[单项选择]Who is NOT the famous dramatist in Elizabethan literature（　）.
A. John Lyly
B. William Shakespeare
C. George Peele
D. Edmund Spenser

[填空题]A famous character, who always daydreams of doing exciting things, created by James Thurber, is named ______.

[填空题]The famous director Steven Spielberg, who directed the film "Munich" nominated for best motion picture, is an Israeli.

[填空题]Who are mentioned in the introduction as famous lawmen They were Wyatt Earp, ______, and Bat Masterson.

[单项选择]Who is the most famous poet in the 18th century America（　）.
A. Philip Freneau.
B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
C. William Cullen Bryant.
D. Edgar Allan Poe.

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A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple trees which he grew. One day, his friend gave the farmer a young tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home he did not know where to plant it. He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree on one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in the woods where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "what’s the difference" the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted the tree near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree on one of my fields, my neighbors would
A. A box.
B. A book.
C. A young tree.
D. Apples.

[单项选择]Who gave a talk at the meeting
[A] A famous writer. [B] A famous scientist.
[C] A famous doctor.

[单项选择]Who is famous for his historical novel of Rob Roy
A. Scott
B. Richard Sheridan
C. Ben Johnson
D. Bernard Shaw

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Most towns up to Elizabethan times were smaller than a modern village and each of them was built around its weekly market where local produce was brought for sale and the town folks sold their work to the people from the countryside and provided them with refreshment for the day. Trade was virtually confined to that one day even in a town of a thousand or so people. On market days craftsmen put up their stalls in the open air whilst on one or two other days during the week the townsman would pack up his loaves, or nails, or cloth, and set out early to do a day’s trade in the market of an adjoining town where, however, he would be charged a heavy toll for the privilege and get a less favourable spot for his stand than the local craftsmen. Another chance for him to make a sale was to the congregation gathered for Sunday morning worship. Although no trade was allowed anywhere during the hours of the service (except at annual fair times), after church there would be some trade
A. to buy goods from a stall outside the market place.
B. to acquire goods in quantity before the market.
C. to have the best and the first stall in the market.
D. to sell at a higher price than competitors.