Question

Robert Burns was born   1.   1759 in a poor family with many debts. Encouraged by his first love, Nelly Kirkpatrick, he began to write poems. Soon he achieved great fame after his first book of poetry was published. Famous   2.   he was, he had to earn   3. living by farming. Unfortunately, a hard life and weak health shortened his life. He died   4.  the age of 37 in 1796. In memory of him, people built  5.   statue of him in George Square in Glasgow, Scotland. Besides, his house in Alloway was opened as a museum of his life and work.

Burns was one of the Romantic poets. Influenced   6.    the Romantic Movement, their poetry is full of imagination and strong feelings. Freedom    7.    beauty are the frequent topics.

“A Red, Red Rose” is Burns’s popular poem. It was intended to be a song. He wrote in the same way  8.   which Scottish people spoke back then and was divided into four sections. In the poem symbols like a red rose and a song are used to describe his love.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.in

2.as

3.a/his

4.at

5.a

6.by

7.and

8.in

【解析】

試題分析：

1.句意：Robert Burns 在1759年生于一個債務(wù)累累的貧窮家庭。在某一年，用介詞in

2.句意：雖然他很出名，但是不得不靠種田謀生。As用于倒裝句，表示“雖然”

3.句意：雖然他很出名，但是不得不靠種田謀生。Make a/his living謀生

4.句意：他在37歲的時候去世。At the age of…在…歲時

5.句意：為了紀(jì)念他，人們給他建了個雕像。A修飾 statue

6.句意：受浪漫主義運動的影響，他的詩歌充滿想象力和強(qiáng)烈的情感。介詞by“被”

7.句意：自由和美是常見的主題。連詞and

8.句意：他是用當(dāng)時蘇格蘭人寫作的方式。In which引導(dǎo)定語從句。

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