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William 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．Their first child Was a daughter．Later they had twins．①In 1585,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 writings．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 and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon．②He died at the age of fifty-two．He left his money to his family．He left his genius to the world．You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages．He Was one of the most famous writers in the world．
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
1．How many plays did William Shakespeare write in all?
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2．In which year did Shakespeare decide to be an actor?
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3．文中画线句子①用下句表达可以写为：
In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ________．
4．Shakespeare got much money from ________．
5．把文中画线句子②改写为同义句：
He died ________ ________ ________ ________years old．
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