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William Shakespeare was the greatest writer in English literature.He was born in 1564 in Stratfrd-upon Avon.At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway,who was eight years older than himself.A few years later he moved to London,where he worked as a actor and a playwright.Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets[a kind of poem containing 14 lines].His most famous plays are the four great tragedies-Othelo,Macbeth,Hamlet,and King Lear.Shakespeare dided in Straford on 23 April 1616,but his plays are still very popular today.They have been translated into different lauguages,and many of have been made into films,both in English and other languages
When and where was he born
-He was born in 1564 in Stratfrd-upon Avon.
How many plays did he write
-He wrote thirty seven plays
When did he die
-He died on 23 April 1616,
Are his plays still popular today
-Yes , they are
William Shakespeare was the greatest writer in English literature.He was born in 1564 in Stratfrd-upon Avon.At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway,who was eight years older than himself.A few years later he moved to London,where he worked as a actor and a playwright.Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets[a kind of poem containing 14 lines].His most famous plays are the four great tragedies-Othelo,Macbeth,Hamlet,and King Lear.Shakespeare dided in Straford on 23 April 1616,but his plays are still very popular today.They have been translated into different lauguages,and many of have been made into films,both in English and other languages
When and where was he born
-He was born in 1564 in Stratfrd-upon Avon.
How many plays did he write
-Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays .
When did he die
-Shakespeare dided in Straford on 23 April 1616.
Are his plays still popular today
- Yes, they are.
Part 3: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points)
A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always (1)................keen.................on music and played in a pop group (2) .....................at................... school and Art college .
John (3)................got.................. married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son (4)................whose............... name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group (5)...............called.................“ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs (6) .................were................. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them . They (7)..................always.................. scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8).................about.................... “The Beatles” and John was (9)...............becoming............... richer than he had ever thought.
Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records (10)..............on................... his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11)...................his................. marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had met Yoko Ono (12)...............who........... he married the following year. John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ...............be................. seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ................the............... most talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York apartment , the whole world (15)..................was.................. shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.
A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always (1)...............keen..................on music and played in a pop group (2) .......................at................. school and Art college .
John (3).................got................. married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son (4).................whose.............. name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group (5)..........called......................“ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs (6) ................were.................. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them . They (7)...............would..................... scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8)..................about................... “The Beatles” and John was (9)...............much............... richer than he had ever thought.
Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records (10)............on..................... his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11)..............his...................... marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had met Yoko Ono (12)........whom.................. he married the following year. John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ......be.......................... seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ..........the..................... most talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York apartment , the whole world (15)..............was...................... shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.
Fill in an appropriate word in each blank.
Kipling was the first writer (1) was expressed the faith and national pride. He was (2) born in Bombay India (3) in 1865 and was taken (4) to England to (5) be educated at the (6) age of 6. But at the age of 17 he returned (7) to India and became a journalist. (8) by this time he (9) was a great amount of prose and portry. After wards he returned to England and travelled in Japan and America. He received the 1907 Nobel (10) prize for literature and died in 1936 while he was working on his autbiographical notes.
Ruyard Kipling, one of Endland's (26) ______ famous writers, was born in Bombay, India, in 1865, where his English father was working for the British government. Kipling spent his (27) ______ chilhood in India. At six he was to (28) ______ England and educated in an English school. From 1882 until 1883 he was (29) ______ of his school paper. He went back to India in 1883. There he became (30) ______ in writing and worked for a newspaper. When he was 21 he (31) ______ his first book, which was a small book of poetry. Before he was 24 he had brought out a small collection of short stories. There were well-liked and were full of brilliant descriptions and accurate observations.
Between 1887 and 1899 Kipling traveled (32) ______ the world. He visited China, Japan, and he lived for a few years in America, where he married an American woman. Diuring this (33) ______, he wrote several of his most (34) works, the stories for children, which made him famous: The Jungle Books (1894), Kim (1901) and Jusst So Stories (1902). He also published several books of poetry during this time. Kipling returned to England from America and spent the of (35) ______ his life there until his death in 1936.
26. A.such B.most C.extreme D.too
27. A.early B.starting C.young D.beginning
28. A.carried B.transported C.travelled D.taken
29. A.president B.chairman C.editor D.boss
30. A.liked B.interested C.fond D.taken
31. A published B.took out C.invented D.created
32. A.on B.around C.though D.across
33. A.part B.section C.moment D.period
34. A.common B.popular C.usual D.ordinary
35. A.rest B.last C.end D.period
Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word.
