Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford
in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister,
Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William"s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother"s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.
I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at
acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don"t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.
He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his
play-Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and
having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6th of January, 1601. She liked
it.
William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There"s no
singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn"t like that in my young days. But I can still think-and remember when
William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I…
B. 1595
C.1592
D. 1579
B. Edmund
C. Richard
D. Joan
B. performs in plays
C. watches plays
D. works in a theatr.
B. peace
C. love
D. friendship
___________ ______________
During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doc-tor, taught P.E. and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.
Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the .students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.
It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The" birth of basketball "is said to be on Decem- ber 21,1891,when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and foot- balls were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed t0 5 players on each side, using special " basketballs" through nets.
Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936,just three years before his death, basketball became an Olym- pic sport. at the games in Berlin.
2. December 21,1891 was said co be the ________of bas-ketball.
3. Today basketball has become the________ game.
4. Dr Naismith died at the age of ________ .
5. Basketball became an________ sport at the games inBerlin in 1936.
When she got to a rural v 4 , she foundit was very p 5 .But she felt very l 6 _because people there were very friendly. Thenshe stayed there and taught the kids English, dancing and so on. People there loved her verymuch.
Most of the roads in Guizhou are throughthe mountains. Sometimes they were in d 7 while they were walking on the road. On July21th, 2010, a big stone fell down from themountain and hit Zhao on the head when shewas walking on the road. It made her die. Her death gave a great i 8 to thecollege students. They made a d 9 to go onteaching in these a 10 and help those poorchildren.
was 4 years old, his parents moved the family to Hannibal, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Mark
Twain 3 in Hannibal. The Mississippi gave him the material for many of his greatest 4 . He later took
the name Mark Twain as a reminder(提醒) of life on the Mississippi when the boat workers charted (记录) the depth of the river, they would cry" Mark Twain ! "
Young Mark Twain 5 school at the age of 11 to become a printer. He moved to San Francisco in 1864, joining The Morning Call and 6 for magazines. In 1865 a New York magazine published his short
story. It made him 7 overnight(一夜间).
In 1870, Twain married Olivia Langdon, then they 8 to Hartford. In Hartford, he wrote many books
like Life on, the Mississippi. The books made him one of the best-known and the most famous 9 of his
time. When not working, he enjoyed 10 time with his daughters. As young girls, Twain"s daughters
loved to act out his stories.
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Though Anjan Bhattachary was deaf (聋的 ) , eared a good name in cricket (板球). He was born on October 15, 1951, in West Bengal. When he did not speak or respond to sound, his family members were very sad. Anjan was strong and very active. He started playing cricket at an early age. The fact that Anjan was neither able to talk nor hear did not affect (影响) his performance. Very soon he was chosen in the state learn of schoolchildren. He showed excellent performance in the matches one after another. At the early age 13,he was chosen in the school team of the East Zone. At the age of fifteen,Anjan was chosen in the national (国家的) team of schoolboys. In 1966,he played two test matches with the school team of London.In 1969 he went to Lucknow to take part in the Sir Frank Warrel Cricket Tournament. The 18-year-old boy had much success in this match. Anjan was so popular that not only his teammates and club members,but even the members of the opposite team admired (钦佩) him. | |||
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1. When was Anjan born? ______________________________ 2. What"s the matter with Anjan when he was born? ______________________________ 3. Was Anjan an active boy? ______________________________ 4. How old was Anjan when he joined in the national team of schoolboys? 5. Why did even Anjan"s opposite team admire him? |