Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, made full use of the greatest r

 Shakespeare, moreperhaps than any other writer, made full use of the greatest resources of theEnglish language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal use ofEnglish; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand words! Thereis probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness andvariety of the English language than by studying the various ways in whichShakespeare uses it. Such a study is well worth the effort, even though someaspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed sinceShakespeare’s day.

However, it issurprising that we should know comparatively little about the life of thegreatest English writer. We know that Shakespeare was born in 1564 inStratford-on-Avon, and that he died there in 1616. He almost certainly attendedthe Grammar School in the town, but of this we cannot be sure. We know he wasmarried there in 1582 to Anne Hathaway and that he had three children. We knowthat he spent much of his life in London writing his great works. But this isalmost all that we do know.

However, what isimportant about Shakespeare’s life is not its other less important details butits products, the plays and the poems. For many years scholars have been tryingto add a few facts about Shakespeare’s life to the small number we alreadypossess and for an equally long time critics (评论家) have beentalking about the plays. Sometimes, indeed, it seems that the poetry ofShakespeare will disappear under the great mass of comment (评论)that has been written upon it.

Luckily this is notlikely to happen. Shakespeare’s people have long delighted not just theEnglish but lovers of literature everywhere, and will continue to do so afterthe scholars and critics and all their works have been forgotten.

70. According to thewriter, which of the following remains uncertain about Shakespeare?

  A. His date ofbirth.                 B. His marriage.

  C. His life inthe Grammar School.      D. His date of death.

71. It can be inferredfrom Para.3 that ______.

  A. not all thecomments on Shakespeare’s works have produced good effects

  B. scholars havesuccessfully collected facts about Shakespeare’s life

  C. critics aremore interested in Shakespeare’s plays than his poetry

  D. the detailsof Shakespeare’s life are more important than his literary works

72. What does the lastsentence in Para.3 mean?

  A. People don’tthink the poetry of Shakespeare good any more.

  B. People paymore attention to the comment than the poetry of Shakespeare.

  C. People can’tsee the poetry of Shakespeare any more.

  D. The commentis printed upon the poetry of Shakespeare.

73. “Shakespeare’speople” in Para.4 refers to _______.

  A. thecharacters in Shakespeare’s products

  B. the peoplewhose native language is English

  C. the peopleliving in Shakespeare’s day

  D. the readersof Shakespeare’s works

试题答案

【答案】

 C

 A

 B

 A

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