题目内容
In England ,people don’t often talk to each other when they travel. If you get on a bus or a train. you can see people sitting and looking out of the window. Other people may read books or newspapers.
When you meet English people, they often start a conversation by talking about the weather . So when you meet somebody in England, you can say, “Nice weather for the time of the year!”
“But it was a little cold yesterday, ”somebody may answer.
“But it will get a bit warmer later,”you can say.
Talking like this, they will think,“How friendly you are!”
1.English people _________on the bus.
A. often talk a lot
B. never talk to each other
C. read newspapers
D. never looking out of the window.
2.When you meet English people, you can start the conversation by talking about the__________.
A. weather B. work C. family D. age
3.According to(根据) the passage, if you talk to English people about the weather, they will think_________.
A. you are friendly B. you are right
C. you are English D. you are clever.
4.Which of the followings is true?
A. English people like traveling by bus
B. English people often talk about the weather
C. English people are unfriendly.
D. English people like the cold weather.
1.C
2.A
3.A
4.B
【解析】
1.根据文章内容In England ,people don’t often talk to each other when they travel.可知答案为C
2.根据文章内容When you meet English people, they often start a conversation by talking about the weather可知答案为A
3.根据文章内容But it will get a bit warmer later,”you can say.
Talking like this, they will think,“How friendly you are!”可知答案为A
4.根据文章内容可知答案为B。
Willam 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. In1585, 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..
【小题1】Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except(除了) __________.
A.Hamlet | B.Macbeth |
C.Romeo and Juliet | D.Man and Superman |
A.1578 | B.1582 | C.1599 | D.1616 |
A.with his wife | B.with his daughter |
C.with his wife and children | D.alone |
A.writing. | B.plays | C.acting | D.retirement |
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. |