Passage One

　　16. What does the speaker say about William Shakespeare?

　　答案：B) His personal history is little known.

　　【點評】本題考查事實細節(jié)。文章中作者先提出“有多少人了解莎士比亞本人”的問題，接著指出各學者經過幾個世紀的研究之后，仍然在不斷探索發(fā)現(xiàn)他的個人史。由此可知，莎士比亞的個人史很少有人知道。

　　17. What do we learn about Shakespeare's father?

　　答案：D) He was a member of the town council.

　　【點評】本題考查事實細節(jié)。文章中提到莎士比亞的父親受人尊敬，是Stratford-on-Avon鎮(zhèn)議會的一名成員。選項a member of the town council與原文完全對應。

　　18. Why does the speaker say parts of Shakespeare's life will remain a mystery?

　　答案：C) Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire.

　　【點評】本題考查事實細節(jié)。文章中提到莎士比亞一部分的生活將永遠不為人所知。因為1666年倫敦的一場大火把很多重要文件燒毀了，而這些本來可能是了解莎士比亞的重要線索。所以答案選擇Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire。