首页
登录
职称英语
Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be known internation
Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be known internation
游客
2024-01-19
36
管理
问题
Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be known internationally. His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writers of his time in the country, and at the same time winning the admiration of fellow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Hawthorne in the United States. (76) The respect in which he was held partly owing to the man himself, with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his urbanity, his gay spirits, his artistic integrity, his love of both the Old World and the New. Thackeray described Irving as "a gentleman, who, though himself born in no very high sphere, was most finished, polished, witty; socially the equal of the most refined Europeans. " (77) In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford--an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation--and he received the medal of the Royal Society of Literature. America made him ambassador to Spain.
Irving’s background provides little to explain his literary achievements. A gifted but delicate child, he had little schooling. He studied law, but without zeal, and never did practice seriously. He was immune to his strict Presbyterian home environment, frequenting both social gatherings and the theater. [br] The main point of the first paragraph is that Washington Irving was ______
选项
A、America’s first man of letters
B、a writer who had great success both in and outside his own country
C、a man who was able to move from literature to politics
D、a man whose personal charm enabled him to get by with basically inferior work
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。第一段第一句即中心句,概括了这一段的大意,即华盛顿•欧文是第一在国际上享有盛誉的美国文人,也就是说他不仅在自己的国家,而且在国外也获得巨大的成功,B与此最相符。段末提到了C,但也是为了说明他的成功,包括在B中。A表述不恰当;D文中没有提及。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3377515.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]TheAmericanPetProductsAssociationcarriesoutaNationalPet
[originaltext]TheAmericanPetProductsAssociationcarriesoutaNationalPet
[originaltext]Americanschoolchildrenoftenwearuniformsiftheyattendreligi
[originaltext]Americanschoolchildrenoftenwearuniformsiftheyattendreligi
[originaltext]Americansareconsideringnationaleducationstandardsrecent
[originaltext]Americansareconsideringnationaleducationstandardsrecent
[originaltext](16)Foreignaidisanimportantpartofinternationaleffort
[originaltext](16)Foreignaidisanimportantpartofinternationaleffort
[originaltext]OnehundredandthirteenmillionAmericanshaveatleastone
[originaltext]DeepSpringsisanAmericancollege.Itisanunusualcollege
随机试题
[originaltext]InAmericatoday,lotsofpeoplearegettingtattoos—especial
以下关于业绩评价方法的说法中错误的是()。A.剩余收益可以用来评价不同规模的企业
下列哪项是功能性矫治器A.方丝弓矫治器 B.带冀扩弓活动矫治器 C.上颌双侧
信息科技风险是指信息科技在商业银行运用过程中,由于()产生的操作、法律和声誉等
Thechangeinthatvillagewasmiraculou
质量成本由( )组成。 A.运行质量成本 B.外部质量保证成本
100μs-1等于()。[2008年真题] A.10-1s-1
雄黄的内服量应控制在A.0.05~0.1g B.0.3~0.6g C.0.6
企业投资按()可以分为独立投资和互斥投资。A.投资回收时间的长短 B.投资行
工程地质的节理可以用()描述。A.节理玫瑰图 B.节理统计图 C.节理
最新回复
(
0
)