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【題目】Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came 【1】 in his life. He was forty 【2】 Americans began to read his poems and praise them. Once his 【3】 was set up，it grew stronger and stronger during the rest of his long life. His success came from 【4】 traditional forms of poetry with American words， 【5】 in a clearly American way.

Frost 【6】 the same speaker for many poems，so the 【7】 poems formed a larger unity. He created this speaker carefully. He felt that his readers would believe his poems if he put the words into the mouth of a 【8】 person who lived in the country, not the 【9】 .

Many people thought the speaker was Frost himself. In fact，the speaker was 【10】 person. Frost, the 【11】 ，tried to become the imaginary person he 【12】 for his poetry.

Robert Frost is always linked to the land of cold winters in the northeastern United States, the area called New England. 【13】 he came from the other side of the country，San Francisco, California. He was born there in 1874. He lived in California during his early 【14】 .

This man who was born in the 【15】 and became linked with New England was named for the chief southern general in America's Civil War. The general's name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet wa named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to 【16】 the general.

Someone once asked another American 【17】 , Ernest Hemingway， how to become a writer. The 【18】 thing，he said，was to have an 【19】 childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very 【20】 writer.

A. soon B. late C. quickly D. early

A. since B. until C. before D. after

A. fame B. name C. poem D. family

A. working B. using C. putting D. uniting

A. spoken B. made C. built D. formed

A. thought of B. practice C. use D. met

A. old B. separate C. famous D. excellent

A. common B. young C. wise D. grown-up

A. city B. village C. state D. continent

A. a famous B. a real C. an imaginary D. a historic

A. artist B. man C. lady D. officer

A. loved B. respected C. admired D. created

A. In this way B. Yet C. Though D. Therefore

A. childhood B. writings C. work D. paintings

A. East B. North C. West D. South

A. learn from B. know C. study D. honor

A. teacher B. writer C. painter D. leader

A. quickest B. worst C. best D. hardest

A. exciting B. interesting C. unlucky D. unhappy

A. good B. poor C. young D. gifted

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】 C

【3】 A

【4】 D

【5】 A

【6】 C

【7】 B

【8】 C

【9】 A

【10】 C

【11】 B

【12】 D

【13】 B

【14】 A

【15】 C

【16】 D

【17】 B

【18】 C

【19】 D

【20】 A

【解析】【1】從后文可知他成名很晚。

【2】直到四十歲美國人才開始讀他的詩并贊揚他。

【3】一旦他的名望建立起來，以后就變得越來越大。

【4】他的成功在于能將詩歌的傳統(tǒng)形式和美國語言結(jié)合起來。

【5】他們被一種清晰的美國形式表達(dá)出來。

【6】他用同樣的主人翁寫了很多首詩。

【7】于是這些零散的詩歌就組成了更龐大的組合體。

【8】根據(jù)句意,可知為C。

【9】city 與前面的country相對應(yīng)，形成對比。

【10】后面 become the imaginary person 給了提示。

【11】the man 是Frost的同位語,其余選項不符合他的身份。

【12】他努力成為他詩歌中創(chuàng)作的虛構(gòu)的人物。

【13】上下句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用yet表轉(zhuǎn)折。

【14】前面談?wù)摰氖撬�的出生時間和地點，這里應(yīng)該是談?wù)撍�的童年時代。

【15】根據(jù)常識, San Francisco是在美國的西部。

【16】因為他的父親想紀(jì)念這位將軍。

【17】根據(jù)第一段的第一句“ Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored serious writers.”， 可知這里應(yīng)該是另外一個作家。

【18】這里表達(dá)的是“最好的事情是”。

【19】根據(jù)下文最后一句可知“最好的事情是有不幸的童年”。

【20】他童年時代的不幸把他造就成了一位偉大的作家。