William Shakespeare （莎士比亚） was a famous English writer of plays and poems.He wrote about 38 plays，154 short poems and （A） a few long poems in his life.Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.
    Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford，England.Like many people 400 years ago，Shakespeare's parents didn't learn to read （B）_________ write.At school he liked plays，so（C）他决定成为一名演员 when he finished school at fourteen.He married in 1582 and had three children.
    Shakespeare went to London and joined a the at re company in about 1592.He became a successful act or and began to write plays.Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much.
    In 1599，the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London.You can （D）go to see the theatre today，but it isn't the same building.There （E） _________ a fire in the old theatre.They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s.
    （F） William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two. He was rich and successful.You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages.He's famous around the world.

（1）写出文中画线部分（A）和（D）的同义词或近义词：

some

some

；

visit

visit

（2）在文中（B）和（E）的空白处填入适当的单词：

or

or

；

was

was

（3）将文中画线部分（C）译成英语：

he decided to be an actor

he decided to be an actor

（4）将文中画线部分（F） 改写为：William Shakespeare died

when he

when he

was fifty-two.
（5）从文中找出两个描述莎士比亚的形容词：

famous

famous

；

successful

successful