ForanyEnglishmantherecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld'sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist.Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim:thatofWilliamShake?speare.EveryEnglishmanhassomeknowledgehoweverslightoftheworkofthegreatestwriter.Allofususewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare，swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyofEnglish-speakingpeople.MostofthetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweuseratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperformanceofHamlet

andcomplainedthat"itwasfullofwell-knownproverbsandquotations".

ShakespearemoreperhapsthananyotherwritermadefulluseofthegreatresourcesoftheEnglishlanguage.MostofususeaboutfivethousandwordsinournormalemploymentofEnglish;Shakespeareinhisworksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand.ThereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglishlanguagethanbystudyingthevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusedit.Suchastudyiswellworththeeffort(itisnotofcoursere?commendedtobeginners)eventhoughsomeaspectsofEnglishusageandthemeaningofmanywords，havechangedsinceShakespearesday.

( )8.Englishpeople .

A. aresurewhoistheworld'sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist

B. neverdiscussabouttheworld'sgreatestpoetsordramatists

C. haveneverknownwhoistheworld'sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist

D. donotcarewhoistheworld'sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist

( )9.EveryEnglishmanknows .

A. onlythenameofthegreatestEnglishwriter

B. Shakespearebutonlyslightly

C. alltheShakespeare'swritings

D. moreorlessaboutShakespeare

( )10.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A. WeuseallthewordsphrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare'swritings.

B. Shakespeare'swritingshavebecomethepropertyofthosewhoarelearningtospeakEnglish.

C. Itislikelytobetruethatpeopleoftendonotknowtheoriginofthewordstheyuse.

D.AllthewordspeopleusearetakenfromShakespeare'swritin