Question

阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。

Hemingway was one of the most famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, 1..

Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favorite. 2.. The main character in the book is a fisherman. 3.. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn't get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. 4.. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. 5., the old man never gives up.

A. He is an old man and fishes alone
B. Hemingway was the second oldest
C. It came out in 1952
D. Although he meets a lot of trouble
E. But the old man believes himself

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.E

5.D

【解析】

短文大意：海明威是著名的作家之一。他于1899年出生在美国。他的爸爸是一名医生，喜欢运动，他的母亲教音乐。在家庭中六个孩子中，海明威是老二。海明威在他的一生写了许多书。《老人与海》是最著名的。

1.根据上文Among the six children in the family结合选项可知此处是说“在这个六个孩子之间，海明威是老二”。故选B。

2.根据上文The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favorite.结合选项可知要用It came out in 1952表示“它在1952年出版”，故选C。

3.根据上文The main character in the book is a fisherman.结合选项可知要用He is an old man and fishes alone介绍这个主角。故选A。

4.根据上文Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat.结合选项可知要用But the old man believes himself表示“但是老人相信他自己”。故选E。

5.根据下文the old man never gives up结合选项可知要用Although he meets a lot of trouble表示“虽然他遇到了很多麻烦”。故选D。