William Shakespeare is one of ________ in the world．
the more famous writers
the more famous writer
the most famous writer
the most famous writers
科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年江苏省江都市甘棠中学七年级下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.
I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.
At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!
The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.
【小题1】The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.
| A．城堡 | B．胜地 | C．城垛 | D．楼阁 |
| A．younger than | B．bigger than |
| C．older than | D．smaller than |
| A．beautiful gardens |
| B．one swimming pool inside |
| C．one swimming pool outside |
| D．all the above |
| A．A tour around Europe |
| B．The paintings and castles in Europe |
| C．His mother |
| D．His dream |
| A．Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build. |
| B．Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea. |
| C．Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties. |
| D．After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle. |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013届江西景德镇九年级第三次质检英语卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.
Shakespeare 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 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can 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】What was Shakespeare?
| A．A writer | B．An actor |
| C．A theater producer | D．A,B and C |
| A．writing | B．acting |
| C．opening the Globe Theater | D．selling his books |
| A．房子 | B．遗憾 | C．悔恨 | D．天赋 |
| A．Shakespeare died when he was 52 years old. |
| B．Shakespeare married in 1582,and he had two daughters and a son. |
| C．Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and science fictions. |
| D．No one knows why Shakespeare left his hometown at he age of 21. |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012年初中毕业升学考试（江苏宿迁卷）英语（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
My name is Toby. I’m eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William’s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother’s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.
I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don’t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.
He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play—Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6th of January, 1601. She liked it.
William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There’s no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn’t like that in my young days. But I can still think—and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I…
【小题1】Toby and William first met in ______.
| A．1601 | B．1595 | C．1592 | D．1579 |
| A．Gilbert | B．Edmund | C．Richard | D．Joan |
| A．writes plays | B．performs in plays |
| C．watches plays | D．works in a theatre |
| A．war | B．peace | C．love | D．friendship |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011年湖北省孝感市中考英语试卷 题型：选词填空
【小题1】The kangaroo lives in Australia and eat grass and .
【小题2】Although the little girl at the age of 10, she studied English by herself t home.
【小题3】 She closed the door because the baby was sleeping in the room.
【小题4】 No student this kind of computer games.
【小题5】My aunt has moved to London, but she calls us .
【小题6】I my old friend last Sunday when I was walking in the park.
【小题7】The main land thousands of small island, and it is very beautiful.
【小题8】He went o with his work the heavy rain.
【小题9】Many new schools already in Wenchuan.
【小题10】William Shakespear became a actor and wrote many great plays.
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科目：初中英语 来源：2011-2012学年江苏省淮安市涟水县初三中考模拟二英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
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Every year in English-speaking countries, people list the most popular names. Here are some examples. In the United States at the moment, the three most popular names are Emily, Emma, and Madison. For boys, they are Michael, Joshua and Mathew. In Britain parents today might call their little girl Grace, Jessica or Ruby. If they have a little boy, they could call him Jack, Thomas or Oliver.
In China names have very clear meanings. If a girl is called Mei, her name means “beautiful”. If a boy is called “Wu”, his name means “ like a soldier”. Names in English-speaking countries are like this too. The girl’s name Joy is probably chosen because the parents with their daughter to be joyful and bring joy to others. If a girl is Ruby, it may be because of the beautiful valuable stone.[来源:Zxxk.Com]
Parents often pick names that can be shortened. They might choose such names because they want to be able to speak to their child in a personal way.
For exampale, a popualr name is William. But William can be shortened to Will, Willy, Bill and Billy. The same is true of the favourite old name for a girl, Elizabeth. Elizabeth can be shortened to Beth, Liza and Liz.
Another reason children get the names is that parents want their boy or girl after someone who is famous, such as an actor, a pop star or sports star. David is a popular name in Britain, partly because David Beckham is a famous footballer.
1.At the moment, Michael is one of the three most popular names for boys _______ while Grace for __________ in Britain.
2.Mei means ________ and Ruby means ________ according to the passage.
3.From this passage, we know that both parents in ________ countries and in China would like to choose names for their __________.
4. Parents often pick names that can be _________ so that they can ____________ in a personal way.
5.David is a popular name in Britain partly __________________ the famous football _____________, David Beckham.
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