选修八 Unit 4 高考提能练阅读理解·组块专练——练速度(限时:35 分钟)Ⅰ
阅读理解A(·甘肃省高三第一次诊断)When Shakespeare was twentyone, he went to London, a very interesting place, to try his fortune
There were the famous London Bridge and St
Paul’s Cathedral, and palaces and markets and long streets full of shops
Then, too, there were the daily crowds where could be seen people from all over the world
Knights, scholars and highwaymen ( 拦 路 强 盗 ) or thieves who had been infamous for their clever robberies, passed by each other
Here, also, were noblemen dressed in gold, from Italy, Spain and France; slaves from Spanish America, sea captains and ministers, soldiers and servants — all held by chances or interests within the gray walls which circled London, and whose gates gave welcome to as strange a crowd as could be found in the wo