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1、Unit17 Laughter课时练(一) 阅读理解提速练——练速度(限时：35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018·河北廊坊市高三年级教学质量监测)April23marksthe400thanniversaryofWilliamShakespeare'sdeath.OrganizationsinBritainhaveplannednumerouseventstohonorhim.InStratforduponAvon,hisbirthplace,thetourismorganizationhasagreatnumberoffreeevents,includingpe
2、rformancesofShakespeare'splays,andadazzlingfireworksdisplay.AndtheBBCisbroadcastingaliveshowfromStratforeuponAvon,celebratingShakespeare'swidespreadinfluenceontheworld.InEngland'scapital,theLondonShakespeareCentreandKing'sCollegeLondonareholdingaseriesofpublicperformances,exhibitions
3、andactivities.Itisn'tjustEnglandthathonorstheanniversaryofthedeathofthisextraordinarywriter.InWashington,D.C．，theFolgerShakespeareLibrary,whichhousestheworld'slargestcollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoWilliamShakespeare,isdisplayingaseriesofexhibitions.Shakespeareisprobablythemostfamousa
4、uthorwhoeverlivedandisconsideredageniusbymost.Hewrotearound37playsand154sonnets(十四行诗),andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintooveronehundredlanguages!Hepennedbeautifulmetaphors(暗喻),seriousdramasandamusingtales.Shakespearealsoinventedmanynewtermsandphrases.Ifsomeone'sbehaviorsuggestedtheyweren
5、otbeinghonestandshouldnotbetrusted,Shakespearecalledtheiractionssuspicious.Ifsomeonewasbeingsillyandperhapslookinglikeafool,Shakespearefoundtheiractionslaughable.AndShakespearecalledpeoplewhoofferedtheiropinionsonthequalityofsomethingcritics.Today,forinstance,foodcriticsandfilmcritic
6、sgiveaudiencestheiropinionsoffoodsandfilms.Thefamiliarphrase“breaktheice”comesfromShakespeare'splayTheTamingoftheShrew.“Theiceisbroken”whenadifficultconversationormeetingiscalmedbysomebasicintroduction,suchasasimplegame.MorecommonwordscoinedbyShakespeareincluderoad,gossip,lonely,bump
7、andhurry.Fourhundredyearsafterhisdeath,Shakespearesurelyliveson,ineverydayspeech,asthemostfamouswriterofalltime!【语篇解读】 4月23日是威廉·莎士比亚逝世第四百周年纪念日。英国的各种组织计划活动来纪念他。1．Themainideaofthetextis________.A．the400thanniversaryofShakespeare’sdeathB．theinfluenceShakespearehasonEnglishC．theachievem
8、entsofWillia
