单选题
Ernest Hemingway was one of the most important American writers in the history of contemporary American literature. He was the (1) spokesperson for the Lost Generation and also the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1954). His writing style and personal life (2) a (3) influence on American writers of his time. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in a doctor's family in Oak Park, in the (4) of Chicago. The novel (5) established Hemingway's (6) was TheSun Also Rises (1926). The story described a group of (7) Americans and Britons living in France. That is to (8) , it described the life of the members of the (9) Lost Generation after World War I. Hemingway's second major novel was A Farewell to Arms (1929), a love story (10) in wartime Italy. That novel was (11) by Death in the Afternoon (1932) and Green Hills of Africa (1935). His two (12) of short stories Men without Women (1927) and Winner TakeNothing (1933) established his fame (13) the master of short stories. In the late 1930's, Hemingway began to express (14) about social problems. His novel To Have and Have Not (1937) (15) economic and political injustices. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) (16) the conflict of the Spanish Civil War. In 1952, Hemingway published em>The Old Man and the Sea, for (17) he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize. In 1954, Hemingway was (18) the Nobel Prize of Literature. Later, being (19) and ill, he shot (20) on July 2, 1961.
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A. outstanding B. monotonous C. awkward D. modest
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是逆向推断。本题空白处后面的信息内容“and also the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for literature(第六个获得诺贝尔文学奖的美国人)”提示本题应该选择A(outstanding突出的)这个褒义词，以便使本句所表达的内容保持前后一致。
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A. simulated B. exerted C. stimulated D. exceeded
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是词语的固定使用。本题空白处后面的信息内容“…influence on…(对……的影响)”提示本题应该选用B(exerted产生)，因为这样才能构成“exert an influence on…”这一常用的固定表达方式。
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A. offensive B. progressive C. nominal D. profound
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A. institution B. villa C. reputation D. pursuit
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是语境推断。本题空白处前面的信息内容…the novel that established Hemingway's…(确立海明威的……的小说)”提示本题应该选择C(reputation声誉)，因为这样才能完整表达全文中心主旨句(首段第一句)的内容(海明威是美 国现代文学史上最重要的作家之一)。
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A. ambitious B. expatriate C. learned D. wealthy
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是逆向推断。本题空白处后面的信息内容“Americans and Britons living in France(生活在法国的美国人和英国人)”提示本题应该选用B(expatriate移居国外的)，因为这样才可以保持空白处信息内容与空白处后面信息内容的正确和一致性。
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A. speak B. observe C. say D. remark
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是词语的固定使用。本题的四个选项均含有“说”的意思。但是本题的测试点是英语的固定表达法之一“That is to say(也就是说)”，故本题应该选C。
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A. so-called B. registered C. refined D. classical
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A. volumes B. collections C. sections D. chapters
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是文学知识。本题空白处后面的信息内容“of short stories短篇小说的……”提示本题应该选用B(collections集子)，因为这样表达才是“小说集”的英语固定表达法。
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A. for B. of C. by D. as
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是一词多义。本题的测试点是介词“as”一词的常用词义之一——“作为”。本题空白处前后的信息内容“his fame(他的声誉)”和“the master of short stories(短篇小说大师)”均提示本题应选用D(as作为)。本词的另一个常用词义是“和……一样，如同”。
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A. courage B. fear C. concern D. confidence
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是语境推断。本题空白处前后的信息内容“express______about social problems(表达对社会问题的______)”提示本题应该选用C(concern关心，关注)，因为“表达对社会问题的关注”是一种常用的语言措辞方式。
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A. commended B. eliminated C. condemned D. assessed
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是语境推断。本题宅白处前后的信息内容“His novel…______economic and social injustices(他的小说______经济和社会的不公正)”提示本题应该选用C(condemned谴责)，因为“谴责经济和政治的不公正”是一种常用的措辞表达方式。
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A. portrayed B. quenched C. evaluated D. resolved
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是词语的固定使用。本题空白前后的信息内容“The novel…——the conflict of the Spanish Civil War(小说______西班牙内战的冲突)”提示本题应该选用A(portrayed描述，描写)，因为“小说描述或描绘……”是一种常见的措辞表达方式。
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A. that B. which C. whom D. what
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是定语从句。本题空白处前面的句子“Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea”和空白处后面的句子“he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize”提示本题测试点是定语从句，应该选用B(which引导定语从句)、因为本题空白处前面有逗号并且有介词，故不能选用A(that引导定语从句)。
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A. granted B. offered C. awarded D. provided
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是同义词辨析。本题四个选项均含有“给”的意思，但是本题空白处后面的“the Nobel Prize of Literature(诺贝尔文学奖)”提示本题应该选用C(awarded授予)，因为这个词经常和“奖励”一起搭配使用。
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A. depressed B. hesitant C. legitimate D. sensitive