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18．[1]William Butler Yeats，a most famous Irish writer，was born in Dublin on June 13，1865．His childhood lacked the harmony （和睦） that was typical of a happy family．Later，Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered"little of childhood but its pain"．In fact，he inherited （继承） excellent taste in art from his family-both his father and his brother were painters．But he finally settled on literature，particularly drama and poetry．
[2]Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements．He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s．His early theatrical experiments，however，were not received favorably at the beginning． He didn't lose heart，and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama．
[3]Compared with his dramatic works，Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice．The subject matter includes love，nature，history，time and aging．Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms，he brought modern sensibility to them．As his literary life progressed，his poetry grew finer and richer，which led him to worldwide recognition．
[4]He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923．Yet，he continued writing almost to the end of his life．______________，he would probably now be valued as a minor （不重要的） poet，for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75．After Yeats's Death in 1939，W．H．Auden wrote，among others，the following lines：
        Earth，receive an honored guest：
        William Yeats is laid to rest．
        Let the Irish vessel （船） lie
        Emptied of its poetry．
76．What does the first paragraph mainly tell us？（no more than 9 words ）Brief introduction to his childhood．
77．Explain the underlined sentence in paragraph 2．（ no more than 10 words）His theatrical ideas were not well received at first．
78．What does the underlined word"them"in paragraph 3 refer to？（ no more than 3 words）traditional forms
79．Fill in the blanks in the last paragraph with proper words （no more than 10 words）Had Yeats stopped writing at age 58．
80．What can you learn from Yeats as a writer？（no more than 8 words）To succeed，we need faith，persistence．．

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分析 本文讲述是诺贝尔奖获得者爱尔兰著名作家William Butler Yeats的生平故事以及他的文学成就．

解答 76．Brief introduction to his childhood．主旨大意概括题．根据第一段大意，主要描述了William Butler Yeats小时候的一些情况，表现出具有艺术方面的天赋．
77．His theatrical ideas were not well received at first．在第二段"had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements"以及"He didn't lose heart，and finally enjoyed…"可以看出，他的一些想法期初没有被认可，但是没有放弃直至成功．
78．traditional forms．第三段主要讲述了他在诗歌方面卓越的成就，"Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms"意为"尽管Yeats一般依靠传统的形式"，故"them"代指"traditional forms"．
79．Had Yeats stopped writing at age 58．前文提到"winning the Nobel Prize in 1923"获得诺贝尔奖是在‘1923'年，后面继续说"he continued writing almost to the end of his life"可知，此处表达意思为"如果他就此停止创作"．
80．To succeed，we need faith，persistence．浏览全文，可以发现主要讲述了Yeats 在对待自己的创作上有强烈的信心以及自我坚持．

点评 本文是人物故事类的阅读表达，要求学生在阅读理解的基础上，根据短文后的题目，在文中找到相关的内容，并用简洁、准确的句子，将理解的内容，书面表达出来．做题时，注意表达的内容不要超出规定的字数．