Module 9　Life history

Ⅰ.听对话,选择正确的答案。每组对话读两遍

1.W:What do you think of Mark Twain, Bob?

M:He was a successful writer.But I like Shakespeare best.

2.W:When did you move to England, David?

M:I moved to England in June 2010.

3.M:Would you like to learn a foreign language in this club?

W:Of course.I’d like to learn French very much.

4.W:Do you know Mr Smith? He opened a big company last year.

M:Oh, I know.He’s my father’s friend.

5.M:Do you know anything about Jackson?

W:Yes, he was born in 1958 and died in 2009.He died at the age of fifty-one.

Ⅱ.听下面两段对话,选择正确的答案。每段对话读两遍

听下面一段对话,完成第6、7小题。

W:Do you like Shakespeare?

M:Yes, I like reading his plays.

W:Do you know anything about him?

M:Yes.He was a famous play writer.He was born in 1564 and died in 1616.He died at the age of fifty-two.

W:Do you know who he got married to?

M:Yes, I do.He married a girl called Ann.

W:That’s right.You know him very well.

听下面一段对话,完成第8至10小题。

M:What’s that on your desk? Is that a book?

W:Yes, it’s Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s famous works.

M:When did you buy it?

W:Oh, no.My friend gave it to me as a birthday present.Would you like to read it?

M:Yes, it’s a very famous book.

W:OK.You can read it first, but you have to give it back to me next weekend.

M:No problem.Thanks a lot.

Ⅲ.听短文,选择正确的答案。短文读两遍

Jack London was a famous American writer.He was born on 12th January,1876 in San Francisco,California.His family was very poor,and Jack had to leave school to make money.He worked very hard.

　　In 1897,he went to Alaska to find gold.There he got ideas for his books and stories.He returned home and started to write.His writings were successful and he became rich and famous in his twenties.

　　Jack was not a happy man.He was in bad health.He ended his own life in 1916.He was only 40 years old then.