William Butler Yeats was born in Sandy mount,County Dublin,Ireland on June 13th,1865.His father John was a law student who later pursued art,and young William and his siblings moved back and forth between Dublin and London during much of their _________.
Most of their holidays were _________with their mother's family in Sligo,a region whose landscape,culture and folklore(民俗)_________ his own works.
While his family belonged to the main Protestant minority which _________ themselves with the British,Yeats firmly _________ himself Irish. Indeed many of his poems and plays reflect Irish legends and castles. In 1885,Yeats started _________ poems as a young man of 20.Many of his early works were later published as The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems.
He became _________ in politics,which resulted in his becoming an Irish senator(参议员)in 1922 when the Irish Free State was formed. He _________ for 6 years but continued to _________ well into his seventies.
Later in London,he also co-founded the Rhymer's Club for __________ to share their verses,with his own __________becoming popular with other poets.In1899,as Yeats began writing dramas,he established the Irish Literary Theatre __________ other like-minded people to stage Irish plays. His __________ were influenced by the Japanese Noh style of writing,a type of traditional Japanese theatre which tended to be musical rather than __________ on prose.
Yeats became __________ when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923,becoming one of the first Irish laureates(桂冠诗人).His book The Tower was set in his own __________,which he had bought and restored. __________,many of his best works were written when he was well past 50,and they continue to be __________ today.
In 1939,Yeats died in France on a trip there. He was __________ at Roquebrune,but according to his __________,his remains were later taken to Sligo and buried at Drumcliff in 1948.
【小题1】 | A.childhood | B.life | C.holiday | D.education |
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【小题2】 | A.wasted | B.spent | C.shared | D.scheduled |
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【小题3】 | A.attracted | B.explained | C.based | D.influenced |
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【小题4】 | A.associated | B.provided | C.related | D.mixed |
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【小题5】 | A.devoted | B.treated | C.considered | D.wished |
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【小题6】 | A.composing | B.reading | C.appreciating | D.analyzing |
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【小题7】 | A.sensitive | B.independent | C.active | D.mild |
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【小题8】 | A.prepared | B.served | C.waited | D.applied |
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【小题9】 | A.perform | B.learn | C.teach | D.write |
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【小题10】 | A.singers | B.politicians | C.poets | D.musicians |
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【小题11】 | A.comments | B.contributions | C.thoughts | D.conclusions |
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【小题13】 | A.plays | B.stories | C.novels | D.songs |
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【小题14】 | A.focus | B.call | C.depend | D.keep |
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【小题15】 | A.wealthy | B.vain | C.famous | D.accessible |
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【小题16】 | A.church | B.castle | C.palace | D.square |
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【小题17】 | A.Unusually | B.Fortunately | C.Hopefully | D.Eventually |
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【小题18】 | A.disturbing | B.humorous | C.popular | D.breathless |
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【小题19】 | A.burned | B.buried | C.located | D.honored |
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【小题20】 | A.expectation | B.promise | C.determination | D.will |
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