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..

51.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except(除了) __________.

   A. Hamlet                B. Macbeth  

   C. Romeo and Juliet        D. Man and Superman

52. Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.

   A. 1578           B. 1582         C. 1599       D. 1616

53. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.

   A. with his wife             B. with his daughter

   C. with his wife and children   D. alone

54. Shakespeare got much money from ______.

   A. writing.        B. plays          C. acting      D. retirement

55. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

   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.

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