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 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 1 the American Shakespeare.

  Herman Melville ( August 1st 1819-September 28th 1891 ) was a(n) 2 short story writer and poet. His work is often   3 to 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. 5 in the same year only five copies of the novel were sold.

 His first three books 6 much 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-Dick 9  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. A8. 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. D10. B have sth. +动词的过去分词，意为"让（某人）做了某事"。