Question

 Moby-Dick was one of the greatest novels in the world, though it wasn't popular when it was first published(出版).The writer of the novel， Melville is regarded 1the American Shakespeare.

  Herman Melville ( August 1st,1819-September 28th, 1891 ) was a(n) 2short story writer and poet. His work is often 3to be part of the kind of dark romanticism. He is best known for his 4 Moby-Dick. He finished the novel Moby-Dick in 1851. 5in the same year only five copies of the novel were sold.

 His first three books 6much attention. The first became a bestseller, but after a fast-blooming(盛开)literary 7 in the late 1840s,his popularity (名气)fell suddenly in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891 ，he was 8 completely forgotten. It was until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century, Melville's work won most especially Moby-Dick9 was honored as one of the chief(级别最高的)literary works oT^toth American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works 10 and published by the Library of America. Now his works are popular in the world.

(   ) 1. A. in    B. on

      C. to    D. as

(   ) 2. A. American    B. English

     C. Australia    D. Spanish

(   ) 3. A. regarded    B. considered

      C. treated    D. known

(   ) 4. A. painting    B. music

     C. novel    D. poem

(   ) 5. A. When    B. Because

      C. So    D. But

(   ) 6. A. paid    B. got

     C. pay    D. get

(   ) 7.A. success    B. succeed

     C. successful    D. successfully

(   ) 8. A. too    B. also

      C. almost    D. hardly

(   ) 9. A. when    B. where

      C. who    D. which

(   ) 10. A. collect    B. collected

       C. to collect    D. collecting

Answer 1

1. D be regarded as意为"... 被看作为……-。

2. A由第一段内容可知，赫尔曼•梅尔维尔是一位美国作家。

3. B be considered to be…意为"被看作……"，其他选项无此结构。

4. C由下一句可知《白鲸记》是一部小说。

5. D前后两句为转折关系。

6. B句意为：他的前三部小说获得了大量的关注。

7. A

8. C由上句"他的名气在十九世纪五十年代中期突然下降，此后再也没有恢复"可知，在1891年赫尔曼•梅尔维尔离世时，他几乎被人们遗忘。

9. D

10. B have sth. +动词的过去分词，意为"让（某人）做了某事"。