高二英语期末阅读理解练习参考题（阅读理解易题）（A 1）Are you interested in Helmut Newton and John Pilger? Do you want to learn more about their paintings? Come to Barbican Gallery! 1.You may go to Barbican Gallery to see the paintings at _ on Tuesday. A. 7 am B. 9am C. 7 pm D. 9 pm 2.Mr. Smith wants to see the paintings with his 10-year-old son. How much will he pay? A. 3.5 B. 5.6 C. 7 D. 12 3.Mrs. Smith is interested in Helmut Newton s paintings. He may go to the Gallery on _. A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Sunday D. Friday 4.How can you pay if you want to book tickets for 30 students? A. By sending an E-mail. B. By making a phone call. C. By writing a letter. D. By going to Barbican Gallery. ( A 2 ) MOVIE GUIDE THURSDAY 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页，共 11 页Rush Hour 15:00 23:00My life as Mcdull9:00 13:00Action Movie Do you like Jackie Chan? Rush Houris another movie of his. It s so exciting. Come and have fun! Cartoon Mcdull is a little pig. Hes kind of silly but he s very cute. Do you want to enjoy the happiness with him? Be sure to see it! Mr. Bean 11:00 19:00Harry Potter 17:00 21:00Comedy Rowan is a great actor. His movie Mr. Beanis coming. Its very funny. Don t miss it!Science Fiction Now Harry Potter has been in the wizardry school (魔法学校 ) for three years. He begins a new life. How is everything going? 1. From the posts above we know that Mcdull is a _. A. comedian B. pig C. superman D. wizard 2. Mr. Bean is a very interesting character in a (an) _. A. comedy B. cartoon C. action movie D. science fiction 3. You can see Harry Potter at _. A. 9:00 B. 11:00 C. 17:00 D. 23:00 4. Your favorite film star is Jackie Chan, so you prefer to see the movie _. A. Rush HourB. My life as McdullC. Mr. BeanD. Harry Potter （阅读理解较易题）( B 1 ) Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in the USA, in 1913. There were ten children in his family. Jesse was the youngest. He went to school in the city of Cleveland. At school he showed he had a special talent for athletics (田径). He could run fast. He could jump high. He could jump far. Because he was good at athletics, Jesse became a student at Ohio State University. In May, 1935 in Michigan, USA, he broke the world record for the long jump. This was his first world record. On the 25th May Jesse did something unusual. In 45 minutes he broke six world records. Some people think that this was the greatest athletics achievement ever. In 1936 Jesse went to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. There were only nineteen black athletes in the USA team. He won gold medals in the 100 meters race, the 200 meters race, the long jump and the relay race. Jesse was not a professional athlete. This meant that he could not get money for running. Later, he became a professional athlete. To make money he had to appear in strange races. Sometimes he had to race against horses. In 1960 somebody broke Jesse s last world record. In 1980 Jesse died.1. Jesse Owens was born in _in the USA. A. Alabama B. Cleveland C. Ohio D Michigan 2. Jesse showed he was very good at _ when he was at school. A. basketball B. swimming C. athletics D. shooting 3. Jesse s first world record was for the _. A. running B. relay race C. high jump D. long jump 4. He won _ gold medals in 1936 in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 2 页，共 11 页A. two B. four C. six D. eight 5. This text mainly tells us a story about _. A. Jesse s lifeB. Jesse s family C. the records Jesse broke D. the gold medals Jesse won ( B 2 ) Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. But now， Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins problem and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He didn t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness. He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise. After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health. 1. What is the main idea of the text? A. Mr. Cousins was a funny man. B. Laughter can cure illness. C. Medicine can not cure strange illness. D. We can keep fit by laughing. 2. The reason why Mr. Cousins got a strange and serious illness is that _. A. he enjoyed his work too much B. he liked traveling too much C. he got too tired on his work D. he spared no effort for business 3. What did he think was the cause of his illness? A. He often traveled around the world on business. B. His bones became so weak that he could not stand. C. He had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip. D. Unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. 4. It can be inferred that Mr. Cousins experiment _. A. is of great value B. is unbelievable C. is a waste of time D. is just a joke （阅读理解中档题）( C 1 ) Hearing live music is one of the most pleasurable experiences available to human beings. The music sounds great, it feels great, and you get to watch the musicians as they create it. No matter what kind of music you love, try listening to it live. This guide focuses on classical music, a tradition that originated before recordings, radio, and the Internet, back when all music was live music. In those days live human beings performed for other live human beings, with everybody together in the same room. When heard in this way, classical music can have a special excitement. Hearing classical music in a concert can leave you feeling refreshed and energized. It can be fun. It can be romantic. It can be spiritual. