【2023·湖南省雅礼十六校第一次联考】 It is commonly believed that the great English____21____and poet William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. But it is impossible to know the____22____day on which he was born. Church records show he was baptized (施洗礼) on April 26, and three days was a(an)____23____amount of time to wait before baptizing a newly born baby. Shakespeare’s date of death is ____24____ known, however: it was April 23, 1616. He was 52 and had retired to Stratford three years before. Although few plays have been performed or analyzed as____25____as the 38 plays Shakespeare wrote, there are few surviving____26____about his life. This ____27____ of biographical information is due primarily to his social ____28____; he was not a ____29____, but the son of a leather trader. Shakespeare _____30_____ attended the grammar scho