Earth, receive an honoured guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel (船) lie.
Emptied of its poetry.
【语篇解读】 本文是人物介绍文,介绍著名爱尔兰作家William Butler Yeats及其文学成就。
1. Which of the following can describe Yeats’s family?
A. It filled Yeats’s childhood with laughter.
B. It was shocked by Yeats’s choice.
C. It was a typically wealthy family.
D. It had an artistic atmosphere.
解析 细节题。根据文章第一段可以排除ABC, 而In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family—both his father and his brother were painters.可知D项是正确的。
答案 D
2. According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats’s life?
A. Yeats founded the first Irish theatre.
B. Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.
C. Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.
D. Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize.
解析 细节题。根据Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would who probably now be valued as a minor poet可知,Yeats应该是在40岁之后,也就是大约1910s开始写作大量优秀的诗歌。
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