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 3 页，共 11 页Classical music concerts can seem like snobby ( 高傲的 ) affairs full of foreign terms and unusual behavior. It can be hard to understand what s going on. It can be hard to know how to act. But don t worry. Concerts are no stranger than any other amusement, and the rules of behavior are much simpler and easier to understand than the stock market, football, or system software upgrades. If you haven t been to a live concert before, or if you ve been confused by concerts, this guide will explain, so you can relax and enjoy the music. 1. From Paragraph 1, we can see that the author encourages us _. A. to watch the musicians to compose music B. to experience the spirit of classical music C. to attend live concerts and enjoy live music D. to obtain pleasure from different kinds of music 2. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “ originated ” in Paragraph 2? A. listened B. started C. performed D. disappeared 3. The author considers that live classical music _. A. is full of foreign terms C. is too difficult to understand B. is stranger than other amusements D. is exciting to both players and listeners 4. The passage is _ which focuses on live classical music. A. a review B. a conclusion C. a summary D. an introduction ( C 2 ) Reading poetry is not like reading any other kind of language, except maybe the language of advertising. It may seem strange, but advertising and poetry have a lot in common. Like advertisements, poems: have vivid imagery and impressive sound; are richly symbolic; operate on an emotional level, use a language of feeling; are by nature brief, clear, economical with words; are narrative sometimes, non-narrative other times. But unlike advertisements, poems tend to express complex, deep or various feelings rather than simple, sentimental, surface, or unchanged emotion. If there s drama in a poem, it s more likely to be subtle, or tragic, or truly comic instead of overstated or silly. But the most important difference to observe is that poems do not mislead readers the way ads do; they are not conveying messages seeking to control or mislead your thinking and behavior. Similarities and differences aside, it s possible that being good at interpreting ( 释义 ) the subtle, unspoken messages in ads makes a person more skillful at interpreting poetry. It s the same process of observation and inference. You observe the imagery in a typical beer advertisement, for example, and are led to infer that the right bottle of beer is the key to friendship, popularity, happiness, liberty, and success. (Never mind that this might not be the whole truth.) This is the same process you would use to interpret, critically or uncritically, the images in poems. As wonderful and easy as some poems are right away, it s true that sometimes reading poetry can seem a little bit like work. A poem that requires a bit of work isn t necessarily a bad poem, although some of you might think so. But that tough work to open poem actually is well worth the effort. 1. According to the passage, both poems and advertisements always use _. A. brief words B. colorful pictures C. impressive music D. narrative stories 2. Unlike advertisements, poems are likely to express _. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页，共 11 页A. simple emotion B. complex and deep feelings C. feelings on the surface D. emotion without any change 3. What does the underlined word “ subtle” mean in paragraph 4? A. clear B. difficult C. simple D. wordy 4. The most important difference between poems and advertisements is that _. A. poems make readers more skillful at interpreting B. advertisements are usually much easier to understand C. poems do not mislead readers the way advertisements do D. advertisements have less intention of controlling our thinking 5. The main idea of the last paragraph is _. A. poem reading is wonderful B. reading poems is an easy task C. a bad poem needs more time to read D. poem reading is well worth the effort （阅读理解较难题）( D 1 ) While homework in kindergarten requires coloring and learning the ABC s, the high school homework load has become increasingly difficult and time-consuming. “ I think homework takes a long time to do,” Ross Perry, Grade 10, said. “ It helps you learn sometimes, but not really that much. I stay up until midnight doing homework and sometimes there is no point in even starting to do it.” Hallie Rojeski, a junior high teacher, tries not to give her classes homework, hoping not to discourage students. “ I try to give minimal homework because students should be playing and taking exercise more than working inside all day. Students usually don t have good study habits when they come into the 7th and 8th grade. I offer a necessary after-school assignment so they will learn them . ” Teenagers are encouraged to get 8-9 hours of sleep and participate in sports or physical activity outside school. With 2-3 hours of homework it can be difficult to do everything. Homework takes different amounts of time based on what courses s tudents take. “ I give my Spanish students little bits of homework, ” Melody Downie, a Spanish teacher, said. “ That is about what we learned in class, because for a foreign language you need to do work that reinforces ( 巩固 ) what we learn. I hardly give my history class homework.” “ When students do their homework they should