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that many people have pondered.All kinds of myths surround the lives of well—known people.Most people are familiar with the words of William Shakespeare,one of the greatest Eng.1ish writers of the sixteenth century.Yet how many know Shakespeare the pemon,the man be.hind the works?After centuries of 中大網(wǎng)?!笆丫W(wǎng)絡教育機構(gòu)”、“十佳職業(yè)培訓機構(gòu)”網(wǎng)址:中大網(wǎng)校引領(lǐng)成功職業(yè)人生research,scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare’s personaLl his—torty.It is not easily found in his writings.Authors of the time could not protect their works.An acting pany,for example,could change a play if they wanted to.Nowadays wfiterShave copyrights that protect their work.Many myths arose about Shakespeare.Some said he had to formal edueation.There arerumors that he left home when accused of stealing a horse.Others believe that he began his ca—reer by tending the horses of wealthy men.All of these myths are interesting,but are they true? Probably not.Shakespeare,s fatherwas a respected man in Stratford,a member of the town council.he sent young William togrammar school.Most people of Elizabethan times did not continue beyond grammar school;S0,Shakespeare did have,at least,an average education.Some parts of Shakespeare’s life will always remain unknown.The Great London Fire of1666 burned many important documents that could have been a source of clues.We will alwaysbe left with many questions and few facts. 根據(jù)以上內(nèi)容,回答{TSE}題。{TS}In January__________. of people go shopping for discount have a lot of money to spend after Christmas the shops close for a twoweek Christmas holiday don’t have enough money to go looking for bargains(6)In this passage,the word“bargain”could best be replaced by“something to people at a reduced price ,sold or bought which is expensive for the purpose of reaching all agreement(7)The husband and wife in the story__________. to buy a TV to the sales the year before went to the sales to buy clothes usually not short of money after Christmas(8)The phrase“split up”in tlle second paragraph means“__________”. apart to break pieces indifferent directions(9)A man and his wife had a small bar near a station.The bar often stayed open until after midnight,because people came to drink there while they were waiting for trains.At two中大網(wǎng)?!笆丫W(wǎng)絡教育機構(gòu)”、“十佳職業(yè)培訓機構(gòu)”網(wǎng)址:中大網(wǎng)校引領(lǐng)成功職業(yè)人生o39。{TS}The bar often stayed open__________. 12 o39。clock in the evening(10)People who came to the bar were__________. salesmen passengers conductors visitors(11)The barman’s wife didn’t go to bed__________. she was busy with her children she wasn’t sleepy at all two o39。veloped a written language that would enable thousands of Indians to read and write.Sequoyah’s desire to preserve words and events for later generation has caused him to be remembered among the important inventors.The giant redwood trees ofCalifornia,called“sequoias(紅杉)”in his honor,will further imprint his name in history. 根據(jù)以上內(nèi)容,回答{TSE}題。s family react to his idea of developing his own“talking leaf”? arranged for his hunting accident. thought he was crazy. decided to help him. asked him to teach them to read and write.(16)How would you describe Sequoyah? (溫順的). .. .(17)“Family”is of course an elastic word.But when British people say that their society isbased on family life,they are thinking of“family”in its nalTow,peculiarly European sense ofmother.father and children living together alone in their own house as aIl economic and socialunit.Thus.every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life.For both the man and the woman,marriage means leaving one’s parents and starting one39。s Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl’s parents,that is,it was marriage among weaalthy familieswerearranged by the,girl paraents that,isit thets39。{TS}What does the author mean by“family is of Course an elastic word”? families have different ways of life. definitions could be given to the word. nations have different families. times produce different families.(18)For an English family,the husband’s duty is__________. the family while the wife is financial the family while the wife is running the home while the wife is running the home while the wife is dependent(19)Everything is decided in a family__________. the couple the help of their parents brothers and sisters the help Of aunts and uncles(20)What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice? is the best book on marriage. is a handbook of marriage. gives quite some idea of English social life in the past. provides a lot of information of formertime wealthy families.中大網(wǎng)?!笆丫W(wǎng)絡教育機構(gòu)”、“十佳職業(yè)培訓機構(gòu)”網(wǎng)址:中大網(wǎng)校引領(lǐng)成功職業(yè)人生五、Daily Conversation(15 points)(1)A.We’ll show you our photos when we are back. B.We are going with our teachers. C.We are going