17．England has been the birthplace of most of the great English-language theater written throughout history．Most of the plays in England that are truly famous have something in common．They usually come from a playwright（劇作家） with several famous plays．
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is considered the most famous British playwright．Shakespeare has a large catalog（目錄） of tragedies，comedies and history plays，and each category is home to some of the most famous plays ever written．Hamlet，Macbeth，Romeo and Juliet，Othello and Julius Caesar  are all tragedies and performed in theaters around the world every year．Famous comedies include A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing．In the history category，RichardⅢand HenryⅤare very famous．
Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw
Several hundred years after Shakespeare，English people began to enjoy the works of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw．Wilde's plays are still popular now，and The Importance of Being Earnest is both performed and studied extremely frequently．A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband are among his other famous works．Shaw and Wilde were born within a few years of each other，but Shaw was a much more productive writer．His most famous plays include Pygmalion and Candida．Shaw's plays are loved so much that an entire theater company is devoted to performing his work in Niagara-on-the-Lake in southern Ontario．
Harold Pinter
The plays of Harold Pinter certainly have an international presence．His writing was so widely recognized for its importance that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2005．Pinter is especially known for his style of writing．Many of his plays such as Betrayal，The Dumb Waiter and his first play，The Room，are extremely well known．

60．The writer wrote this passage toC．
A．a(chǎn)dvise us to spend more time enjoying plays
B．explain why England has so many wonderful plays
C．tell us about some famous British playwrights and their works
D．tell us the differences among some British playwrights
61．What do the works in the underlined part in Paragraph 2have in common？B
A．They are all Shakespeare's early works．
B．They are all tragedies written by Shakespeare．
C．They are all Shakespeare's famous comedies．
D．They all belong to the history category of Shakespeare's plays．
62．Which of the following plays were most probably written in the same period of time？C
A．The Dumb Waiter and A Woman of No Importance．
B．RichardⅢand A Woman of No Importance．
C．An Ideal Husband and Candida．
D．Candida and Betrayal．
63．Who was mentioned in this passage that he had received the Nobel Prize because of his writing？D
A．William Shakespeare．    B．Oscar Wilde．
C．George Bernard Shaw．    D．Harold Pinter．

分析 這篇文章主要給我們介紹了幾個(gè)著名的英國戲劇作家莎士比亞，奧斯卡•王爾德，喬治•蕭伯納，哈羅德•品特以及他們的作品．

解答 60-63 CBCD
60．C  主旨題 根據(jù)文章可知，作者寫這篇文章是想給我們介紹幾個(gè)著名的英國戲劇作家莎士比亞，奧斯卡•王爾德，喬治•蕭伯納，哈羅德•品特以及他們的作品．選C

61．B  細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章Hamlet，Macbeth，Romeo and Juliet，Othello and Julius Caesar are all tragedies and performed in theaters around the world every year．可知，劃線部分的戲劇都是由莎士比亞寫的悲�。蔬xB
62．C  細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章第三段可知，An Ideal Husband and Candida這兩部戲劇最可能出自同一個(gè)時(shí)期．故選C
63．D  細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，哈羅德•品特的作品榮獲了諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)．故選D

點(diǎn)評 本文結(jié)構(gòu)非常明了，文意也很好理解，學(xué)生在答題中一定要認(rèn)真細(xì)致的作答以求全對．對于此類說明文的文章一定要將文章仔細(xì)的閱讀完并理解，結(jié)合題目通過題目的關(guān)鍵詞進(jìn)行定位，分析好句子的意思，即可得出答案．

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What are you seeing when you look at a cloud？"A picture of what moisture （水氣） is doing in the atmosphere，"says meteorologist Peter Leavit．There's moisture throughout the atmosphere．Most of the time you don't see it，because it's in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor．
    Sometimes，the temperature of the air gets cold enough to cause the water vapor to change to liquid water．That's called condensation，and we see it happen all the time，for example，when humid air from the shower hits the cold glass of a mirror．When enough water vapor condenses，droplets form in the air．These droplets scatter light．A cloud is seen．
Watching clouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a single cloud about the weather to come．Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere．
You should begin to notice patterns．Certain clouds，fol1owing each other in order，can signal an approaching storm．But don't take our word for it； see for yourself．
53．According to the passage，ordinary people can tell the weather becauseD．
A．they can look up at the sky                         
B．they can read weather writings
C．information is stored in computers              
D．clouds signal the weather to come
54．Your advantage in weather forecast is thatC．
A．you can keep weather patterns in mind．
B．you have more powerful computers at home
C．your brain works as well as a high-speed computer
D．meteorologists give their data to you as soon as they get them
55．A cloud is formed whenA．
A．there are droplets in the air                        
B．light is scattered
C．moisture exists in the form of invisible gas  
D．water vapor changes to liquid water
56．This passage mainly tells us about howD．
A．to become a weather forecaster                   
B．to collect data directly
C．to be an assistant to a meteorologist             
D．to keep an eye on the weather．

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