4.The world shares him and London claims him,but Stratford-on-Avon intends to spend 2016 celebrating Shakespeare as their man:the bard(詩人)of Avon,who was born there in 1564,and died there 400years ago.
Stratford remained hugely important throughout Shakespeare's life,argues Paul Edmondson,the head of learning and research at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
"People have seen Shakespeare as a Dick Whittington figure,who turns his back on Stratford and his family,goes to London to earn his fortune and only comes back to die,"
he said."But Stratford is where he bought land and property,where he kept his library,
where he lived and read and thought.We are going to spend the year re-emphasizing the importance of Shakespeare,the man of Stratford."
The anniversary of the death of the most famous and the most performed playwright in the world will be marked across Britain and the globe.Macbeth is about to open in Singapore,Romeo and Juliet in Brussels.Shakespeare's Globe is completing the first world tour,in which it has taken Hamlet to almost every country.North Korea is still holding out,though.
The Globe director recently jokily claimed Shakespeare as a true Londoner.Stratford,
however,will be insisting that the town made and educated Shakespeare."His old school
room in Stratford-on-Avon where Shakespeare learned‘small Latin and less Greek'-as kindly laughed at by his friend Ben Jonson-will open its doors,scarred by centuries of naughty schoolboys,to mark 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death,"said Paul Edmondson.
Shakespeare bought the splendid New Place,the second best house in the town,when he had made his fortune on the London stage."You don't buy a house like New Place and not live there,"Paul said.He believes that after Shakespeare bought it,all his thinking time was spent there,and that the late plays,including The Tempest,were at least planned in his library and probably written there.
28.What made people regard Shakespeare as a Dick Whittington figure?A
A.His life experiences.
B.His achievements in literature.
C.His popularity in London.
D.His contributions to Stratford.
29.Where is the play Hamlet resisted?C
A.In Brussels.
B.In Singapore.
C.In North Korea.
D.In London.
30.What can we know about New Place?D
A.The Tempest was totally finished there.
B.Shakespeare learned Latin and Greek there.
C.It was completely destroyed by naughty schoolboys.
D.Shakespeare probably spent his last few years there.
31.What can be a suitable title for the text?B
A.Bard of London
B.Man of Stratford
C.Life of Shakespeare
D.Plays of Shakespeare.
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了莎士比亞的生平,他是斯特拉特福德人,且斯特拉特福德一直非常重要的貫穿了莎士比亞的生活,他寫出了很多出色的作品,這些作品曾在世界上巡演.
解答 28.A 推理判斷題,根據第三段"People have seen Shakespeare as a Dick Whittington figure,who turns his back on Stratford and his family,goes to London to earn his fortune and only comes back to die,"he said."But Stratford is where he bought land and property,where he kept his library,可知人們把莎士比亞看作Dick Whittington是因為他的人生經歷,故選A.
29.C 細節理解題,根據第四段Shakespeare's Globe is completing the first world tour,in which it has taken Hamlet to almost every country.North Korea is still holding out,though.可知哈姆雷特在朝鮮被表演過,故選C.
30.D 推理判斷題,根據最后一段"You don't buy a house like New Place and not live there,"Paul said.He believes that after Shakespeare bought it,all his thinking time was spent there,and that the late plays,including The Tempest,were at least planned in his library and probably written there.可知保羅認為莎士比亞買了新的地方之后他所有的思考時間是在那里度過的,莎士比亞可能在那里度過了他最后的幾年,故選D.
31.B 主旨大意題,通讀全文可知本文主要向我們介紹了莎士比亞的生平,而他是斯特拉特福德人,且斯特拉特福德一直非常重要的貫穿了莎士比亞的生活,故選B.
點評 考查學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力.做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.