Who Wrote Shakespeare

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题目与答案

1. 27-29 Which THREE of the following are given as reasons for the arguments that someone else wrote Shakespeare’s works?
   • Shakespeare did not come from Stratford.
   • We have little information about Shakespeare’s life.
   • We know that Shakespeare did not go overseas.
   • Shakespeare went to prison for owing money.
   • Shakespeare spoke only the English language.
   • Shakespeare’s life appears to have been limited.

   答案：We have little information about Shakespeare’s life.,Shakespeare’s life appears to have been limited.,The plays suggest that the writer was familiar with a high-class lifestyle.

   原文定位：when they were presented with the few remaining scraps of evidence about the life of “Shakspere;These critics felt that the son of a Stratford glove-maker;could not possibly have written poetry;knowledgeable about the lifestyle of those who lived in royal courts

   同义替换：「little information」↔「the few remaining scraps of evidence」，「high-class lifestyle」↔「royal courts」

2. Evidence for Different Authors

   Shakespeare

   ·He was an actor.

   ·He had 30_____ for printing and putting on the plays.

   答案：exclusive rights

   原文定位：and he enjoyed exclusive rights to the publication and performance of the dramatic works

   同义替换：「printing and putting on the plays」↔「publication and performance」

3. ·31_____ consulted Shakespeare before approving performance of the plays.

   答案：government officials

   原文定位：Publication and even production of plays had to be approved by government officials, who are recorded as having met with Shakespeare to discuss authorship and licensing of some of the plays

   同义替换：「consulted」↔「met with」，「approving」↔「licensing」

4. Marlowe

   ·The plays use his writing style.

   ·He was in trouble because some people said he was an 32_____ .

   答案：atheist

   原文定位：The records indicate that he was accused of being an atheist: denying the existence of God would have been punishable by the death penalty

   同义替换：「in trouble」↔「accused of」

5. ·He may have faked his own death in a 33_____ He needed to write in secrecy.

   答案：street fight

   原文定位：He is recorded as having ‘died’ in a street fight before Shakespeare’s greatest works were written

6. De Vere

   ·He was an excellent student.

   ·He supported other writers, musicians and actors.

   ·He may have been a 34_____ .

   答案：playwright

   原文定位：He is also recorded as being a playwright, although no works bearing his name still exist

7. ·As a member of the upper class he could not write for 35_____ .

   答案：ordinary people

   原文定位：it was not acceptable for an aristocrat to publish verse for ordinary people

   同义替换：「upper class」↔「aristocrat」，「could not write for」↔「not acceptable for」

8. 36 The sonnets are useful for researchers because they are
   • shorter and easier than the plays.
   • all written to the same person.
   • more personal than the plays.
   • addressed to a lower-class person.

   答案：more personal than the plays.

   原文定位：These individual poems;are sincerely felt reactions to emotionally charged situations such as love and death, a goldmine for the biographically inclined researcher

   同义替换：「sonnets are useful」↔「a goldmine for the biographically inclined researcher」，「more personal」↔「sincerely felt reactions to emotionally charged situations」

9. W.H. was probably a young man because
   • W.H. had some influence with important people.
   • the poems are addressed to the writer’s child.
   • the content of the poems strongly suggests this.
   • W.H. was able to provide financial support.
   • W.H. had been to Cambridge University.
   • W.H. had a lot of high-class enemies.

   答案：the content of the poems strongly suggests this.

   原文定位：This person is clearly a nobleman, yet he is sometimes given forthright advice by the poet, suggesting that the writing comes from a mature father figure

   同义替换：「probably a young man」↔「clearly a nobleman」

10. W.H. could have been Marlowe’s friend because
    • W.H. had some influence with important people.
    • the poems are addressed to the writer’s child.
    • the content of the poems strongly suggests this.
    • W.H. was able to provide financial support.
    • W.H. had been to Cambridge University.
    • W.H. had a lot of high-class enemies.

    答案：W.H. was able to provide financial support.

    原文定位：Any low-born artist needed a rich patron, and such is the argument for his authorship of the sonnets. The possible recipient of these sonnets is Will Hatfield, a minor noble who was wealthy and could afford to contribute to the arts

    同义替换：「provide financial support」↔「wealthy」

11. W.H.’s name could have been Henry Wriothesley because
    • W.H. had some influence with important people.
    • the poems are addressed to the writer’s child.
    • the content of the poems strongly suggests this.
    • W.H. was able to provide financial support.
    • W.H. had been to Cambridge University.
    • W.H. had a lot of high-class enemies.

    答案：the poet may have changed the order of his initials.

    原文定位：whose name only fits the situation if one accepts that it is not uncommon to reverse the first and surnames on formal occasions

    同义替换：「changed the order of his initials」↔「reverse the first and surnames」

12. W.H. could have been De Vere’s friend because
    • W.H. had some influence with important people.
    • the poems are addressed to the writer’s child.
    • the content of the poems strongly suggests this.
    • W.H. was able to provide financial support.
    • W.H. had been to Cambridge University.
    • W.H. had a lot of high-class enemies.

    答案：W.H. had some influence with important people.

    原文定位：He needed, not an artistic patron, but someone like Henry to put in a good word for him in the complex world of the royal court

    同义替换：「had some influence with important people」↔「put in a good word for him in the complex world of the royal court」