Question

 Moby-Dick was one of the greatest novels in the world, though it wasn't popular when it was first published(出版).The writer of the novel， Melville is regarded 1the American Shakespeare.

  Herman Melville ( August 1st,1819-September 28th, 1891 ) was a(n) 2short story writer and poet. His work is often 3to be part of the kind of dark romanticism. He is best known for his 4 Moby-Dick. He finished the novel Moby-Dick in 1851. 5in the same year only five copies of the novel were sold.

 His first three books 6much attention. The first became a bestseller, but after a fast-blooming(盛開)literary 7 in the late 1840s,his popularity (名氣)fell suddenly in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891 ，he was 8 completely forgotten. It was until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century, Melville's work won most especially Moby-Dick9 was honored as one of the chief(級別最高的)literary works oT^toth American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works 10 and published by the Library of America. Now his works are popular in the world.

(   ) 1. A. in    B. on

      C. to    D. as

(   ) 2. A. American    B. English

     C. Australia    D. Spanish

(   ) 3. A. regarded    B. considered

      C. treated    D. known

(   ) 4. A. painting    B. music

     C. novel    D. poem

(   ) 5. A. When    B. Because

      C. So    D. But

(   ) 6. A. paid    B. got

     C. pay    D. get

(   ) 7.A. success    B. succeed

     C. successful    D. successfully

(   ) 8. A. too    B. also

      C. almost    D. hardly

(   ) 9. A. when    B. where

      C. who    D. which

(   ) 10. A. collect    B. collected

       C. to collect    D. collecting

Answer 1

1. D be regarded as意為"... 被看作為……-。

2. A由第一段內(nèi)容可知，赫爾曼•梅爾維爾是一位美國作家。

3. B be considered to be…意為"被看作……"，其他選項無此結構。

4. C由下一句可知《白鯨記》是一部小說。

5. D前后兩句為轉折關系。

6. B句意為：他的前三部小說獲得了大量的關注。

7. A

8. C由上句"他的名氣在十九世紀五十年代中期突然下降，此后再也沒有恢復"可知，在1891年赫爾曼•梅爾維爾離世時，他幾乎被人們遺忘。

9. D

10. B have sth. +動詞的過去分詞，意為"讓（某人）做了某事"。