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ForanyEnglishman，therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist.Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim：thatofWilliamShakespeare.EveryEnglishmanhassomeknowledge，howeverslight，oftheworkofourgreatestwriter.AllofUSusewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare’swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyoftheEnglish-speakingpeople.Mostofthetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweused，ratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperformanceofHamletandcomplainedthatitwasfullofwell-knownproverbsandquotations.

Shakespeare，moreperhapsthananyotherwriter，makesfulluseofthegreatresourcesoftheEnglishlanguage.MostofUSuseaboutfivethousandwordsinournormaluseofEnglish;Shakespeareinhisworksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand.

ThereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglishlanguagethanbystudyingthevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusedit.Suchastudyiswellworththeeffort(itisnot，ofcourse，recommendedtobeginners)eventhoughsomeaspectsofEnglishusage，andthemeaningofmanywords，havechangedsinceShakespeare’sday.

1.Englishpeople______.

A.haveneverdiscussedwhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist

B.neverdiscussanyissueconcerningtheworld’sgreatestdramatist

C.aresurewhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist

D.donotcarewhoistheworld’sgreatestpoetanddramatist

2.EveryEnglishmanknows______.

A.moreorlessaboutShakespeare

B.Shakespeare，butonlyslightly

C.allShakespeare’swritings

D.onlythenameofthegreatestEnglishwriter

3.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Weuseallthewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare’swritings.

B.Shakespeare’swritingshavebecomethepropertyofthosewhoarelearningtospeakEnglish.

C.Itislikelytobetruethatpeopleoftendonotknow