Question

阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family, Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. She studied at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before1.______(return) to her family’s house in Amherst where she lived2.______ peaceful life. She kept in touch with her friends by writing letters and was 3._____(willing) to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room.

Dickinson’s poems are unique(独一无二的) for the time she lived in; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use half rhyme. Many of her poems deal 4.______ themes(主题) of death and immortality(永生). Dickinson wrote about 1,800 poems during her lifetime, but few of 5. _______ were published. Although most of her friends probably knew about Dickinson’s writing, they didn’t know 6._____ she had produced so many poems until after her death in 1886, when her younger sister Lavinia discovered the place where the poems were hidden. 7.______ her sister had not discovered them, the broadness of Dickinson’s work wouldn’t have become known.

Dickinson’s first collection of poetry was published in 1890, the content(内容) of 8._______was heavily edited(编辑) by the publishers 9. ______ (fit) the conventional poetic rules of the time. A complete and mostly unedited collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955. Now Dickinson 10. _______ (consider) to be one of the most important American poets.

Answer

1.returning

2.a

3.unwilling

4.with

5.them

6.that

7.If

8.which

9.to fit

10.is considered

【解析】

1.returning考察动名词主语。句意：返回到她居住的家乡。

2.a考察冠词。文意是一个宁静的生活。

3.unwilling考察名词。文意是她不想会客，在晚年的时候甚至不想离开房间。

4.with考察介词。With the theme of 是固定搭配，表示“…的主题”。

5.them 考察人称代词。文意是只有极少数的诗被发表出来。

6.that考察引导词。1886年她去世的时候已经创作了很多诗集。

7.If 考察连词。文意是如果不是她的姐姐发现它们，或许它们就不会被世人所知了。

8.which考察引导词。Which引导的定语从句修饰诗集。

9.to fit 考察不定式。文意是适应规则。

10.

考点：语法填空。