Mark Twain is a famous American writer. His real (1)__NAME____was Samuel Longhorn Clemens and " Mark Twain" was (2)__HIS__ pen- name. Samuel Clemens was born in a
small (3)___TOWN____ on the Mississippi river in the USA. The boy (4)__HAD___many friends
at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories. (5)____WHEN____
Samuel was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the (6)__PROFESSION__
of a printer. Samuel always (7)___WANT___to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. After some time he (8)_SAILS__ the boat and went to live in California.
Here he began to write short stories (9)_BY__the name of Mark Twain. He sent (10)__TO__
to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much.
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the (1)…first……nor the last child prodigy, (2)……but….he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (3)……where….his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began (4)…learning…… to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the (5)…age……at which he also first appeared in p ublic. From the age of six, his father (6)…took…..him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart (7)…spent…..almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of 35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he (8)…continued…..to tour and give concerts. Mozart also (9)……wrote…a lot of operas. His first opera,
Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was (10)…performed…… in Milan when he was 14, and it was one of many successes in the life of the genius.
Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the (1)…FIRST……nor the last child prodigy, (2)…BUT…….he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (3)…WHERE …….his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began (4)…LEARNING…… to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the (5)…AGE……at which he also first appeared in p ublic. From the age of six, his father (6)…TOOK…..him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart (7)…SPENT…..almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of 35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he (8)…CONTINUED…..to tour and give concerts. Mozart also (9)…WROTE ……a lot of operas. His first opera,
Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was (10)…PERFORMED …… in Milan when he was 14, and it was one of many successes in the life of the genius.
John was involved in a road (2)........ACCIDENT..recently. It happened at a road (2)......JUNCTION....John's car had (3).....SLOWED.....down, and as he couldn't (4)....MANAGE......to start it again, he had left it in the middle of the road. He wanted to find someone to help him (5).....PUSH.....it to the garage. Just then, a car came round the corner. John (6).....WAVED.....at the driver but the car was going too (7)...FAST.......to stop. It (8)....SKIDDED......and (9)......HIT....John's car. Luckily nobody was (10)...INJURED......., but the police decided that John was to (11)......BLAME..... They said that he shouldn't have (12)...LEFT.......the car in the middle of the road. He told them that he had (13)....PUT......on his warning lights and he thought that other cars would be (14).....ABLE......to stop in (15)....TIME....... Even so, he had to appear in (16)...COURT........ He (17)....DENIED......that it was his (18).....FAULT.....because he had (19).......WAVED...to the other driver. But he had to pay a (20).FINE.........of $150.
John was involved in a road (2).....accident.....recently. It happened at a road (2)....where......John's car had (3).....broken.....down, and as he couldn't (4).....manage.....to start it again, he had left it in the middle of the road. He wanted to find someone to help him (5).....bring.....it to the garage. Just then, a car came round the corner. John (6).....looked.....at the driver but the car was going too (7).....fast.....to stop. It (8).....braked.....and (9).....hit.....John's car. Luckily nobody was (10).....injured....., but the police decided that John was to (11).....be wrong...... They said that he shouldn't have (12).....left.....the car in the middle of the road. He told them that he had (13).....turned....on his warning lights and he thought that other cars would be (14)......able.....to stop in (15)......time..... Even so, he had to appear in (16).....court...... He (17).....admitted.....that it was his (18).....fault.....because he had (19).....apologized.....to the other driver. But he had to pay a (20).....fine.....of $150.
Sap xep cac cau sau de tao thanh mot doan doan van noi ve Shakespeeare:
9. William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd, 1564
6. He was the eldest son of a wealthy glove maker
7. In 1592 he wrote "Romeo and Juliet"
4. In 1582, he married Anne Hathaway and they had three children
10 In 1588 he moved to London and joined a theatrical company
8. From 1600 to 1601 he wrote "Hamlet"
2. From 1605 to 1606 he wrote "King Lear"
1. In 1611 he retired
3. In 1613 he returned to his home twon of Stratford-upon-Avon
5. On April 23rd 1616, he died and was buried there