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1、WilliamButlerYeats WilliamButlerYeats,amostfamousIrishwriter,wasborninDublinonJune13,1865.Hischildhoodlackedtheharmony(和睦)thatwastypicalofahappyfamily.Later,Yeatsshockedhisfamilybysayingthatheremembered“littleofchildhoodbutitspain”.Infact,heinherited(继承)excellenttasteinartfromhisfamily—bothhisfathe
2、randhisbrotherwerepainters.Buthefinallysettledonliterature,particularlydrama(戏剧)andpoetry. Yeatshadstrongfaithincomingofnewartisticmovements.HesethimselfthefreshtaskinfoundinganIrishnationaltheatreinthelate1890s.Hisearlytheatricalexperiments,however,werenotreceivedfavorablyatthebeginning.Hedidn’tlo
3、seheart,andfinallyenjoyedsuccessinhispoeticaldrama. Comparedwithhisdramaticworks,Yeats’spoemsattractmuchadmiringnotice.Thesubjectmatterincludeslove,nature,history,timeandaging.ThoughYeatsgenerallyreliedonverytraditionalforms,hebroughtmodernsensibilitytothem.Ashisliterarylifeprogressed,hispoetrygrew
4、finerandricher,whichledhimtoworldwiderecognition. HehadnotenjoyedamajorpublicliftsincewinningtheNobelPricein1923.Yet,hecontinuedwritingalmosttotheendofhislife.HadYeatsstoppedwritingatage40,hewouldprobablynowhevaluedasaminorpoet,forthereisnootherexampleinliteraryhistoryofapoetwhoproduceshisgreatestw
5、orksbetweentheagesof50and75.AfterYeats’sDeathin1939,W.H.Audenwrote,amongothers,thefollowinglines: Earth,receiveanhonouredguest: WilliamYeatsislaidtorest. LettheIrishvessel(船)lie Emptiedofitspoetry. 68.WhichofthefollowingcandescribeYeats’sfamily? A.ItfilledYeats’schildhoodwithlaughter. B.Itw
6、asshockedbyYeats’schoice. C.Itwasatypicallywealthyfamily. D.Ithadanartisticatmosphere. 69.Accordingtothepassage,whatdoweknowaboutYeats’slife? A.YeatsfoundedthefirstIrishtheater. B.Yeatsstucktomodernformsinhispoetry. C.Yeatsbegantoproducehisbestworksfromthe1910s. D.Yeatswasnotfavoredbythepubli
7、cuntilthe1923NoblePrize. 70.WhatkindoffeelingisexpressedinW.H.Auden’slines? A.Envy B.Sympathy C.Emptiness D.Admiration 71.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout? A.Yeats’sliteraryachievements B.Yeats’shi
