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William Shakespeare is the greatest English writer 0f all time. Also Shakespeare was an actor and famous poet. The Sonnesls(十四行詩)and Romeo and Juliet are almost known in every comer of the world.

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small town in England, in 1564. In his youth, he moved to London and began a career as a playwright(~ij作家). By 1594, he had become a key playwright of popular acting company in the city.
Shakespeare's work also has a big influence on the English language. Shakespeare was said to have had a huge vocabulary. His works included more than 30,000 different words. And he is master of words. He created about l,700 English, including everyday ones like "lonely", "hurry" and "critical".
There are over 400 films and TV dramas adapted(改編) from Shakespeare's work. He wrote 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today, but it doesn't affect his popularity. His plays have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than any other playwright.  Shakespeare is not of an age, but for all time.
Enjoy some of Shakespeare's works.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other when they meet at a ball. But unfortunately, their families are long-standing enemies and try to prevent the young lovers form being together. In order to stay with Romeo, Juliet takes medicine and pretends to be dead. But Romeo doesn't know and thinks Juliet has truly died. He kills himself. When Juliet wakes up, it is too late.
Hamlet
Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is so sad when his father died. A month later, his mothermarries his uncle.
At this moment ,Hamlet knows that this uncle killed his father .All of this makes  Hamlet angry and hopeless .The only thing he wants is revenge（復仇） .Although he finally kills his uncle ,he is trapped（陷害） by bad guys and loses his life .
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio,aVenetian merchant, borrows money from the moneylender Shylock. Shylock said that ifAntonio cannot pay back the money, he will get a pound of flesh(肉)from Antonio. Antonio loses all his business and must pay this terrible price. In order to help Antonio, his girlfriend Portia dresses up as a lawyer. Her wisdom not only saves Antonio but also punishes Shylock.
小題1:根據短文內容完成句子填空（每空限填一個單詞）。
According to the passage, we know that Shakespeare wrote many________called The Sonnets as afamous poet and wrote lots of____   as the greatest writer.
小題2:根據短文內容完成句子填空（每空限填一個單詞）。
At the age of_______，Shakespeare became a key playwright. All his works effected English language greatly and some new words have been _______by Shakespeare.
小題3:根據短文內容回答問題。
According to the passage, why did the author say Shakespeare is not of an age, but for all time?
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小題4:把短文中畫底線的句子譯成漢語。
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小題5:根據短文內容用一個完整的英文句子（限10個詞以內）回答問題。
What's the main idea of the passage?
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Answer 1

小題1:poems;  plays/ dramas/works
小題2:30/thirty, created
小題3:Because Shakespeare’s work has a big influence on the English language and his plays have been translated into every major language and are performed in the world.
小題4:(直到)此時，哈姆雷特（才）知道是他的叔叔殺害了他的父親。這一切讓哈姆雷特憤怒、絕望，他唯一想做的事情就是復仇。盡管最終他殺死了他的叔叔，但他自己也被壞人陷害失去了生命。
小題5:It’s about Shakespeare and some of his works/plays.

試題分析：短文大意：威廉莎士比亞不僅是最偉大的英國作家也是一個演員和詩人。莎士比亞的作品對英語有很大的影響。他的作品已被翻譯成每一種主要的語言在世界各地上演。如《羅密歐與朱麗葉》、
《哈姆雷特》、《威尼斯商人》等等。
小題1:根據文章開頭的William Shakespeare is the greatest Fnglish writer 0f all time. Also    Shakespeare was an actor and afamous poet.就可推知該填寫poems;  plays/ dramas/works。
小題2:根據第二段中By 1594, he had become a key playwright ofa popular acting company in the city.和Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small town in England, in 1564.以及第三段開頭Shakespeare's work also has a big influence on the English language.可推知該填寫30/thirty, created。
小題3:根據第三段開頭Shakespeare's work also has a big influence on the English language 以及第四段中His plays have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than any other playwright. 可知該作答：Because Shakespeare’s work has a big influence on the English language and his plays have been translated into every major language and are performed in the world.
小題4:(直到)此時，哈姆雷特（才）知道是他的叔叔殺害了他的父親。這一切讓哈姆雷特憤怒、絕望，他唯一想做的事情就是復仇。盡管最終他殺死了他的叔叔，但他自己也被壞人陷害失去了生命。
小題5:讀短文可知本文主要是說莎士比亞及其作品的，所以可作答：It’s about Shakespeare and some of his works/plays.