题目内容
In England,if people need some help,they can go to Help the Aged,Shelter,Child Line,Weight Watchers and Relate for help.Help the Aged helps old people.Shelter helps the people with no place to live in.Child Line is a telephone help-line for children to call when they have problems.Weight Watchers helps fat people to be thinner and Relate helps people with problems when they can't get on well with(与……相处得好) others.
In universities(大学),students have their own counselors.Jan Murray is such a woman.She works in a university as a counselor.Students can come and see her if they need help.I asked her when her office was open and what kinds of problems students had.
“In my office,I'm here on any day during the week,and the other person is here in the evenings and on weekends.Students can find either of us in the office at any time.There's also an emergency telephone number at night.”
“People come to me with all kinds of problems.A lot of them are worried about their lessons and exams.Some worry about their money.Some need help with finding bedrooms.Sometimes they are ill and they want to talk about seeing doctors.The biggest problem is that though(虽然)universities are wonderful and interesting places,a lot of students find it difficult to make friends.They miss their families and friends and feel lost in this new place.My work is to listen and try to understand what they're feeling.But of course I also give them some ideas when it's needed.”
“I've had a visit from a young student today.I asked him what the matter was.He told me that he was lonely and unhappy(not happy).He asked me if(是否)other students felt the same and he asked me where he could go to meet people.”
1.Mrs. Hill is about sixty.Now she wants some help.She can go to ____________.
2.Look at the four people.Who should often go to Weight Watchers? _____________
A. B. C. D.
3.You can find Jan Murray in her office ___________________.
4.In Universities, when students meet some problems, they usually go to see the __________. 5.Students feel it difficult to make friends because _______________________________.
1.Help the Aged 2.D 3.on any day during the week
4.counselors 5.They miss their families and friends and feel lost in this new place.
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. |