William Shakespeare was the (41) writer in the English language. He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon. (42) the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, (43) was eight years (44)  than himself. A few years later he moved to London, (45) he worked as a actor and a playwright. Shakespeare (46) thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous  plays are the four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford (47) 23 April 1616, but his plays are still very popular today. They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been (48) into films, both in English and other languages. Shakespeare's plays are about the great issues of life - love, hatred, jealousy, power, ambition, (49) and so on. So, his plays are just relevant today as they were in the sixteenth (50).

41.     A. great                B. greater             C. greatest             D. greatly

42.     A. at                    B. in                     C. on                     D. by

43.     A. whom              B. who                 C. whose              D. which

44.     A. old                   B. elder                C. eldest               D. older

45.     A. which              B. where              C. when                D. place

46.     A. write                B. writes              C. written             D. wrote

47.     A. in                     B. on                    C. at                               D. by

48.     A. did                   B. done                C. made               D. make

49.     A. death               B. died                 C. die                   D. to died

50.     A. days                 B. months            C. years                D. century