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16．Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored serious writers．But his fame came late in his life．
    He was born in San Francisco，California in 1874．He lived in California during his early childhood．He was named after the chief Southern general in America's Civil War．The general's name was Robert Edward Lee．The poet was named Robert Lee Frost，because his father wanted to honor the general．
    Someone once asked another American writer，Ernest Hemingway，how to become a writer．The best thing，he said，was to have an unhappy childhood．If this is true，Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good writer．Robert Frost's father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician．He often drank too much wine and became angry．Robert was the victim of his anger．
    Robert Frost finished high school in 1891．After high school，Robert's grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College．But Robert left the school after a few months．He did not like it．He spent the next few years working at different jobs．At one time，he worked in a factory．Later，he repaired shoes．He was a teacher．He was a reporter．Always，he wrote poetry．
    Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years．After that，he returned to the many jobs he held before．For a while，F(xiàn)rost tried to take care of a farm in the state of New Hampshire．He was not a successful farmer．And he continued to write poetry．He said that until 1930，he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing．
  In 1912，he decided to try to make a new start．He took his family to Britain．The cost of living was low．In Britain，F(xiàn)rost found a publisher for his first book of poems．The book was called A Boy's Will．When it appeared in 1913，F(xiàn)rost received high praise from British readers．Praise was something he had not received in his own country．
  Ezra Pound，another American poet living in Britain，read the poems and liked them very much．He wrote a magazine article about Frost．He also helped get Frost's second book of poems published in America．That book was called North of Boston．
44．The followings are writers EXCEPTA．
A．Robert Edward Lee   
B．Robert Lee Frost
C．Ernest Hemingway    
D．Ezra Pound
45．The passage wrote about Hemingway in order to show thatD．
A．he had great influence on Frost's poetry and life
B．Frost's poetry style was the same as Hemingway's
C．Frost was unhappy because he was the victim of his father
D．Frost spent his childhood unhappily
46．What can we learn from the passage？D
A．Once Frost's first book was published he gained great praise in his country．
B．After leaving Harvard University，he began to learn to write poetry．
C．Frost was found lo have a gift in poetry while he studied in high school．
D．Robert Frost's father was angry and drank a lot because he didn't realize his dream．
47．What's the passage mainly about？D
A．Robert Frost's unhappy childhood．
B．Robert Frost's first and second book．
C．Robert Frost's family and jobs．
D．Robert Frost's life and poetry．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述了羅伯特•弗羅斯特的生平和他寫的一些詩歌．

解答 44．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．結(jié)合The poet was named Robert Lee Frost，Someone once asked another American writer，Ernest Hemingway和Ezra Pound，another American poet living in Britain可知B．Robert Lee Frost C．Ernest Hemingway     D．Ezra Pound都是作家；只有A項(xiàng)Robert Edward Lee 是個(gè)將軍（general）． 
45．D推理判斷題．由第三段第二、三句"The best thing，he said，was to have an unhappy childhood．If this is true，Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very goodwriter．"可知本文提到海明威是為了闡明正是有一個(gè)不幸的童年造就了羅伯特•弗羅斯特?使他成為一位偉大的詩人．所以答案選D．
46．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由第三段倒數(shù)第二、三句"Robert Frost's father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician．He often drank too much alcohol and became angry．"可知羅伯特•弗羅斯特的父親因?qū)崿F(xiàn)不了自己的夢(mèng)想而經(jīng)常酗酒和生氣．故答案選D．
47．D 主旨大意題．縱觀全文以及由本文的主題句?即第一段第一句"Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored serious writers．"可知本文主要講述了羅伯特•弗羅斯特的生平和他寫的一些詩歌．所以答案選D．

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