5.Shakespeare,more perhaps than any other writer,made full use of the greatest resources of the English language.Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English:Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand!There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare uses it.Such a study is well worth the effort,even though some aspects of English usage,and the meaning of many words,have changed since Shakespeare's day.
However,it is surprising that we should know comparatively little about the life of the greatest English author.We know that Shakespeare was born in 1564in Stratford-on-Avon,and that he died there in 1616.He almost certainly attended the Grammar School in the town,but of this we cannot be sure.We know he was married there in 1582to Anne Hathaway and that he had three children.We know that he spent much of his life in London writing his masterpieces.But this is almost all that we do know.
However,what is important about Shakespeare's life is not its incidental details butits products,the plays and the poems.For many years scholars have been trying to add a few fats about Shakespeare's life to the small number we already possess and for an equally long time critics have been theorizing about the plays.Sometimes,indeed,it seems that the poetry of Shakespeare will disaapear under the great mass of comment that has been written upon it.
Fortunately this is not likely to happen.Shakespeare's people have long delighted not just the English but lovers of literature everywhere,and will continue to do so after the scholars and critics and all their works have been forgotten.
1.The first paragraph mainly deals withD
A.the great length of each chapter
B.the great varieties in writing styles
C.the richness of the content in Shakespeare's works
D.the rich English language used by Shakespeare
2.According to the author,which of the following remains uncertain about Shakespeare?C
A.His date of birth.
B.His marriage.
C.His life in the Grammar School.
D.His date of death.
3.It can be inferred from Paragraph 3thatA.
A.Not all the comments on Shakespeare's works have produced good efforts
B.The details of Shakespeare's life are more attractive than his literary works
C.Scholars have successfully collected facts about Shakespeare's life
D.Critics are more interested in Shakespeare's play than his poetry
4.What does the last sentence in Paragraph 3mean?B
A.People don't consider the poetry of Shakespeare good any more.
B.People pay more attention to the comment than the poetry of Shakespeare.
C.People can't read the poetry of Shakespeare any more.
D.The comment is printed on the poetry of Shakespeare.
分析 莎士比亞,也許比任何其他作家,都更充分利用了英語資源,我們大多數(shù)人在我們的正常就業(yè)中使用約五千英語詞匯,莎士比亞在他的作品中使用約二萬五千單詞!但是對(duì)于這樣偉大的作家,我們對(duì)其作品的評(píng)論比對(duì)其詩(shī)歌本身的關(guān)注還要多.
解答 1.D 主旨大意題.根據(jù)第一段尤其是Shakespeare,more perhaps than any other writer,made full use of the greatest resources ofthe English language.可知,莎士比亞的作品里所用的豐富的詞匯是無人能及的,并不是他的寫作風(fēng)格、內(nèi)容的豐富多樣.故選D.
2.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段的He almost certainly attended the Grammar School in the town,but of this we cannot be sure.可知,幾乎可以肯定他上了鎮(zhèn)上的語法學(xué)校,但這一點(diǎn)我們不能肯定.故選C.
3.A推理判斷題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知,詩(shī)評(píng)之多淹沒了詩(shī)作本身,出現(xiàn)了只見評(píng)論不見詩(shī)的局面.所以不是所有關(guān)于莎士比亞作品的評(píng)論都產(chǎn)生了良好的效果.故選A.
4.B句意理解題.根據(jù)本句前的For many years scholars have been tryingto add a few facts about Shakespeare's life…and for an equally long timecritics have been theorizing about the plays.可知,學(xué)者及評(píng)論家們一直在豐富莎士比亞的生平事跡以及評(píng)論莎。,有時(shí)人們對(duì)莎士比亞作品的評(píng)論比對(duì)其詩(shī)歌本身的關(guān)注還要多.故選B.
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