题目内容
In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience(经历)four seasons in one day.In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring.An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard.The weather gets a little cold.In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer.So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella(伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret(后悔)later in the day.
1.Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
A.Because they may have four seasons in one day.
B.Because they often have very good Weather.
C.Because the weather is warm just like in spring.
D.Because the sky is sunny all day.
2.From the story we know that when _______ come, there is a heavy rain.
A.sunshine and snow B.black clouds
C.summer and winter D.spring and autumn
3."People can also have summer in winter." Means "it is sometimes too _______ in winter."
A.warm B.cool C.cold D.rainy
4.In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because _______.
A.their friends ask them to do so B.it often rains in England
C.they are going to sell them D.they are their favorite things
5.The best title(标题)for this passage is _______.
A.Bad Seasons B.Summer or Winter
C.The Weather in England D.Strange English People
ABABC
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. |