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[单项选择]The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is
estimated (估计) to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some
260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In
addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a
great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various
levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written
forms.
In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number
of people in the world who have acquired an adequate (足够的) working knowledge of
English in addition to their own languages. The purpose for English learning and
the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is
difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate
working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason
for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world
language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English
is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other
fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used
for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international
conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television
networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number
of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these
countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal
communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and
education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the
scientific and technological developments in the West.What would be the best title for this passage
A. The Difficulties of Learning English
B. International Communications
C. The Standard Varieties of English
D. English as a World Language
[单项选择]The Chamberlain's Men, in Shakespeare's time, were a remarkable group of people-excellent _____who were also business partners and close personal friends.
A. actors
B. students
C. teachers
D. writers
[单项选择]What was Shakespeare's first original play written in about 1590
A. Hamlet.
B. The Merchant of Venice.
C. King Henry VI.
D. King Lear.
[填空题]Shakespeare’s plays fall into three categories.They are（）,（）and history plays.
[单项选择]The famous quotation from Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” well illustrates（）.
A. the conventional nature of language
B. the creative nature of language
C. the universality of language
D. the big difference between human language and animal communication
[单项选择]To plot Shakespeare's life is to become involved in a kind of detective story______ there are plenty of clues but very little else.
A. where
B. which
C. from which
D. when
[单项选择]In Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet, what were Romeo's and Juliet's surnames
A. Rosncrantz and Guidenstern.
B. Goneril and Regan.
C. Montague and Capulet.
D. Faidherbe and Carmontelle.
[单项选择]The American policeman asked an English reporter some questions because he was strange.
[单项选择]Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies are ______.
A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth
B. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet
C. Hamlet, Carolinas, King Lear and Macbeth
D. Hamlet, Julius caesar, Othello and Macbeth
[单项选择]______is William Shakespeare's hometown.
A. Canterbury
B. Stratford-on-Avon
C. Liverpool
D. London
[单项选择]______ is one of Shakespeare's narrative poems.
[单项选择]______ we admire Shakespeare's comedies, we can not agree that they are superior to his tragedies.
A. Much as
B. As much
C. Much though
D. Though much
[单项选择]______ is not one of William Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies.
A. Hamlet
B. Macbeth
C. The Twelveth Night
D. Othello
