. |
C.Three kind women. |
D.My first Christmas. |
More than a hundred years ago, an American produced (创造) a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first so he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular (流行) in Britain. The game was then played across the dining-room table or on the floor with the net hung between two chairs. In the early days ,the balls were made of cork (软木) or rubber. The bats(球拍) were made of wood.
A few years later a hollow (空心) ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first played the game in England and called it "ping - pong". "Ping" was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball, and "pong" was the sound of the ball when it hit the table. Who invented the game of ping-pong?
A.A Chinese. | B.An Englishman. | C.An American. | D.We don't know. |
The game was first called ________ by its producer(创造者).
A.ping- pong tennis | B.table tennis | C.our-door tennis | D.indoor tennis |
What did the British think of the game?
A.Moving (感人的). | B.Interesting. | C.Terrible. | D.boring. |
In the early days,the ball was________.
A.hollow | B.covered with rubber |
C.made of cork or rubber | D.made of wood |
The name of ping-pong has something to do with __________.
A.sound | B.size | C.history | D.place |