be in a quiet area,” Hallie Rojeski said. “ They also need to do work for 30 minutes and then take a 10-minute break because it is hard for students to keep focused for a long time.” The University of Michigan found in a recent study that the amount of homework had increased by 51% since 1981. Harris Cooper at Duke University says that students who do small amounts of homework do better on their tests, but when they exceed 60-90 minutes of homework ，the test scores fall. “ Homework is given to motivate students to learn,”Principal Gary Schultz said. “ Repeating what they learn in school helps them to remember and learn things for tests. Some kids do not need homework to learn but most do. I believe practice makes perfect.”1. According to Ross Perry, doing homework_. A. is really a waste of time B. is always a good way of learning C. is usually a great help to students D. is sometimes unnecessary for students 2. The reason why Hallie Rojeski gives her students minimal homework is that she thinks _. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页，共 11 页A. students should learn good studying and living habits B. too much homework will make students test scores fall C. little bits of homework will reinforce what students learn in class D. it is too hard for students to focus on school assignment for a long time 3. The underlined word “ exceed ” can be replaced by _? A. do B. finish C. are beyond D. are against 4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Proper amounts of homework are necessary. B. Students do not like doing too much homework. C. Students do not need to do after-school homework. D. More homework should be given to motivate students. ( D 2 ) Chaplin was one of the famous clown-style actors of the silent time. It was through Charlie Chaplin that the Hollywood comedy movies became famous. Then in the 1920s came another trend of animated cartoons. They were the most popular Hollywood comedy movies of the time. The several popular characters of that era were Felix the cat, Krazy Kat and Betty Boop. However, the popularity of these movies was blocked out due to lack of sound and color. The end of 1920s, the Hollywood comedy industry marked a change brought about by the introduction of sound into the movies. This has allowed the industry to create dramatic new film styles and use verbal humor. These films were soon replacing silent movies. These films used dialogue of comedians such as the W.C Fields and the Marx Brothers. Charlie Chaplin was the last comedian to have acted in the silent films. When the United States entered into World War II, Hollywood movies changed its course to themes related to the conflicts, and Hollywood comedy movies described more on military themes. The war time experienced a boom, where restrictions on the traveling made nearly a quarter of the money spent on attending movies. In the 1950s, the interest shifted where the TV became popular. During this time the release of Hollywood comedy films declined (衰落 ). The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In 1970 Hollywood comedy movies reflected the anti-war sentiment, which was popular then. In the 1980s the gag ( 笑料 ) based comedy Airplane was released, and Hollywood comedy movies paved its way for more of the same. The popular comedians of this time included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, etc. Jim Carrey, the Canadian actor and a comedian, came into Hollywood comedy movies in the late 1980s where he won the role in such a comedy, Copper Mountain . The most popular Hollywood comedy movies were of John Hughes, which includes Ferris Buellers Day Offand Home Alone series of 1990s. The later films focused more on family audience. This was a revival (复兴 ) in comedy movies. Comedy movies remain popular till date. 1. Why did Hollywood movies grow rapidly during World War II? A. People couldn t travel freely. B. People had more money at that time. C. The government spent a lot of money on films. D. People were made to see movies by the government. 2. The theme of the 1970s Hollywood comedies is _. A. domestic violence B. protests against wars C. desire for freedom D. oversea military activities 3. What does this passage mainly talk about? A. Chaplin s contribution to comedies. B. Famous comedians in Hollywood history. 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 6 页，共 11 页C. Outstanding comedies made in Hollywood. D. Development of Hollywood comedy movies. 4. Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to the Hollywood comedy movies? a. Hollywood comedy movies focused on family audience. b. Fewer and fewer Hollywood comedy films were released. c. Animated cartoons of Hollywood comedy movies were popular. d. Hollywood comedy movies once developed quickly during the war time. e. The Hollywood comedy industry made a reform of applying sound to the movies. A. ecbda B. cedba C. dabec D. decab （阅读理解信息处理题）( E1 ) 阅读下面的短文，根据短文结构，将短文后句子的代码填写在适当的序号后。