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Authors A. T. S. EliotB. William WordsworthC. Charles DickensD. Jonathan SwiftE. John MiltonF. Francis BaconG. Percy Bysshe ShelleyH. Robert FrostI. Mark TwainJ. William ShakespeareK. Emily DickinsonL. Ralph W. EmersonM. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Fourthly, the constant breeders, besides the gain of eight shillings sterling per annum by the sale of their children, will be rid of the charge of maintaining them after the first year.
【正确答案】正确答案：D
【答案解析】解析：本文节选自乔纳森·斯威夫特(Jonathan Swift)的名作《一个温和的建议》 (AModest Proposal)。 作家介绍 乔纳森·斯威夫特，英国文学史上最伟大的讽刺散文作家。他的文风纯朴，语言平易而有力，著名的作品有《书籍之战》(The Battle of Books)、《一只桶的故事》(A Taleof a Tub)、 《一个温和的建议》(A Modest Proposal)以及小说《格列佛游记》(Gulliver"sTravels)。
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How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol"n on his wing my three and twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career,But my late spring no bud or blossom shew"th.
【正确答案】正确答案：E
【答案解析】解析：本文节选自约翰·弥尔顿(John Milton)的十四行诗《满二十三周岁》(On HisBeing Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three)。
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
【正确答案】正确答案：C
【答案解析】解析：本文节选自查尔斯·狄更斯(Charles Dickens)的小说《双城记》(A Tale of TwoCities)，这里选自小说的开始，是家喻户晓的名段。
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April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.
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They cussed Jim considerable, though, and give him a cuff or two, side the head, once in a while, but Jim never said nothing, and he never let on to know me, and they took him to the same cabin, and put his own clothes on him, and chained him again, and not to no bed-leg, this time, but to a big staple drove into the bottom log, and chained his hands, too, and both legs, and said he wasn"t to have nothing but bread and water to eat, after this , till his owner come or he was sold at auction.
【正确答案】正确答案：I
【答案解析】解析：本文节选自马克·吐温(Mark Twain)的小说《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》(TheAdventures of Huckleberry Finn)。文中出现的人名(Jim)即是解题的线索。
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Success is counted sweetest By those who ne"er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.
【正确答案】正确答案：K
【答案解析】解析：本文节选自艾米丽·迪金森(Emily Dickinson)的诗歌《成功的滋味最甜蜜》(Success Is Counted Sweetest)。 作家介绍 艾米丽·狄金森，1830-1886，美国19世纪杰出的女诗人。她的诗歌通常短小精悍、简洁明快，并擅长具体而独特的意向，感情真挚、寓意深刻。她的诗歌常是以死亡、永恒、自然、爱与诗的哲学为主题。
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.
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"It is a part of Miss Havisham"s plans for me, Pip," said Estella, with a sigh, as if she were tired; "I am to write to her constantly and see her regularly, and report how I go on—I and the jewels—for they are nearly all mine now."
【正确答案】正确答案：C
【答案解析】解析：本文节选自查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》(Great Expectations)。
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Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time.
【正确答案】正确答案：M
【答案解析】解析：本题选自亨利·沃兹沃斯·朗费罗(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)的名作《生命礼赞》(A Psalm of life)。 亨利·沃兹沃斯·朗费罗(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)，1807-1882，美国诗人。在他辞世之际，全世界的人都视他为美国最伟大的诗人。他在英格兰的声誉与丁尼生并驾齐驱。其代表作包括《箭与歌》、 《生命礼赞》(A Psalm of Life)。当批评界盛行严格的现实主义的时期，人们更多地注意到朗费罗的缺点。他被称为“平庸的诗人”。但他恰有这样的天赋——平凡中散发光彩，音乐点缀着平凡。其诗歌的质朴和单纯虽使他深受儿童及一些成年人喜爱，但也常被说成是陈腐和平庸。然而，朗费罗依然以一个有着纯粹、亲切、温文尔雅风格的多才多艺的抒情诗人而获得了不朽的声誉。他的学术成就也令人钦敬。朗费罗对抒情诗这种诗歌形式的出色运用及他对十四行诗的精通使他广受赞誉。