Question

【題目】閱讀理解

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Most people have heard of Shakespeare and probably know something of the plays that he wrote. However，not everybody knows much about the life of this remarkable man，except perhaps that he was born in the market town of Stratford upon Avon and that he married a woman called Anne Hathaway. We know nothing of his school life. We do not know，for example，how long it lasted，but we presume that he attended the local grammar school，where the principal subject taught was Latin.

Nothing certain is known for what he did between the time he left school and his departure for London. According to a local legend，he was beaten and even put in prison for stealing rabbits and deer from the estate of a neighboring landowner，Sir Thomas Lucy. It is said that because of this he was forced to run away from his native place. A different legend says that he was apprenticed to a Stratford butcher，but did not like the life and for this reason decided to leave Stratford.

Whatever caused him to leave the town of his birth，the world can be grateful that he did so. What is certain is that he set his foot on the road to fame when he arrived in London. It is said that at first he had no money or friends there，but that he earned a little by taking care of the horses of the gentlemen who attended the plays at the theatre. In_time，as he became familiar figure to the actors in the theatre，they stopped and spoke to him. They found his conversation so brilliant that finally he was invited to join their company.

【1】In the early life of Shakespeare，he________.

A．a(chǎn)ttended a public school

B．lived in London

C．studied Latin

D．was put in prison for stealing cattle

【2】Why was he forced to leave his native place according to this passage?

A．Because he did not want to go to school.

B．Because he left for London to become famous.

C．Because he had stolen deer and was beaten.

D．No one knows for certain.

【3】Why can the world be grateful that he left his hometown?

A．Because he wrote many world-famous plays after leaving his hometown.

B．Because he became a good rider in London.

C．Because he was an actor at last.

D．Because he travelled all over the world.

【4】The underlined phrase “In time” in Paragraph 3 means________.

A．on time

B．sometimes

C．some time later

D．some time

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

文章主要敘述莎士比亞成為劇作家前的一些情況。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段最后一句中可知，莎士比亞學(xué)過拉丁文。

【2】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段對(duì)于他的出走做出了種種猜測，但是又根據(jù)第三段第一句可以看出，作者并沒有肯定哪種說法。

【3】A 推理判斷題。由第三段可知，莎士比亞離開家鄉(xiāng)去了倫敦，在那里走上了文學(xué)道路，寫出了不朽的著作，因此世界應(yīng)該感激他離開家鄉(xiāng)。

【4】C 詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系后面的內(nèi)容可知，人們過了一段時(shí)間之后才熟悉他。