Toby remembers

    My name is Toby． I'm eighty﹣three years old this spring． My house is right in the middle of Stratford﹣upon﹣Avon， and I can watch the street market（1）　　my window． But I live very quietly now． I'm just a（n）（2）　　man， sitting in a chair．

    I once knew the greatest man in England．For thirty years I was his friend． I worked with（3）　　in the theatre， through the good times and the bad times． He was a good friend to me． He was also the best playwright （剧作家）and poet that ever lived in England． William Shakespeare was his（4）　　．

    I saw all his plays in the theatre． People（5）　　them． They shouted， laughed and cried，ate oranges，and called for more． William Shakespeare could please all kinds of（6）_____ including Kings，Queens，Princes，great lords and ladies，poor people，the boys who held the horses…everyone．

    He put me in a play once．Well，he used my name﹣Toby．Twelfth Night was the play．I remember，in the play，Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man，who liked drinking（7）　　and having a good time．Queen Elizabeth the First watched that（8）　　﹣Twelfth Night，on the 6th of January，1601． She liked it， too．

    William's dead now，of course． He's been dead for more than thirty years， and no one sees his plays now． The Puritans （清教徒）have（9）　　all the theaters． There's no singing，no dancing，no plays． It isn't like that in my young days． We had a good time in London， William and I…

I've no teeth now， and my hair has all fallen out，（10）　　I can still think﹣and remember． I remember when William and I were young， just boys really．

（1）A．from	B．for	C．of
（2）A．young	B．old	C．strong
（3）A．them	B．her	C．him
（4）A．name	B．book	C．friend
（5）A．hated	B．loved	C．minded
（6）A．children	B．adults	C．people
（7）A．too much	B．too many	C．much too
（8）A．movie	B．play	C．concert
（9）A．built	B．opened	C．closed
（10）A．but	B．so	C．or