高考英语二轮九十天强化训练阅读理解20.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解20 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A William Shakespeare was born in 1564 at Stratford-on-Avon in England. At that time Elizabeth I had been queen for six years. We do not know much about Shakespeare’s 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 School, where he learnt Latin, scripture and mathematics. When he left school, William worked for his father. He married Anne Hatheway when he was eighteen. Three years later he left Stratford for London. We do not know anything about Shakespeare’s life between the years of 1585~1590. We are certain, however, that by the end of 1590 he had joined a group of actors and had started writing plays. During that next twenty years he wrote thirty-two plays. He possibly wrote more plays, which he did not have them published or put on. Shakespeare went back to Stratford-on-Avon a few years before his death at the age of 52. 56. Elizabeth I became the Queen in________________. A. 1558 B. 1564 C. 1570 D. 1605 57. What did Shakespeare do in 1582? A. He became the husband of Anne Hatheway. B. He studied in Stratford Grammar School. C. He left Stratford Grammar School. D. He went to London. 58. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Shakespeare’s grandfather was a farmer. B. Shakespeare spent his childhood in his hometown. C. Shakespeare had written thirty-two plays altogether before his death. D. Shakespeare began writing plays after he came to London. 59. Most of Shakespeare’s plays________________. A. were written between the sixteenth and the seventeenth century B. were not published or put on until today C. were put on but not published D. were published but not put on C2 [2013·浙江卷] D In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I took what I could get—a teaching job at what I