He lived his whole life as a poor man. His art and talent were recognized by almost no one. He suffered from a mental illness that led him to cut off part of his left ear in 1888 and to shoot himself two years later. _1_ Today, Dutch artist Van Gogh is recognized as one of the leading artists of all time. Now, 150 years after his birth on March 30, 1853, Zundert, the town of his birth, has made 2003 “ The Van Gogh Year ” in his honor._2_ It draws around 1.3 million visitors every year. Some people enjoy the art and then learn about his life. Others are first interested in his life, which then helps them understand his art. Van Gogh was the son of a minister. He left school when he was just 15. By the age of 27, he had already tried many jobs including an art gallery salesman and a French teacher. _3_ _4_ His style is marked by short, broad brush strokes (绘画笔法 ). “ Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use colour more freely, in order to express myself more forcibly,” he wrote in a letter to his brother in 1888. Van Gogh sold only one painting during his short life. He relied heavily on support from his brother, an art dealer who lived in Paris. _5_ His “ Portrait of Dr. Gachet” sold for US$ 89.5 million in 1990. It is the highest price ever paid for a painting. “ I think his paintings are powerful and the brilliant colours in them are attractive to people,” said a van Gogh s fan. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ A. But in his death, he achieved world fame. B. But now his works are sold for millions of dollars. C. Finally in 1880, he decided to begin his studies in art. D. Van Gogh is famed for his ability to put his own emotions into his paintings. E. And the arts in Amsterdam are marking the anniversary with exhibitions throughout the year. ( E2 ) 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，将短文后各段落的题目的代码填写在适当的序号后。Pa.1) Many intelligent people equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during the act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is deeper, more lasting emotion. Pa.2) Going to an amusement park of ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends. Pa.3) The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equals happiness actually decreases their chances of ever gaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more times than not, things that lead to happiness 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 7 页，共 11 页involve some pain. As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors (efforts) that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, self-improvement. Pa.4) Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he s honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a promise. For a promise is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Similarly, couples who choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want, travel wherever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don t know any parents would choose the word fun to describe raising children. Pa.5) Difficult endeavors-writing, raising children, trying to do good in the world-will bring us more happiness than can ever he found in fun, that least permanent of things. The moment we understand that fun does not bring happiness, we began to lead our lives differently. The effect can be, quite literally, life-transforming. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ A. Effects of fun B. Avoiding a painful life C. No happiness without pain D. Happiness from painful efforts E. Definition of happiness and fun 阅读理解备选题阅读理解备选题（1）A love of laughter is probably one of the things all people have in common. Many scientists believe that laughter is not only an enjoyable sensation while it is happening, but that it also has longer-lasting psychological benefits, by helping people feel less stressed and more relaxed. It seems laughter also reduces inhibitions (拘谨 ) most people will know from experience, for example, that a shared joke can have a bonding (粘合 ) effect on groups of people who are feeling a bit shy because they don t know each other very well.Perhaps more surprisingly, it is also claimed that laughter has various physical benefits, for example by burning lots of calories and therefore functioning as a form of physical exercise! Although laughter is universal, not everyone laughs at the same things. In 2002 a British psychologist, Richard Wiseman, conducted an online study in which he invited people from all around the world to rate a total of around 40,000 different jokes. He found differences between senses of humour in different countries, but he also found that lots of jokes are able to cross national borders. The joke that received the highest ratings, having been popular with both sexes and most nationalities, was as follows: Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn t seem to be breathing. The other guy gets his mobile phone out and calls the emergency services. He says, “ My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator says, “ Calm down, I can help. First, let s make sure he s dead.” There is a silence, and then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says, “ OK, now what?”In Wiseman s opini on, the joke produces laughter because it works in three different ways: it contains an element of surprise; it describes an unpleasant situation with an element of tension (紧张 ), but then suddenly removes any bad feelings the listener might have; and it also allows the listener to feel superior (优越感的 ) by describing an act of great stupidity by another person! 