【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析]
The birthplace Was to open at 10 a.m. It was 9:30 and already the pilgrims had formed a long queue. I asked a lady from Ohio why she had come. "For Shakespeare," she said. "Isn't that why you came?"
"Not entirely," I said. "I was born here. I'm visiting my family. "
"You were born here?" She said, as if only Shakespeare had the right.
It was my first time home in many years. Long ago I had emigrated to America. Now I was visiting places in which I had taken little interest before: the birthplace, for example. I had passed it perhaps a hundred times without a thought of going in. Now it would cost me just under two pounds, about $ 3. But an even stranger experience was buying a ticket to the school two members of my family had entered. Shakespeare had gone there 350 years before. It was a good school, but I was fortunate to have been sent to a better one. "Better than Shakespeare's?" Asked an American to whom I had confided. "I don't see how that could be possible," he had muttered before turning away.
I had taken Shakespeare for granted. However, in my current tourist status, that would have to be changed. Respect was called for. I must learn to refer to him as the Bard, and not as Will in the familiar way, and never a "Willie-the Shake", which is an inelegant but customary nickname for some of the younger generation.
This was no problem. Shakespeare worship had been made earlier than my day. Every building with Shakespeare connections was preserved. An inclusive ticket enabled holders to see them all. When several Americans whom I had run into asked me to show them around, I readily agreed.

本题属于细节归纳题，答题的关键是抓住原文中提到的两个地点词汇：Ohio(美国的一个州)和America(作者移民的地方)，以及游客身份American(s)。由于涉及的都是美国，因此本题当然选[A]。其他三项中，[B]中的Europe在原文中没有提及；[C]、[D]则只属于原文中的词汇。注意，这篇小故事在理解上有一定的难度，需要考生仔细听清、认真分析才能充分把握。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题属于推断题。短文先描述了说话者自己所看到的莎翁出生地游客的众多和热情，然后说明自己以前对待莎翁出生地及与之相关的东西的漠视，最后指出对莎翁的崇拜要求作者的尊重态度，还描述了一些游客对他的批评态度。由这两种情形之间的对比可以看出，区别当然就是莎翁出生地变成旅游胜地，因此本题答案就是[C]。