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四、Reading Comprehension(60 points)
36、What makes a person famous ? This is a mystery that many people have pondered．All kinds of myths surround the lives of well—known people．
　　Most people are familiar with the words of William Shakespeare，one of the greatest Eng．1ish writers of the sixteenth century．Yet how many know Shakespeare the pemon，the man be．hind the works？
　　After centuries of research，scholars are still trying to discover Shakespeare’s personaLl his—torty．It is not easily found in his writings．Authors of the time could not protect their works．An acting company，for example，could change a play if they wanted to．Nowadays wfiterShave copyrights that protect their work．
　　Many myths arose about Shakespeare．Some said he had to formal edueation．There arerumors that he left home when accused of stealing a horse．Others believe that he began his ca—reer by tending the horses of wealthy men．
　　All of these myths are interesting，but are they true? Probably not．Shakespeare，s fatherwas a respected man in Stratford，a member of the town council．he sent young William togrammar school．Most people of Elizabethan times did not continue beyond grammar school；S0，Shakespeare did have，at least，an average education．
　　Some parts of Shakespeare’s life will always remain unknown．The Great London Fire of1666 burned many important documents that could have been a source of clues．We will alwaysbe left with many questions and few facts．
根据以上内容，回答36-55题。
This passage deals with___________．
A．the Great LOndon Fire
B．the lost documents of Shakespeare
C．scholars of Shakespeare
D．Shakespeare’s personal history


37、 Parts of Shakespeare’s life continue to remain a mystery because___________．
A．people are not interested
B．researchers do not have the expertise to find the facts
C．writers had no claim over their works
D．the Great London Fire burned important documents


38、 From this passage we can infer that Shakespeare___________．
A．Was a horse thief
B．had no education
C．Is surrounded by myths
D．was popular in Stratford（　　）


39、 The first sentence BlOUSeS interest by presenting___________．
A．a direct statement
B．a question
C．an emotional appear
D．A contrast

40、Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start．All the shops reduce their pricesand for two weeks，they are full of people looking for bargains．My husband and I do not nor-mally go to the sales as we don’t like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have tobuy lots of Christmas presents．
　　Last year，however，I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the centerof London．We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set．Whenwe got to station．So I left my husband and started looking around the shops．Unfortunately allthe clothes were in very large sizes and SO were not suitable for me．But I did buy．a televisionat a very cheap price，SO I felt quite pleased with myself．
　　When I arrived at the station，my husband was not there．So I sat down in a nearby cafeto have a cup of tea．I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meethim．He looked very happy．Then I saw he Was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box．“Oh，dear!”I thought．Yes，we had no new clothes but two televisions．We shall not be going to the sales again．
根据以上内容，回答40-59题。
In January__________．
A．lots of people go shopping for discount
B．people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas
C．all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday
D．people don’t have enough money to go looking for bargains


41、 In this passage，the word“bargain”could best be replaced by“something
A．given to people
B．offered at a reduced price
C．offered，sold or bought which is expensive
D．sold for the purpose of reaching all agreement


42、 The husband and wife in the story__________．
A．wished to buy a TV
B．went to the sales the year before
C．often went to the sales to buy clothes
D．were usually not short of money after Christmas


43、 The phrase“split up”in tlle second paragraph means“__________”．
A．break apart
B．cause to break
C．become pieces
D．go indifferent directions

44、A man and his wife had a small bar near a station．The bar often stayed open until after midnight，because people came to drink there while they were waiting for trains．
　　At two o'clock one morning，one man was still sitting at a table in the small bar．He was a—sleep．The barman’s wife wanted to go to bed．She looked into the bar several times，and eachtime the man was still there．Then at last she went to her husband and said to him，“You’vewaken that man six times now，George，but he isn’t drinking anything．Why haven’t you senthim away?It is very late．”
　　“0h，no，I don’t want to send him away，”answered her husband with a smile：”Yousee，whenever I wake him up，he asks for his bill，and when I bring it to him．He pays it．Then he goes to sleep again．”
根据以上内容，回答44-63题。
The bar often stayed open__________．
A．until 12 o'clock in the evening
B．until early next morning
C．all day and all night
D．until after 12 o'clock in the evening


45、 People who came to the bar were__________．
A．mostly salesmen
B．mostly passengers
C．only conductors
D．only visitors