Module 9课文挖空练习2022-2023学年外研版英语七年级下册

M9U1 Betty: What are you reading? Tony: Tom Sawyer, ________ the famous American __________(作家), Mark Twain. I'm writing about him ________ my English class. Betty: I read Tom Sawyer. Very good! Hey, we can find _______ about him on the Internet. Tony: Yes!... OK. Look at this! His _________(真实的) name was Samuel Clemens and he was born in 1835 in Missouri. He _________(leave) school and began work _____ the age of twelve. Betty: What did he do?Tony: He wrote for a ______________(报纸). Later he got work on a boat. Betty: Did he _________(stay) in Missouri? Tony: No, he went to New York, and other __________(city). Betty: When did he begin his __________(story)? Tony: I don't know the _________(确切的) __________(日期). But he took the name Mark Twain and ____________(变得；成为) very famous ______ the 1860s. He went to Europe _______ well. But he didn't come to China. Betty: Yes, I knew that. Enjoy the book. Tony: Yes, it's good. M9U2 The life of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a famous English writer of _________(戏剧) and __________(诗歌). He wrote about thirty-eight _________(play), 154 short __________(诗歌) and a few long __________(poem) in his life. Two of his famous _________(play) are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford, England. _______ many people 400 years ago, Shakespeare's parents didn't learn _________(read) or write. At school he liked plays, so he decided __________(be) an ________(act) when he finished school _______ fourteen. He ___________(结婚) in 1582 and had three children.  Shakespeare went to London and __________(join) theatre company in about 1592. He became a ______________(成功得) actor and began to write ________(play). Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his ___________(作品) very much.    In 1599 the company ____________(建造) the Globe Theatre ______ the River Thames in London. You can visit the theatre today, but it isn't the same building. There was a ________(火灾) in the old theatre. They _________(建造) it again in 1614