七、根据短文内容,从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容通顺完整。(其中有两项多余)
Who is the greatest English writer? ____1____ His popular expressions, like “To be or not to be, that is a question”, and his stories, 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. ____2____ By 1594, he had become an important playwright in London.
Either comedies or tragedies, Shakespeare's plays always touch people's hearts. ____3____ In *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, fairies play magic tricks on people who are lost in the woods. His tragedies, however, can be very dark. *Macbeth* tells a story about a man who becomes a king by killing a lot of people.
Shakespeare's works also have a big influence on the English language. ____4____
Of course, Shakespeare wrote his plays over 400 years ago and his English is very different from that of today. ____5____ His plays have been translated into other languages and are performed more often. There are over 400 movies and TV plays adapted from his works. Shakespeare achieved great success in his lifetime.

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