Most people have heard of Shakespeare and probably know something of the plays that he wrote. However, not everybody knows much about the life of this remarkable man, except 11 that he was born in the market town of Stratford-upon Avon and that he married a woman called Anne Hathaway. We know nothing of his school life. We do not know, for example, how long it lasted, but we 12 that he attended the local grammar school, where the 13 subject taught was Latin.
Nothing certain is known of what he did between the time he left school and his 14 for London. According to a local legend, he was beaten and even put in prison for stealing rabbits and deer from the estate of a neighboring landowner, Sir Thomas Lucy. It is said that because of this he was forced to run away from his 15 place. A different legend says that he was apprenticed to a Stratford butcher, but did not like the life and for this reason 16 to leave Stratford.
Whatever caused him to leave the town
of his birth, the world can be 17 that he did so. What is certain is that he set his foot on the roadjto 18 when he arrived in London. It is said that at first he was without money or friends there, but that he earned a little by taking care of the horses of the gentlemen who attended the plays at the theatre. In time, as he became a 19 figure to the actors in the theatre, they stopped and spoke to him. They found his conversation so brilliant that finally he was invited to 20 their company.
A. fame B. graceful C. join D. perhaps
E. forecast F. departure G. somehow H. presume
I. native J. familiar K. decided L. meaningful
M. principal N. grateful O. rejection
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