1. According to the passage, laughter can benefit people in several ways except _. A. physically B. Emotionally C. intellectually D. psychologically 2. Through the online study, Wiseman found that _. A. there is only one joke understood by all 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 8 页，共 11 页B. different humor results from different cultures C. people from different cultures do not share the same things D. many jokes are shared by all regardless of cultural differences 3. From the sample joke, we can see the humor is that _. A. the man does exactly as the operator tells him B. the hunter who collapses might have been alive C. the hunter has died before the man calls the operator D. the man is so scared that he loses his mind to shoot his friend 4. The underlined phrase “ received the highest ratings” in paragraph means _. A. was the most humorous B. obtained the best evaluation C. reached the highest level D. was the most popular in the world 阅读理解备选题（2）For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then, from across the street, someone came walking at a slow pace. It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking: at most a soft, sliding sound. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses, and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest the child s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly, but clearly enough the wrinkled skin of a woman s small face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coa t, reached the doorway of the child s house.She put a key into the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then close the door without looking round. She began to breathe hard. She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, and then went up the stairs, quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing. She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom band basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small wash-room, that she wanted. Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child s bed and the child.1. The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that _. A. a woman was driving the car B. a man was walking up the street C. a man was driving by himself up the street D. a woman was walking by herself up the street 2. When she got into the house, the woman _. A. went upstairs at once B. seemed tired C. started breathing again D. felt excited 3. What the woman was looking for was _. A. furniture B. a bathroom-basin C. a child D. a room 4. From the description above we can see that the woman was _. A. old and earnest B. middle-aged and cold C. young and powerful D. weak and helpless 阅读理解备选题（3）精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 9 页，共 11 页Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked. “ Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “ It s nothing,” I told her. “ I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”“ Oh, you re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “ Could you drive through downtown?”“ It s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.“ Oh, I m in no hurry,” she said . “ I m on my way to a hospice (临终医院 ). I don t have any family left . The doctor says I don t have very long.” I quietly reached over and shut off the meter ( 计价器 ). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing. At dawn , she suddenly said, “ I m tired. Let s go now.”We drove in silence to the address she had given me. “ How much do I owe you?” she asked. “ Nothing,” I said.“ You have to make a living,” she answered. “ Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “ You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”1. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to _. A. show she was familiar with the city B. see some places for the last time C. let the driver earn more money D. reach the destination on time 2. The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he _. A. wanted to do her a favor B. shut off the meter by mistake C. had received her payment in advance D. was in a hurry to take other passengers 3. What can we learn from the story? A. Giving is always a pleasure. B. People should respect each other. C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy. D. People should learn to appreciate others concern. 阅读理解备选题（3）3阅读下面的短文，根据短文结构，将短文后句子的代码填写在适当的序号后。William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright (剧作家 ), who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language in British history. 1. _. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 10 页，共 11 页poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlains Men, later known as the King s Men. 2. _. Few records of Shakespeares private life survive. 3. _. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest examples in the English language. 4. _. Most of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his fame did not rise to its present heights until the nineteenth century. The Romantics, in particular, amazed Shakespeares genius, and the Victorians hero-worshipped Shakespeare with admirationthat George Bernard Shaw called “ bardolatry” . 5. _. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly performed and reinterpreted in various cultural and political contexts throughout the world. A. In his last stage, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances. B. He is often called England s national poet and the “ Bard of Avon ” . C. In the twentieth century, his works were repeatedly adopted and rediscovered. D. Shakespeare produced most of his well-known works between 1590 and 1613. E. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 11 页，共 11 页