题目内容：

    William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood _____ the harmony that was ______ of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he ______ excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally ______ literature, ______ drama and poetry.

Yeats had strong ______ in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the ______ task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments,______, were not received ______ at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed ______ in his poetical drama.

____ with his dramatic works, Yeats’s poems attract much ____ notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern ____ to them. As his literary life ________, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide ______.

He had not ______ a major public life ______ 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 ______ as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who ______ his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats’s death in 1939, W.H.Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:

Earth, receive an ________ guest:

William Yeats is laid to rest.

Let the Irish vessel (船) lie.

Emptied of its poetry.

1.A. held B. lacked C. expected D. desired

2.A. typical B. special C. awkward D. capable

3.A. inherited B. developed C. abandoned D. formed

4.A. carried on B. decided on C. put on D. based on

5.A. regularly B. instantly C. particularly D. finally

6.A. desire B. energy C. access D. faith

7.A. fresh B. stupid C. small D. difficult

8.A. therefore B. however C. besides D. furthermore

9.A. possibly B. honorably C. favorably D. doubtfully

10.A. failure B. fame C. pleasure D. success

11.A. Connected B. Occupied C. Compared D. Tired

12.A. admiring B. amusing C. amazing D. envying

13.A. potential B. sensibility C. possibility D. benefit

14.A. finished B. produced C. created D. progressed

15.A. praise B. spread C. recognition D. assessment

16.A. enjoyed B. accepted C. purchased D. taken

17.A. before B. since C. until D. after

18.A. respected B. admired C. valued D. favored

19.A. prohibits B. attempts C. recommends D. produces

20.A. appealed B. advocated C. advanced D. honored