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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮复习Unit17Laughter课时练北师大版选修Ⅰ.阅读理解A(xx·河北廊坊市高三年级教学质量监测)April23marksthe400thanniversaryofWilliamShakespeare'sdeath.OrganizationsinBritainhaveplannednumerouseventstohonorhim.InStratforduponAvon,hisbirthplace,thetourismorganizationhasagreatnumberoffreeevents,includi
2、ngperformancesofShakespeare'splays,andadazzlingfireworksdisplay.AndtheBBCisbroadcastingaliveshowfromStratforeuponAvon,celebratingShakespeare'swidespreadinfluenceontheworld.InEngland'scapital,theLondonShakespeareCentreandKing'sCollegeLondonareholdingaseriesofpublicperformances
3、,exhibitionsandactivities.Itisn'tjustEnglandthathonorstheanniversaryofthedeathofthisextraordinarywriter.InWashington,D.C．，theFolgerShakespeareLibrary,whichhousestheworld'slargestcollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoWilliamShakespeare,isdisplayingaseriesofexhibitions.Shakespeareispr
4、obablythemostfamousauthorwhoeverlivedandisconsideredageniusbymost.Hewrotearound37playsand154sonnets(十四行诗),andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintooveronehundredlanguages!Hepennedbeautifulmetaphors(暗喻),seriousdramasandamusingtales.Shakespearealsoinventedmanynewtermsandphrases.Ifsomeone
5、'sbehaviorsuggestedtheywerenotbeinghonestandshouldnotbetrusted,Shakespearecalledtheiractionssuspicious.Ifsomeonewasbeingsillyandperhapslookinglikeafool,Shakespearefoundtheiractionslaughable.AndShakespearecalledpeoplewhoofferedtheiropinionsonthequalityofsomethingcritics.Today,
6、forinstance,foodcriticsandfilmcriticsgiveaudiencestheiropinionsoffoodsandfilms.Thefamiliarphrase“breaktheice”esfromShakespeare'splayTheTamingoftheShrew.“Theiceisbroken”whenadifficultconversationormeetingiscalmedbysomebasicintroduction,suchasasimplegame.MoremonwordscoinedbySha
7、kespeareincluderoad,gossip,lonely,bumpandhurry.Fourhundredyearsafterhisdeath,Shakespearesurelyliveson,ineverydayspeech,asthemostfamouswriterofalltime!【语篇解读】 4月23日是威廉·莎士比亚逝世第四百周年纪念日。英国的各种组织计划活动来纪念他。1．Themainideaofthetextis________.A．the400thanniversaryofShakespeare’sdeathB．th
8、einfluenceShakespearehasonEnglishC．theachievementsofWilliamShakespea
