Who is the greatest English writer?1.His popular expressions, like “to be or not to be, that is a question”, and his stories such as Romeo and Juliet are almost famous in every corner of the world.

William Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564.2. By 1594, he had become an important playwright (戏剧大师）in London.

Whether comedies or tragedies, Shakespeare’s plays always catch people’s hearts.

3. In A Midsummer Shakespeare’s Night’s Dream, fairies (仙女）play magical tricks on people lost in the woods. His tragedies, however, can be very dark. Macbeth tells the story about a man who becomes king by killing a lot of people.

Shakespeare’s works also have a big influence on the English language. 4.

Of course, Shakespeare wrote his plays 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today. 5. His plays have been translated into other languages and are performed more often. There are over 400 films and TV plays adapted from his works. Shakespeare is not of an age, but for all the time.

根据材料内容，将方框内5个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。

A. His comedies make a joke on human weakness and always have a happy ending.

B. But it doesn’t influence his popularity (流行程度）.

C. He created about 1,700 English words, including everyday ones like “lonely” and “hurry”.

D. When he was young, he moved to London and began to work as a playwright.

E. The person should be William Shakespeare (莎士比亚).

书面表达。

中考即将来临,许多学生都感到学习紧张，压力很大，他们很苦恼。为此，你们学校以课后放松方式进行了调查，请你以How to relax yourself? 为题写一篇80词左右的短文，向校刊投稿。

要点提示：1.学生压力大及其表现；2.学会放松很重要；3.常见的放松方式；4.最适合你的放松方式；5.你的建议。

参考词汇：压力 pressure 压力大的：stressed out

How to relax yourself?

Yesterday I only bought _________ for my cousin, but __________ for myself.

A. something; something B. nothing; something

C. nothing; nothing D. something; nothing

We________our holidays in Hong Kong next year.

A. visited B. spent

C. are going to visit D. are going to spend

My sister is as __________as her classmate Joe, so they are good friends.

A. outgoing B. more outgoing C. the more outgoing D. the most outgoing

Of all the boys, John does his homework ______.

A. more careful B. the most careful C. more carefully D. the most carefully

There ________ a book sale in our school next month.

A. will be B. will have C. was D. has

Mr.Smith plans ________ here much longer because he has lots of things to do.

A. to keep B. keep C. to stay D. stay

——Does your brother __________ play soccer?

——Yes. He plays it every day.

A. often B. never C. hardly ever D. sometimes

Our son is going to study medicine when he________school.

A. leave B. leaves

C. is leaving D. left