1、William Shakespeare was born in 1564 at StratfordonAvon in England.At that time Elizabeth had been Queen for six years.We do not know much about Shakespeares life.However, we do know that his father was a shopkeeper and that his mother was the daughter of a farmer.William went to Stratford Grammar S
2、chool, where he learnt Latin, Scripture and Mathematics.When he left school, William was employed(雇用) by his father.He married a local girl, Anne Hathaway, when he was eighteen.Three years later he left Stratford and went to London.We do not know anything about Shakespeares life between the years 15
3、85 and 1590.We are certain, however，that by the end of 1590 he had joined a group of actors and had started writing plays.During the next twenty years he wrote thirtytwo plays.He possibly wrote more plays, which he did not have published or performed.Shakespeare went back to StratfordonAvon a few ye
4、ars before he died in 1616 at the age of 52.1. What did William went to Stratford Grammar School for?_2When did William go to London?_【答案】1.Studying Latin, Scripture and Mathematics.2.In 1585.根据英语释义和词性写出相应单词1_ adj.showing politeness and respect2. _ vt. & vi.to make or become shorter3. _ vt. to make
5、sth.suitable for modern use; to bring up to date 4. _ n. heavy load; duty; responsibility, etc.that is hard to do properly5. _ vt. to divide and give as shares; to assign sth.(to sb./sth.) for a special purpose6. _ vt. to love deeply and respect highly7. _ vt. to separate sth.into parts and give a s
6、hare to each person or thing8. _ vt. to declare (a person, opinion, etc.) to be wrong; to be contrary to (sth.)9. _ vt. to be or act against; to express strong disagreement with10. _ n. border between two countries11. _ adj. in great need or with a great desire for food, wealth, power, etc.12. _ adj
7、. not guilty; harmless; knowing nothing of evil or wrong【答案】1.respectful2.shorten3.modernize4burden5.allocate6.adore7.distribute8contradict9.oppose10.frontier 11.greedy12Innocent.根据所给短语完成句子hand over, care for, hear out, on behalf of, beyond question, speak out, pack up, give away, be fond of, be gre
8、edy for1. Perhaps, when youve _ me _， youll appreciate the reason for secrecy.2. His honesty is _3. Most of the corrupt officials _ money.4. They would just catch the robbers and _ them _ to the police.5. I am going to _ against the committees decision.6. I dont _ riding on a bike very much; Id rath
9、er go on foot.7. She _ much _ playing basketball.8. Lets _ and get ready to start at once.9. They felt like they were _ company secrets.10. At the airport he read an address of welcome _ the association.【答案】1.heard；out2.beyond question3.are greedy for4.hand；over5.speak out6.care for 7.is；fond of8.pa
10、ck up9.giving away10.on behalf of.背诵下列教材中出现的句型，体会黑体部分的用法1I would rather lose my life than see you make such a mistake.我宁愿失去生命也不愿意看到你犯下如此严重的错误。 2I will have you killed.我就叫人杀了你。从三个选项中选出最佳选项1How did King Lear judge which of the daughters had the most devotion for him?ABy their words.BBy their actions.C
11、By both their words and actions.2From this part we can infer that _AKing Lear didnt mind what Cordelia saidBKing Lear had intended to keep the best part of his kingdom for CordeliaCCordelias sisters felt sorry for her3. Cordelia said, “Im sorry but Im not as clever as my sisters.” This sentence impl
12、ies that _Ashe wasnt as good at expressing herself as her sistersBshe thought highly of her sistersC.she wouldnt flatter her father as her sisters had done4From this part we can infer that _A.Lear had a sense of responsibility for his kingdomBLear valued a flattering public display of love over real
13、 loveC.Cordelia regretted not having flattered her father5From the text we can learn that Kent is _AhardheartedBtruthfulCweak【答案】15ABCBB完成下面表格(每空不超过3词)A plot diagramDescriptionSettingKing Lear has 1._ daughters.He is old and wants to 2. _ his kingdom among his daughters.He is going to do this throug
14、h a “love test”ConflictFlattery VS honesty; word VS 3._Rising action (发展)His first two daughters flatter him 4._ nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on 5._ the truth.Climax (高潮)Hearing the truth, the king gets very 6._He gives all his land to the first two daughters and leaves 7._ to the y
15、oungest one.Falling action (回落)The youngest daughter becomes Queen of France.After getting 8._ they want, the first two daughters treat King Lear9._Resolution (结局)King Lear realizes that money cannot 10._ true love and true love is expressed by action not words.【答案】1.three2.divide3.action4.with5tell
16、ing6.angry7.nothing8.what9disrespectfully10.buy用所给单词或短语的适当形式完成课文缩写beyond，burden，innocent，responsible，troop，distribute，whichever，greed，flatter，opposeThe King Lear, has three daughters.As he is becoming old and cant take the 1._ of government, he wants to hand over the 2._ to his daughters.One day，he
17、decides to 3._his kingdom among them and give the best part to 4._ of them loves him most.However, in the end, he believes the older daughters 5._and thinks his youngest daughter 6._ him.As a result, he gives away his kingdom to the 7._ daughters, only keeping a 8._ of 100 loyal soldiers for himself.While the youngest daughter is 9._ and her love of her father is also 10._ question, she gets nothing.【答案】1.burden2.responsibility3.distribute4whichever5.flattery6.opposes7.greedy8.troop9.innocent10.beyond