Question

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

1. 1.
   Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except _______
   1. A.
      Hamlet
   2. B.
      Macbeth
   3. C.
      Romeo and Juliet
   4. D.
      Man and Superman
2. 2.
   Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _______
   1. A.
      1578
   2. B.
      1582
   3. C.
      1599
   4. D.
      1616
3. 3.
   In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon _______
   1. A.
      with his wife
   2. B.
      with his daughter
   3. C.
      with his wife and children
   4. D.
      alone
4. 4.
   Shakespeare got much money from _______
   1. A.
      writing
   2. B.
      plays
   3. C.
      acting
   4. D.
      retirement
5. 5.
   According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? ________
   1. A.
      Shakespeare had two children
   2. B.
      Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems
   3. C.
      Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre
   4. D.
      Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages

Answer 1

DADCB
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。
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。
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。
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。
4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But he made a lot of money from acting.故選C。
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。
考點(diǎn)：人物類短文閱讀。
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。