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Passage 1
Every age, after his own, has gone in search of Shakespeare. The first biography was written in 1709. Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not show up on bookstore shelves. We want to know who he was hoping that the narrative of his life will somehow explain the genius of his writing. But it never does. We find him but who we find only adds to the mystery. How is it that a man without a university education, a glover's son from a small Warwickshire market town, could have written the plays and poems that have spoken to generations of readers and theatergoers?
Passage 2
Stratford. Shakespeare's hometown, has become an almost sacred place of pilgrimage, with tourists waddling reverently around the spectacularly tasteless cathedral of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. An impressionable few of them are even moved to doff their caps or discard their ice creams. Shakespeare's familiar high-domed head, an image that is quite possibly not him at all, has adorned everything from TV beer commercials to British currency. He is the presiding genius of the national spirit, a kind of hero in a neck ruff. Without him industries would crash and ideologies crumble. It is even rumored that he also wrote plays.
分析： Passage1 对Shakespeare是正面的态度。而Passage2 对Shakespeare是负面的态度。从首句的tasteless cathedral就可以看出。整个P2比P1要难以看懂些。P2的每一句都是对Shakespeare的一个讽刺，不明白为什么去悼念他，讽刺整个经济对他的依赖，讽刺人们对关于他评论的盲从。
1. The author of Passage 1 would likely claim that Stratford's having become "an almost sacred place of pilgrimage" is
(A) inappropriate given Shakespeare's humble beginnings
(B) at odds with Shakespeare's current status among literary scholars
(C) unsurprising given the intense curiosity Shakespeare inspires
(D) unusual in an age that commercializes Shakespeare
(E) puzzling considering how small the town of Stratford is
分析：P1观点对Shakespeare正面态度，选择一个符合P1想法的就为答案。
2. Compared with the tone of Passage 1. the tone of Passage 2 is more 求异/态度
(A) optimistic
(B) appreciative
(C) impartial
(D) uncertain
(E) irreverent
分析：P2对Shakespeare是负面态度及讽刺。选表达负面的选项。
3. "familiar" most nearly means 词汇题
(A) sociable
(B) presumptuous：of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
(C) ordinary
(D) closely acquainted
(E) easily recognized
分析：Familiar：well known from long or close association;(familiar with)having a good knowledge of
4. The final sentence in Passage 2 is best interpreted as 推理题
(A) a self-deprecating acknowledgment that the author is not an expert on Shakespeare
(B) a factual observation about the extent of the public's knowledge of literature
(C) a humorous admission that a great deal remains unknown about Shakespeare's life
(D) a derisive comment about the public's lack of real engagement with Shakespeare's work
(E) a snide commentary on the public's willingness to believe rumors
5. Both passages support the point that 求同题
(A) many of the generally accepted details about Shakespeare's life are probably inaccurate
(B) Shakespeare was a genius of the highest magnitude
(C) few people today actually read Shakespeare's work
(D) very little is known about certain periods of Shakespeare's life
(E) a thriving industry is dependent on Shakespeare's life and work
分析：第一篇文章Now it is a poor year for the Shakespeare business when two or three more do not show up on bookstore shelves.第二篇文章Shakespeare's familiar high-domed head, an image that is quite possibly not him at all, has adorned everything from TV beer commercials to British currency.分别都提到Shakespeare对经济的重要性。
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