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【题目】 Who is the greatest English writer? The person should be William Shakespeare (莎士比亚). His popular expressions like “to be or not to be, that is a question” are spread everywhere在他的一生中，他写了大量的作品。

Willam Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564. He was educated at the King’s New School, a free grammar school that was located in Stratford. There he studied the basic Latin text and grammar. 据说在学校，比起数学他更喜欢学习语言。 Later, he moved to London and began to work as a writer. By 1594, he had become an important writer in London.

Whether comedies or tragedies (悲剧), Shakespeare’s plays always touch people’s hearts. His comedies make a joke on human weaknesses and always have happy endings. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, fairies (仙子). play magical tricks on people who get lost in the woods. His tragedies, however, can be very dark. Macbeth tells the story about a man who becomes a king by killing a lot of people.

Of course, Shakespeare wrote his plays over 400 years ago. His English is very different from that of today. But it doesn’t influence his popularity. His plays which have been translated into other languages are also popular in the world.

William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. He was 52 years old at the time of his death. But Shakespeare truly has a great influence on English and even many other languages.

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【答案】

【1】In/During his lifetime, he wrote plenty of/ a lot of/ lots of/a large number of works/plays.

【2】It is said that he preferred to study languages rather than learn math at/in school.

/It is said that he preferred studying/learning languages to studying/learning math at/in school.

/It is said that he liked studying/learning languages better than math at/in school.

【3】无论是喜剧还是悲剧，莎士比亚的戏剧总是能触动人心/人的心灵，内心。

【4】那些被翻译成其余语言的剧本在世界上（定从必须翻译准确）也广受欢迎/很受欢迎/很流行。

【5】莎士比亚的确/确实/真的对英语，甚至很多其他语言，有很大影响/影响深远/影响很大。

【解析】

本文主要介绍了莎士比亚的一生以及他作品的巨大影响力。

【1】句意：在他的一生中，他写了大量的作品。

根据文章可知，莎士比亚写了大量作品发生在过去，此句应用一般过去时。在他的一生中in/during his lifetime；作品works，因为莎士比亚的作品大多都是戏剧，所以此处也可用plays；此句中的大量用来修饰可数名词复数works/plays，可用plenty of/ a lot of/ lots of/a large number of。故填In/During his lifetime, he wrote plenty of/ a lot of/ lots of/a large number of works/plays.

【2】句意：据说在学校，比起数学他更喜欢学习语言。

据说It is said that...，结合语境，此处从句应用一般过去时。在学校at/in school；比起……更喜欢……可译为prefer to do...rather than do/prefer doing...to doing/like doing...better than。故填It is said that he preferred to study languages rather than learn math at/in school./It is said that he preferred studying/learning languages to studying/learning math at/in school./It is said that he liked studying/learning languages better than math at/in school.

【3】句意：无论是喜剧还是悲剧，莎士比亚的戏剧总是能触动人心。

Whether...or...翻译为“无论……还是……”；comedies翻译为“喜剧”；tragedies翻译为“悲剧”；touch people’s hearts翻译为“触动人心”。故填无论是喜剧还是悲剧，莎士比亚的戏剧总是能触动人心/人的心灵，内心。

【4】句意：那些被翻译成其余语言的剧本在世界上也广受欢迎。

定语从句“which have been translated into other languages”用来修饰先行词“plays”，可翻译为被翻译成其他语言的剧本；be popular in the world翻译为“在世界上广受欢迎”。故填那些被翻译成其余语言的剧本在世界上也广受欢迎/很受欢迎/很流行。

【5】句意：莎士比亚的确对英语，甚至很多其他语言，有很大影响。

truly翻译为“的确，确实，真的”；has a great influence on English翻译为“对英语有很大影响/影响深远/影响很大”；even many other languages翻译为“甚至很多其他语言”。故填莎士比亚的确/确实/真的对英语，甚至很多其他语言，有很大影响/影响深远/影响很大。