Who is the greatest English writer? The person should be William Shakespeare (莎士比亚). His popular expressions like “to be or not to be, that is a question” are spread everywhere在他的一生中,他写了大量的作品。

Willam Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564. He was educated at the King’s New School, a free grammar school that was located in Stratford. There he studied the basic Latin text and grammar. 据说在学校,比起数学他更喜欢学习语言。 Later, he moved to London and began to work as a writer. By 1594, he had become an important writer in London.

Whether comedies or tragedies (悲剧), Shakespeare’s plays always touch people’s hearts. His comedies make a joke on human weaknesses and always have happy endings. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, fairies (仙子). play magical tricks on people who get lost in the woods. His tragedies, however, can be very dark. Macbeth tells the story about a man who becomes a king by killing a lot of people.

Of course, Shakespeare wrote his plays over 400 years ago. His English is very different from that of today. But it doesn’t influence his popularity. His plays which have been translated into other languages are also popular in the world.

William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. He was 52 years old at the time of his death. But Shakespeare truly has a great influence on English and even many other languages.

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One day a rich man took his son on a trip to the country ______ he could have his son see how poor country people were.

They stayed one day and one night in the farmhouse of a very humble farmer. ______ the way back home at the end of the trip the father asked the son, “What did you think of the trip?”

The son answered, “Very nice, Dad.”

The father then asked, “Did you ______ how poor they were?”

The son ______, “May be.”

The father then added, “And what did you learn?”

To this question, the son thought for ______ and answered slowly, “I learned that we have one dog in the house and they have four. We have a fountain (喷泉)in the garden and they have a ______ running beside their houses that has no end.

“We have fancy lanterns in our garden, while they have the ______ in the sky. Our garden goes to the edge of our yard, but for their backyard, they have the entire horizon (视野)!”

At the end of the son’s reply, the rich father was ______. His son then added: "Thanks, Dad, for ______ me how poor we really are.”

Isn’t it true that all ______ the lens(镜头) you use to see life?

If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude toward life, you’ve got everything!

You can’t buy any of these things. You can have all the material possessions (财富) you can imagine, provisions (储备) for the future, etc., but if you are poor of spirit, you’ll have nothing!

1.A.after B.so C.before

2.A.On B.In C.By

3.A.notice B.look C.study

4.A.believed B.thought C.replied

5.A.an hour B.a quarter C.a second

6.A.lake B.stream C.pool

7.A.stars B.candles C.fire

8.A.angry B.speechless C.happy

9.A.telling B.asking C.showing

10.A.depend on B.hold on C.agree on

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