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沈阳铁路实验中学高二下学期期中考试 英语试卷 时间：100分钟 总分：120分 第部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节 阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 ’s day. However, it is surprising that we should know comparatively little about the life of the greatest English author. We know that Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, and that he died there in 1616. He almost certainly attended the Grammar School in the town, but of this we cannot be sure. We know he was married there in 1582 to Anne Hathaway and that he had three children. We know that he spent much of his life in London writing his masterpieces. But this is almost all that we do know. However, what is important about Shakespeare’s life is not its incidental details butits products, the plays and the poems. For many years scholars have been trying to add a few fats about Shakespeare’s life to the small number we already possess and for an equally long time critics have been theorizing about the plays. Sometimes, indeed, it seems that the poetry of Shakespeare will disappear under the great mass of comment that has been written upon it. Fortunately this is not likely to happen. Shakespeare’s people have long delighted not just the English but lovers of literature everywhere, and will continue to do so after the scholars and critics and all their works have been forgotten. The first paragraph mainly deals with _______ A. the great length of each chapter B. the great varieties in writing styles C. the richness of the content in Shakespeare’s works D. the rich English language used by Shakespeare According to the author, which of the following remains uncertain about Shakespeare? A. His date of birth.B. His marriage.C. His life in the Grammar School.D. His date of death. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that _______. A. Not all the comments on Shakespeare’s works have produced good efforts B. The details of Shakespeare’s life are more attractive than his literary works C. Scholars have successfully collected facts about Shakespear