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1、C（35minutes）Passage1ThenovelistRobertHerrickwasborninCambridge,Massachusetts,onApril26,1868.HisoldestAmericanancestor,anephewoftheauthorofHesperides,hadsettledatSalemin1638;hewasrelatedtotheHales,theMannings,theHawthornes,andthePeabodys;hisimmediateforebearswerelawyers,teachers,andcl
2、ergymen.AtHarvard,hewasacontemporaryofSantayana.WilliamVaughnMoody,NormanHpgood,andRobertMorssLovett;henearlywreckedtheHarvardMonthlywhenhesullieditschastepageswiththefirstEnglishtranslationoflbsen'sludyfromtheSea.HisteachingbeganattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,butWilliamRain
3、eyHarperluredhimtothenewUniversityofChicago,whereheremainedofficiallyforexactlyagenerationandwherehisstudentsinadvancedcompositionfoundhimterrifyinglyfrigidintheclassroombutsympatheticandunderstandingintheirpersonalconferences.DuringhislateryearsthespotofearthdearesttohisheartwasYork
4、Viliage,Maine,butafterhisretirementfromteachinghebroughthiscareertoaratheramazingcloseasgovernmentsecretaryoftheVirginislands,HediedatSt.ThomasonDecember23,1938.1.TowhichofthefollowingfamilieswasHerrickrelated?(A)TheSantayanas(B)TheHawthornes(C)TheMoodys(D)TheHapgoods2.Inlines3-4,the
5、phrase"immediateforebears"couldbestbereplacedbywhichofthefollowing?(A)closestancestors(B)wealthiestrelatives(C)cleverestkinsmen(D)earliestforefathers3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasaprofessionofHerrick'srelatives?(A)Farmer(B)Teacher(C)Clergyman(D)Lawyer4.HerrickmovedtotheUnivers
6、ityofChicagoattherequestof(A)theHales(B)theMannings(C)RobertMorssLovett(D)WilliamRaineyHarper5.Accordingtothepassage,Herrick'sstudentsthoughthewas(A)giftedinEnglishtranslation(B)unfairinhisgrading(C)easytounderstand(D)kindduringpersonalcontact6.InwhichofthefollowingactivitieswasHeric
7、kinvolvedduringthelastyearsofhislife?(A)Universityteaching(B)Governmentwork(C)Translating(D)LecturingPassage2Therearetwomainkindsofsloth;thetwo-toedandthethree-toed.Ofthese,thethree-toedisconsiderablythemoreslothful.Ithangsupsidedownfromabranchsuspendedbyhook-likeclawsattheendsofitsl
8、ongbonyarms.
