题目内容：

The career of Henrik Ibsen was directly influenced by his childhood.In later years, the great playwright remembered only a cruel, angry father, forced by business defeats to move the family to an old farm outside Skien, Norway, Ibsen’s mother, no longer welcomed in the homes of her wealthy friends, started to suffer from depression.At sixteen, the young Ibsen left home, working as an apprentice (学徒) in Grimstad.

Failure, for Ibsen, became a way of life.Catalina, his first literary attempt, was impossible to sell.The privately printed book was eventually sold as packing paper to a grocer.Ibsen sought admission to the university in Oslo but failed the entrance examinations.He tried a career as a journalist, without success.As a stage manager, first in Bergen, then in Oslo, he did better, but lost the latter job when the theater closed down.The experience was not altogether wasted.At Bergen, Ibsen’s agreement required him to provide one new play each year, and although none of the five he produced was well received, the requirement forced him to learn the techniques of his trade.

In 1864, Ibsen took his wife and baby son to Rome, Italy, where they spent five years living in poor conditions.On the edge of starvation, he wrote Brand, dealing with the subject he knew best: failure.Six months after he sent Brand to Danish publishers, his fortunes had changed completely.The play was brought out in March, 1866, becoming an immediate success.With Brand and Peer Gynt, written in the same period, Ibsen won recognition at last.Awarded an annual fixed payment and the title of national poet by Norway, he dropped his shabby clothes and became a well­dressed, neatly barbered, distinguished writer.

1.Which of the following best describes Ibsen’s childhood?

A. Lonely.    B. Peaceful.

C. Unhappy.    D. Surprising.

2.Ibsen’s first successful work was written in ________.

A. Grimstad    B. Bergen

C. Oslo    D. Rome

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. One is never too old to learn.

B. Experience is the best teacher.

C. Failure is the mother of success.

D. Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

4.Which of the following CAN describe Henrik Ibsen according to the passage?

A. Devoted.    B. Easy­going.

C. Determined.    D. Kind­hearted.