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1、Unit3Underthesea一、阅读理解。April23marksthe400thanniversaryofWilliamShakespeare’sdeath.OrganizationsinBritainhaveplannednumerouseventstohonorhim.InStratford-upon-Avon,hisbirthplace,thetourismorganizationhasagreatnumberoffreeevents,includingperformancesofShakespeare’splays,andadazzlingfireworksdisp
2、lay.AndtheBBCisbroadcastingaliveshowfromStratfore-upon-Avon,celebratingShakespeare’swidespreadinfluenceontheworld.InEngland’scapital,theLondonShakespeareCentreandKing’sCollegeLondonareholdingaseriesofpublicperformances,exhibitionsandactivities.Itisn’tjustEnglandthathonorstheanniversaryofthede
3、athofthisextraordinarywriter.InWashington,D.C.,theFolgerShakespeareLibrary,whichhousestheworld’slargestcollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoWilliamShakespeare,isdisplayingaseriesofexhibitions.Shakespeareisprobablythemostfamousauthorwhoeverlivedandisconsideredageniusbymost.Hewrotearound37playsand154
4、sonnets(十四行诗),andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintooveronehundredlanguages!Hepennedbeautifulmetaphors(暗喻),seriousdramasandamusingtales.Shakespearealsoinventedmanynewtermsandphrases.Ifsomeone’sbehaviorsuggestedtheywerenotbeinghonestandshouldnotbetrusted,Shakespearecalledtheiractionssuspicious.Ifsome
5、onewasbeingsillyandperhapslookinglikeafool,Shakespearefoundtheiractionslaughable.AndShakespearecalledpeoplewhoofferedtheiropinionsonthequalityofsomethingcritics.Today,forinstance,foodcriticsandfilmcriticsgiveaudiencestheiropinionsoffoodandfilm.Thefamiliarphrase＂breaktheice＂esfromShakespeare’s
6、playTheTamingoftheShrew.The＂iceisbroken＂whenadifficultconversationormeetingiscalmedbysomebasicintroduction,suchasasimplegame.MoremonwordscoinedbyShakespeareincluderoad,gossip,lonely,bumpandhurry.Fourhundredyearsafterhisdeath,Shakespearesurelyliveson,ineverydayspeech,asthemostfamouswriterofall
7、time!1.Themainideaofthetextis_______.A.the400thanniversaryofShakespeare’sdeathB.theinfluenceShakespearehasonEnglishC.theachievementsofWilliamShakespeareD.Shakespeare’scolorfulandfruitfullife2.Shakespeareishonoredinthefollowingwaysexcept______
