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【题目】Henry Wadworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine. His father, Stephen, was a lawyer, so Henry was born to a rich family. Henry began____at age three. By the time he was the smartest boy in the school. He was very____at spelling and airthmetic. ____Henry loved to write and____became very good at it. Henry's father wanted him to become a lawyer but after Henry____from Bowdoin College in Maine at the age of 19 he dreamed of becoming a____. But Henry wanted to travel to Europe to study. He followed that____， but later returned to Bowdoin to become a professor at age 22.

In 1831 Henry____Mary Storer Potter, a former schoolmate. He settled____and started the New England Magazine. He and his wife traveled to Europe, ____he studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and the Dutch language and literature.

The next year Henry began____in Harvard. He moved into a room of the famous Craigie House in Cambridge. In the Craigie House, Henry____to write poems and books.

In 1812 Longfellow's poem Evangeline was____. Many people say Evangeline was his best poem. In 1819 he resigned from Harvard to____his time to his writing. Song of Hiavatha, written in 1820, was also very____， as it was one of the first poems to____the Native American Indian culture. When The Courtship of Miles Standish ____out in 1857 it sold 25,000 copies on the first day of publication.

The next few years were____with honors and rewards. He was___to the House of Windsor by Queen Victoria by____of the Prince of Wales. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.

【1】 A. work B．life C．writing D．school

【2】 A. fine B．good C．well D．interested

【3】 A. But B．So C．Otherwise D．Since

【4】 A. suddenly B．immediately

C．eventually D．luckily

【5】 A. graduated B．left C．escaped D．finished

【6】 A. lawyer B．professor C．tourist D．scientist

【7】 A. route B．promise C．dream D．permission

【8】 A. met B．engaged C．welcomed D．married

【9】 A. away B．out C．up D．down

【10】A. there B．where C．which D．what

【11】A. teaching B．studying C．founding D．charging

【12】A. kept B．remained C．continued D．lasted

【13】A. published B．printed C．writing D．selling

【14】A. referred B．devote C．preferred D．spent

【15】A. long B．necessary

C．popular D．satisfied

【16】A. infect B．affect C．inspect D．reflect

【17】A. took B．put C．brought D．came

【18】A. presented B．hidden C．filled D．covered

【19】A. forced B．invited C．taken D．carried

【20】A. request B．offer C．order D．rule

Answer 1

【答案】【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】D

【10】B

【11】A

【12】C

【13】A

【14】B

【15】C

【16】D

【17】D

【18】C

【19】B

【20】A

【解析】【1】begin school“开始上学”，可根据下文的“六岁时便成为了学校里最聪明的学生”判断。

【2】他“拼写和算术学得很好”，be good at“擅长；学得好”。

【3】前面是“拼写和算数”后面是“写作”，所以前后应为转折关系，所以用but。

【4】他喜欢写作，但是不可能“立刻”就写得很好，这需要一个过程，所以选C，意为“最终”。

【5】graduate from“从……毕业”。leave和finish后面都不能接from。

【6】根据下文判断他想当“教授”。

【7】上文dreamed of处有提示。

【8】根据下文的he and his wife判断处此处应为“结婚”；be engaged to“和……订婚”。

【9】settle down“定居”。

【10】where引导定语从句，根据前面的先行词Europe判断。

【11】第二年他便在哈佛大学“教书”。由于前面已经提到他是“教授”了，所以不能用studying。

【12】keep后不能接不定式；remain“仍然是”；last“持续”；continue to do＝continue doing“继续做……”。

【13】根据下文“是他最好的诗”来看，此处只能是“出版”，因为出版了才能被看到。

【14】devote one's time to“把时间用在……上”；spend后要接介词on。

【15】根据上文的“是他最好的诗”和also判断，这首诗也很“受欢迎”。

【16】是第一首“反映”当地印第安人文化的诗。infect“传染”；affect“影响”；inspect“视察”。

【17】come out“出版”；如用put out则需要用被动式。

【18】be filled with“充满着……”；present后不能接with; he covered with“被……藏着或覆盖着”。

【19】受到维多利亚女王的“邀请”。

【20】by request of“应……的请求”。