Q: It's not every week that England's greatest playwright William Shakespeare hits the headlines, but the Bard of Avon has been the subject of two news stories in recent days as new information has come to light about the writer and his working environment.

In the first development, a portrait of Shakespeare, which is believed to be the only picture painted of him during his lifetime, was _ in London.

The artwork has been dated back to 1610, meaning it was painted six years before the writer's death.

The painting had been owned by a family descended from Shakespeare's literary patron tor hundreds of years without them ever knowing who the man in the picture was.

Alec Cobbe, who inherited the portrait, realized that the painting was a likeness of Shakespeare after visiting an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery where he saw a portrait that had, until 70 years ago, been accepted as a life portrait of Shakespeare.

Mr Cobhe immediately realized he was looking at a copy of the painting that had been in his family for centuries.

The painting will now go on display in Shakespeare's hometown Stratford-upon-Avon.

In a separate story, archaeologists in London believe they have unearthed the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre.

The site was excavated by a team from the Museum of London last summer, and is believed to have been built in 1576.

Experts think that Shakespeare himself acted at the theatre, which may have been where the play Romeo and Juliet was premiered .

It is believed that 25 years after construction, the building was pulled down and moved timber by timber to the South Bank of the Thames, where a reconstruction of the theatre now stands.

Answer the following questions:
1. who is England's greatest playwright
2. The artwork has been dated back to
3. The painting had been owned by a family descended from
4. when was the art work painted
5. where is the picture of Shakespeare located?
6. are there lots of portrats of Shakespeare
7. The painting had been owned by who?
8. how long did they have the portrait?
9. did they know who the man in the picture was.
10. who is Alec Cobbe
11. what did he realize?
12. how did he come to this realization?
13. The painting will now go on display where
14. what do archaeologists in London believe
15. what do Experts think
16. what plays premiered there
A: 1. William Shakespeare
2. 1610
3. Shakespeare's literary patron
4. during his lifetime
5. Shakespeare's hometown
6. no
7. by a family descended from Shakespeare's literary patron
8. hundreds of years
9. no
10. he inherited the portrait
11. that the painting was a likeness of Shakespeare
12. after visiting an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
13. in Shakespeare's hometown
14. that they have unearthed the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre
15. that Shakespeare acted at the theatre
16. Romeo and Juliet

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER I. A DISPERSION

'A telegram! Make haste and open it, Jane; they always make me so nervous! I believe that is the reason Reginald always _will_ telegraph when he is coming,' said Miss Adeline Mohun, a very pretty, well preserved, though delicate-looking lady of some age about forty, as her elder sister, brisk and lively and some years older, came into the room.

'No, it is not Reggie. It is from Lily. Poor Lily! Jasper--- accident---Come.'

'Poor dear Lily! Is it young Jasper or old Jasper, I wonder?'

'If it were young Jasper she would have put Japs. I am afraid it is her husband. If so, she will be going off to him. I must catch the 11.20 train. Will you come, Ada?'

'Oh no; I should be knocked up, and on your hands. The suspense is bad enough at home.'

'If it is old Jasper, we shall see in the paper to-day. I will send it down to you from the station. Supposing it is Sir Jasper, and she wants to go out to him, we must take in some of the children.'

'Oh! Dear little Primrose would be nice enough, but what should we do with that Halfpenny woman? If we had the other girls, I suppose they would be at school all day; but surely some might go to Beechcroft. And mind, Jane, I will not have you overtasking yourself! Do not take any of them without having Gillian to help you. That I stipulate.'

Jane Mohun seemed as if she did not hear as these sentences were uttered at intervals, while she stood dashing off postcards at her davenport. Then she said, on her way to the door---

1. Who was sending postcards?
2. Who was on a davenport?
3. What was she doing?
4. What was nerve-racking?
5. Who opened it?
6. Does she have a sister?
7. Her name?
8. Is she younger?
9. About how old was she?
10. Was the telegram from Reginald?
11. Who was it from?
12. What happened?
13. Involving whom?
14. Who is supposed to assist Jane?
15. Where will the girls go if not to school?
16. What time is the train?
17. Who is Lily's husband?
18. What is his title?
19. What is halfpenny?
20. Who is nice?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Lily
2. Jane Mohun
3. dashing off postcards
4. a telegram
5. Jane
6. yes
7. Miss Adeline Mohun
8. no
9. about forty
10. no
11. Lily
12. an accident
13. Jasper
14. Gillian
15. Beechcroft
16. 11.20
17. Jasper
18. Sir Jasper
19. a woman
20. Primrose

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The term "Great Plains", for the region west of about the 96th or 98th meridian and east of the Rocky Mountains, was not generally used before the early 20th century. Nevin Fenneman's 1916 study, Physiographic Subdivision of the United States, brought the term Great Plains into more widespread usage. Before that the region was almost invariably called the High Plains, in contrast to the lower Prairie Plains of the Midwestern states. Today the term "High Plains" is used for a subregion of the Great Plains.

Much of the Great Plains became open range, or rangeland where cattle roamed free, hosting ranching operations where anyone was theoretically free to run cattle. In the spring and fall, ranchers held roundups where their cowboys branded new calves, treated animals and sorted the cattle for sale. Such ranching began in Texas and gradually moved northward. In 1866-95, cowboys herded 10 million cattle north to rail heads such as Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska; from there, cattle were shipped eastward.

1. How many cows were sent north?
2. When?
3. Who led them?
4. Where did they go?
5. In which cities?
6. Where did the trains take them?
7. Where were cows allowed to roam freely?
8. Who was allowed to have cows?
9. When did they round them up?
10. What happened to the baby cows?
11. Who did it?
12. Where did this type of ranching begin?
13. Did it move anywhere else?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. 10 million
2. 1866-95
3. cowboys
4. rail heads
5. Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska
6. eastward
7. Much of the Great Plains
8. anyone, theoretically
9. In the spring and fall
10. branded
11. the cowboys
12. Texas
13. yes