Question

Toby remembers

My name is Toby. I'm eighty-three years old this spring. My house is right in the middle of Stratford-upon-Avon, and I can watch the street market_______my window. But I live very quietly now. I'm just a(n)_______man, sitting in a chair.

I once knew the greatest man in England. For thirty years I was his friend. I worked with_______in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. He was a good friend to me. He was also the best playwright （剧作家）and poet that ever lived in England. William Shakespeare was his_______.

I saw all his plays in the theatre. People_______them. They shouted, laughed and cried, ate oranges, and called for more. William Shakespeare could please all kinds of_______including Kings, Queens, Princes, great lords and ladies, poor people, the boys who held the horses...everyone.

He put me in a play once. Well, he used my name—Toby. Twelfth Night was the play. I remember, in the play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking_______and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched that_______—Twelfth Night, on the 6th of January, 1601. She liked it, too.

William's dead now,of course. He's been dead for more than thirty years, and no one sees his plays now. The Puritans (清教徒)have_______ all the theatres. There's no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn't like that in my young days. We had a good time in London, William and I...

I've no teeth now, and my hair has all fallen out, ________I can still think—and remember. I remember when William and I were young, just boys really.

1.A.from B.for C.of

2.A.young B.old C.strong

3.A.them B.her C.him

4.A.name B.book C.friend

5.A.hated B.loved C.minded

6.A.children B.adults C.people

7.A.too much B.too many C.much too

8.A.movie B.play C.concert

9.A.built B.opened C.closed

10.A.but B.so C.or

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者的朋友威廉莎士比亚的生平及艺术生涯。

1.

句意：我可以从我的窗子看到街道上的市场。

from从；for为了；of属于。根据my window可知表达“从窗子能看到”此处用介词from。故选A。

2.

句意：我只是一个坐在椅子上的老人。

young年轻的；old老的；strong强壮的。根据“ I'm eighty-three years old ”可知作者已年老，用形容词old。故选B。

3.

句意：我在剧院里和他一起工作，度过好的时光和不好的时光。

them他们；her她；him他。根据“I was his friend”可知此处用宾格him。故选C。

4.

句意：他的姓名是威廉莎士比亚。

name姓名；book书；friend朋友。根据“William Shakespeare”可知此处表示“名字”用名词name。故选A。

5.

句意：人们爱这些戏剧。

hated讨厌；loved爱；minded在意。根据“They shouted, laughed and cried, ate oranges,and called for more”可知此处用loved表示“爱”。故选B。

6.

句意：威廉莎士比亚能让各种人满意，包括国王，王后，王子，绅士和淑女们，穷人，控制着马的男孩们……每个人。

children孩子们；adults成年人；people人。根据“including Kings,Queens,Princes,great lords and ladies,poor people,the boys who held the horses”可知此处用名词people，表示“各种各样的人”。故选C。

7.

句意：我记得在戏剧里，培尔契爵士是一个胖子，喜欢喝酒，玩得很开心。

too much太多，接不可数名词；too many太多，接可数名词；much too太，接形容词或副词。根据drinking可知修饰的名词是不可数名词，用too much。故选A。

8.

句意：伊丽莎白一世在1601年1月6日看了那个戏剧，《第十二夜》。

movie电影；play戏剧；concert音乐会。根据“Twelfth Night”可知是莎士比亚的戏剧《第十二夜》，用名词play。故选B。

9.

句意：清教徒关闭了所有的剧院。

built建造；opened打开，营业；closed关闭。根据“There's no singing,no dancing,no plays”可知此处用动词closed表示“关闭”。故选C。

10.

句意：我现在没有牙齿，我的头发都掉了，但是我仍能思考，能记住一些事情。

but但是;so因此；or否则。前后是转折关系，此处用连词but表示“但是”。故选A。