第二节 根据短文内容，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Who is the greatest English writer? 36. His popular sentences like “To be，or not to be，that is a question. ” and his plays such as Romeo and Juliet are always famous in every corner of the world.
William Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564. 37. By 1599，he had become an important playwright(剧作家)in London.
Either comedies or tragedies，Shakespeare's plays always touch people's hearts. 38. In A Midsummer Night's Dream，fairies play magical tricks on people who get lost in the woods. His tragedies，however，can be very dark. Macbeth tells the story of a man who kills a lot of people after he manages to become the king.
Shakespeare's works also have a big influence on the English language. 39.
Of course，Shakespeare wrote his plays over 400 years ago and his English is very different from that of today. 40. His plays have been translated into other languages and they are performed more often. There are a lot of movies and TV plays adapted from his works. Shakespeare achieved great success in his lifetime.
A. His comedies make a joke about human weaknesses and always have happy endings.
B. But it doesn't influence his popularity.
C. Shakespeare is my favourite poet.
D. When he was young，he moved to London and began to work as a playwright.
E. The person should be William Shakespeare.
F. He created about 1，700 English words，including everyday ones like “lonely” and “hurry”.
G. He killed lots of people.

36. E 37. D 38. A 39. F 40. B