Birthdays often involve surprises. But this year's surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is surely one of the most dramatic.

On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts discovered that one of the most recognizable portraits of William Shakespeare is a fake. This means that we no longer have a good idea of what Shakespeare looked like. “It's very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare might be unreliable because many of them are copies of this one,” said an expert from Britain's National Portrait Gallery.

The discovery comes after four months of testing using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples. The experts from the gallery say the image —commonly known as the “Flower portrait”— was actually painted in the 1800s, about two centuries after Shakespeare's death. The art experts who work at the gallery say they also used modern chemistry technology to check the paint on the picture. These checks found traces of paint dating from about 1814. Shakespeare died in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.

“We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was when there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays,” Tarnya Cooper, the gallery's curator (館長), told the Associated President.

The fake picture has often been used as a cover for collections of his plays. It is called the Flower portrait because one of its owners, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.

“There have always been questions about the painting,” said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company. “Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture.”

Two other images of Shakespeare, are also being studied as part of the investigation and the results will come out later this month.________.

1.What makes the birthday of Shakespeare dramatic this year?

A. It was found that he painted a portrait in 1814 instead of in 1609.

B. The Flower portrait has been found to be a fake.

C. Three portraits of Shakespeare are being tested to identify a real one.

D. It was found that there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays around 1818 to 1840.

2.Which statement is True according to the passage?

A. Portraits of Shakespeare are all unreliable.

B. “Flower portrait” was a portrait of Shakespeare given to Desmond Flower.

C. 1814 might be when the portrait was drawn.

D. The Flower portrait is not often used as a cover for Shakespeare's play.

3.How many methods were used to test the portrait?

A. Not mentioned. B. Two

C. Three D. At least four.

4.The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Birthdays often involve surprises

B. The surprise on the 441st birthday of Shakespeare

C. One portrait of Shakespeare is a fake

D. How can we know Shakespeare's appearance?

5.Which is the best sentence to fill in the blank in the last paragraph?

A. Soon we'll know which portrait is reliable.

B. Maybe we cannot find a real portrait of Shakespeare.

C. If the two portraits are found to be false, they will test more.

D. For now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a mystery.

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了在莎士比亞的第441個(gè)周年紀(jì)念日中，專家們發(fā)現(xiàn)最具認(rèn)可度的莎士比亞畫像原來是假的，并講述了理由及至少四種測量的方法�，F(xiàn)如今，莎士比亞到底什么樣子仍然是一個(gè)謎。

1.B細(xì)節(jié)題。從第以自然最后一句及第二自然段中experts discovered that one of the most recognizable portraits of William Shakespeare is a fake.可知使莎士比亞的周年紀(jì)念日戲劇性的是他的畫像是假的。故選B

2.C細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。由第二段最后一句，莎士比亞的許多畫像都是仿照這一副畫的，所以有可能都是假的，而并非一定是假的，排除A。第五段第二句，因?yàn)樗乃姓逥esmond Flower 把它送給了皇家莎士比亞公司，所以被稱為the Flower Portrait .排除B。由第三段倒數(shù)第二句，可知C正確。從第五自然段第一句可知，正好與D相反，這幅畫常常作為莎士比亞話劇集的封面，故選C項(xiàng)正確。

3.D細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段The discovery comes after four months of testing using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples.可知至少有四種方法來檢測這個(gè)畫像。故選D

4.B主旨題。文章主要是提到了在莎士比亞第441個(gè)周年紀(jì)念日時(shí)，公布他的畫像是假的，以此讓很多都感到很驚訝，故選B

5.D推斷題。最后一段另外的兩幅他的畫像也正在進(jìn)行檢查，結(jié)果要到這個(gè)月底才能揭曉，所以可知，到現(xiàn)在為止莎士比亞到底是什么樣子仍然是個(gè)謎，故選D項(xiàng)。

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