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QuestionsarebasedonthefollowingpassageForanyEnglishman,therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist.Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim:thatofWilliamShakespeare.EveryEnglishmanhassomeknowledge,howeverslight,oftheworkofthegreatestwriter.Allofususewords,phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare’swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyoftheEnglish-speakingpeople.Mostofthetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweuse,ratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperformanceofHamletandcomplainedthatitwasfullofwell-knownproverbsandquotations.
Shakespeare,moreperhapsthananyotherwriter,makesfulluseofthegreatresourcesoftheEnglishlanguage.Mostofususeaboutfivethousandwordsinour
normaluseofEnglish;Shakespeareinhisworksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand.
ThereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglishlanguagethanbystudyingthevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusedit.Suchastudyiswellworththeeffort(itisnot,ofcourse,recommendedtobeginners)eventhoughsomeaspectsofEnglishusage,andthemeaningofmanywords,havechangedsinceShakespeare’sday.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE? A.Englishpeoplehaveneverdiscussedwhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist.
B.Englishpeopleneverdiscussanyissueconcerningtheworld’sgreatestdramatist.
C.Englishpeoplearesurewhoistheworld’sgreatestdramatist.
D.Englishpeopledonotcarewhoistheworld’sgreatestwrite
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