Ernest Hemingway was one of the most important American writers in the history of contemporary American literature. He was the【1

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问题     Ernest Hemingway was one of the most important American writers in the history of contemporary American literature. He was the【1】spokesperson for the Lost Generation and also the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1954). His writing style and personal life【2】a【3】influence on American writers of his time.
    Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in a doctor’s family in Oak Park, in the【4】of Chicago. The novel【5】established Hemingway’s【6】was The Sun Also Rises (1926). The story described a group of【7】Americans and Britons living in France. That is to【8】, it described the life of the members of the【9】Lost Generation after World War I. Hemingway’s second major novel was A Farewell to Arms (1929), a love story【10】in wartime Italy. That novel was【11】by Death in the Afternoon (1932) and Green Hills of Africa (1935). His two【12】of short stories Men without Women (1927) and Winner Take Nothing (1933) established his fame【13】the master of short stories.
    In the late 1930’s, Hemingway began to express【14】about social problems. His novel To Have and Have Not (1937)【15】economic and political injustices. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)【16】the conflict of the Spanish Civil War. In 1952, Hemingway published em>The Old Man and the Sea, for【17】he won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize. In 1954, Hemingway was【18】the Nobel Prize of Literature. Later, being【19】and ill, he shot【20】on July 2, 1961.

选项 A、outstanding
B、monotonous
C、awkward
D、modest

答案A

解析 本题考查点是逆向推断。本题空白处后面的信息内容“and also the sixth American to win the Nobel Prize for literature(第六个获得诺贝尔文学奖的美国人)”提示本题应该选择A(outstanding突出的)这个褒义词,以便使本句所表达的内容保持前后一致。
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