Teddy invited Tom            tennis yesterday afternoon.

There are many boys     football in your school.

A．play              B．plays             C．a(chǎn)re playing        D．playing

Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.

He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..

1.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.

A．Hamlet                               B．Macbeth

C．Romeo and Juliet                        D．Man and Superman

2.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.

A．1578             B．1582             C．1599             D．1616

3.In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.

A．with his wife                           B．with his daughter

C．with his wife and children                 D．a(chǎn)lone

4.Shakespeare got much money from ______.

A．writing.           B．plays             C．a(chǎn)cting            D．retirement

5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Shakespeare had two children.

B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.

---Millie, where is Miss Li?

---She _________ a speech on Chinese art to the first-year students in the hall.

A．gives             B．gave             C．is giving           D．has given

It’s a fine Saturday morning. There are many people in the park. Many of _1.___are young and some are old.

Some children are  2. games over there. Two boys are playing  3.their toy bats. There is a lake in the park. The water is  4. .  There are some5. on the lake.  6. the lake a young man is reading. There is a house near the lake. Beside  7.   house two men are working. Look at that big tree! There are some birds 8.   it. Under it are some men. Four of them are playing cards. One of them is looking at two cats. The cats are9.up the tree. What do they10.  to do? They want to catch the birds.

11.               A．they           B．them          C．their  D．theirs

12.               A．play           B．plays           C．playing    D．doing

13.               A．to             B．on            C．for   D．with

14.               A．clear          B．tall            C．funny D．humid

15.               A．water          B．boats          C．rain  D．buses

16.               A．Behind         B．In             C．Near  D．Next

17.               A．a(chǎn)             B．/              C．the   D．a(chǎn)n

18.               A．for            B．on            C．in    D．with

19.               A．running        B．run            C．runing D．runs

20.               A．to want         B．wanting        C．wants D．want