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Today，we complete our story about the influential English writer William wrote plays and poems during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries，which remain very popular today.
During earlier times，people would probably have learned several ancient Roman and Greek was not unusual for writers to produce more current versions of these example，in Shakespeare's play “TheComedyofErrors”，Shakespeare borrowed certain details from the ancient Roman writer his play “Macbeth”，Shakespeare most likely used a work on Scottish history by Raphael Holinshed for espeare might have borrowed from other writers，but the intensity of his imagination and language made the plays his e many plays by other writers of his time have been forgotten，Shakespeare and his art live on.
Shakespeare was also influenced by the world around described the sights and sounds of London in his works include observations about political struggles，the fear of diseases，and the popular language of the city's espeare's knowledge of the English countryside is also works include descriptions of deep forests，local flowers，and the ancient popular traditions of rural people.
It would be impossible to list all of the ways in which Shakespeare's works have influenced the world the first and greatest example would be his great influence on the English ng his time，the English language was new words from other languages were being espeare used his sharp mind and poetic (富诗意的) inventiveness to create hundreds of new words and rework old example，he created the noun forms of “critic”，“mountaineer” and “eyeball”．Many common expressions in English come from his plays，including “pomp and circumstance(隆重的仪式)” from “Othello” ，“full circle (绕圈子)” from “King Lear”， list of cultural creations influenced by Shakespeare is almost paintings to television to music and dance，Shakespeare was well espeare's plays have been translated into every major language in the world.
Shakespeare became a wellknown writer during a golden age of years of hard work paid off.
36．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Many of Shakespeare's works were influenced by earlier writings.
B．Shakespeare was hardworking when he was a student.
C．The experience of living in London helped a lot with Shakespeare's works.
D．Shakespeare became rich later because of the popularity of his works.
37．Shakespeare might have learnt some information from ancient Roman works in________.
A．“KingLear” B．“TheComedyofErrors”
C．“Macbeth” D．“Othello”
38．Why could Shakespeare's works survive his time?
A．Because there were so few people writing plays in his time.
B．Because he produced too many works that nobody else could do.
C．Because he was a rich and influential person of his time.
D．Because his works were rich in imagination and language.
39．Shakespeare's greatest influence should be on ________.
A．the English language
B．paintings
C．television
D．music and dance
40．The passage is mainly about________.
A．an introduction to Shakespeare's life and his works
B．the main features and styles of Shakespeare's plays
C．how culture influenced Shakespeare and he influenced culture
D．Shakespeare's greatest influence on the world culture
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