Willam 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 was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, 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 writing. 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 (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..

1.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.

A．Hamlet                               B．Macbeth

C．Romeo and Juliet                        D．Man and Superman

2.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.

A．1578             B．1582             C．1599             D．1616

3.In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.

A．with his wife                           B．with his daughter

C．with his wife and children                 D．alone

4.Shakespeare got much money from ______.

A．writing.           B．plays             C．acting            D．retirement

5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Shakespeare had two children.

B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.

 

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.

Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.

Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（晕倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.

1.What’s the name of their first record?

A．“Never Say Goodbye”                   B．“See You, See Me”

C．“I Want You Back”                      D．“On the World”

2.Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.

A．rock music                            B．street dance

C．playing the piano                        D．moon walking

3.Why did Mochael have to stay at home most of the time?

A．Because he was too famous

B．Because he often felt lonely.

C．Because he had no friends

D．Because his company asked him to do so

 

Tom was ______ only because he made a mistake.

A．laugh

B．laughed

C．be laughed

D．laughed at

 

用所给词的适当形式填空（10小题*1=10分）

1.Do you think watching too much TV is useful? No, I think it is       (use).

2.It is one of ______(famous)parks in the world.

3.You can learn English by        (test) your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.

4.A lot of trees ________ (plant) on March 12^th every year.

5.What a pity! The tickets of the concert            (sell) out yesterday.

6.“We are proud of your_____________(successful), Daniel.” said father.

7.These clouds were so beautiful that I could not stop           （take）photos

8.Your mother _____________(get) everything ready for you , hasn’t she?

9.He        (be) ill for three days.

10.He made a _______________(decide) not to go there this week.

 

Archie is a boy with dreams. His dreams are never boring. He thinks of them all day. He always
thinks out exciting ways to play.
One day, he made a go—kart. That was one of his dreams. He got his friends in it and that made
his friends happy. It really ran fast.
Later, he dreamed of a big and nice park. But when he told his friends about it, his friends didn’t believe in him. They said it was difficult. But Archie still thought of it. He believed in himself, so he started it. At last, Archie succeeded. His park was fun and many people liked it.
【小题1】How are Archie’s dreams?

A．Boring.

B．Fun.

C．Small.

D．Large.

【小题2】The underlined word”go—kart” may be a kind of ___________.

A．food

B．car

C．sport

D．house

【小题3】What did Archie’s friends say about his dream park?

A．It was interesting.	B．It was exciting.
C．It was relaxing.	D．It was difficult.

【小题4】What did people think of Archie’s park?

A．They couldn’t stand it.	B．They minded it.
C．They liked it.	D．They didn’t love it.

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Archie was successful at last.	B．Archie didn’t have friends.
C．Archie only liked dreams.	D．Archie didn’t play sports well.