【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was {{U}}born in Dublin on June 13, 1865.{{/U}} His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". {{U}}In fact he inherited excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his brother were painters.{{/U}} But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the flesh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of {{U}}a poet who produces his greatest works between the age of 50 and 75.{{/U}} After Yeats's death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:
{{U}}Earth, received an honoured guest:{{/U}}
{{U}}William Yeats is laid to rest.{{/U}}
{{U}}Let the Irish vessel lie{{/U}}
{{U}}Emptied of its poetry{{/U}}
What do we learn about Yeats's family?
[解析] 短文中提到，叶芝从家人那里继承了优秀的艺术品味——他的父亲和哥哥都是画家 由此可知，叶芝的家庭充满艺术气息，故答案为A。
A选项是对短文中inherited excellent taste in art...painters的同义转述。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life?
[解析] 短文开头指出，叶芝于1865年6月13日生于都柏林，结尾提到，在文学史上没有一个人能像他这样在50至75岁之间写出那么伟大的作品 由此可知，叶芝从1910年开始创作出最优秀的作品，故答案为C。
本题与年份有关，听音时应做一些笔记，结合年份及相关行为动作是解题的关键。