It's not every week that England's greatest playwright William Shakespeare hits

It's not every week that England's greatestplaywright William Shakespeare hits the headlines, but the Bard of Avon （艾芬河的吟游诗人） has been thesubject of two news stories in recent days as new information has come to lightabout the writer and his working environment．

In the first development, a portrait ofShakespeare, which is believed to be the only picture painted of him during hislifetime, was unveiled in London．

The artwork has been dated back to 1610,meaning it was painted six years before the writer's death．

The painting had been owned by a familydescended from Shakespeare's literary patron （文学赞助人） tor hundreds of years without themever knowing who the man in the picture was．

Alec Cobbe, who inherited the portrait,realized that the painting was a likeness of Shakespeare after visiting anexhibition at the National Portrait Gallery where he saw a portrait that had,until 70 years ago, been accepted as a life portrait of Shakespeare．

Mr Cobhe immediately realized he was lookingat a copy of the painting that had been in his family for centuries．

The painting will now go on display inShakespeare's hometown Stratford-upon-Avon．

In a separate story, archaeologists inLondon believe they have unearthed the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre．

The site was excavated（发掘） by a team from theMuseum of London last summer, and is believed to have been built in 1576．

Experts think that Shakespeare himself actedat the theatre, which may have been where the play Romeo and Juliet waspremiered （首次公演）．

It is believed that 25 years afterconstruction, the building was pulled down and moved timber by timber to theSouth Bank of the Thames, where a reconstruction of the theatre now stands．

1.．What is the story mainly about?

    A．The remains of the firsttheatre．  B．Shakespeare'sportrait．

    C．Early life of Shakespeare．        D．Great works of Shakespeare．

2.．What does the underlined word"unveiled" mean in the passage?

    A．made public      B．found out       C．on sale           D．sold out

3.．Before visiting the exhibition, Alec Cobbe ___   _．

    A．knew his painting was acopy of the portrait of Shakespeare

    B．thought his painting was alittle like Shakespeare

    C．realized his painting wasvery valuable

    D．was unknown who the man inthe painting was

4.．Which of the following is true?

    A．The site was the firsttheater Shakespeare built．

    B．Romeo and Juliet was firstput on in 1576．

    C．The theatre was pulleddown to make place for a new one．

    D．The theatre rebuilt standson the South Bank of the Thames．

试题答案

【答案】

1..B

2..A

3..D

4..D

【解析】略