Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27,1807 in Portland, Maine. His father, Stephen, was a lawyer so Henry was born to a rich family. Henry began __1__ at age three. By the time he was six he was the smartest boy in the school. He was very __2__ at spelling and arithmetic. __3__ Henry loved to write and __4__ became very good at it. Henry' father wanted him to become a lawyer, but after Henry__5__ from Bowdoin College in Maine at the age of 19 he dreamed of becoming a__6__. Henry wanted to travel to Europe to study. He followed that__7__， and later returned to Bowdoin to become a professor at age 22.
In 1831, Henry__8__ Mary Storer Potter, a former schoolmate. He settled __9__ and started The New England. He and his wife travelled to Europe, __10__ he studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and the Dutch language and literature.
The next year Henry began __11__ in Harvard. He moved into a room of the famous Craigie House in Cambridge. In the Craigie House, Henry__12__ to write poems and books.
In 1812, Longfellow's poem Evangeline was __13__. Many people said Evangeline was his best poem. In 1819 he resigned from Harvard to __14__ his time to his writing. Song of Hiawatha, written in 1820, was also very __15__，as it was one of the first poems to __16__ the Native American Indian culture. When The Courtship of Miles Standish__17__ in 1857, it sold 25,000 copies on the first day of publication.
The next few years were __18__ with honours and rewards. He was __19__ to the House of Windsor by Queen Victoria by __20__ of the Prince of Wales. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.
1．A.work B．life
C．career D．school
解析：选D 根据下文朗费罗六岁时便成为学校里最聪明的学生可知，他三岁开始上学，故D项符合语境。
2．A.glad B．good
C．excited D．disappointed
解析：选B 朗费罗的拼写和算术学得很好。be good at ...意为“擅长……”，为固定表达。
3．A.But B．So
C．Unless D．Since
解析：选A 朗费罗的拼写和算术学得很好，但他喜欢的是写作。逻辑上应该是转折关系，故用but。
4．A.suddenly B．immediately
C．eventually D．luckily
解析：选C 他喜欢写作，最后终于擅长写作了。这需要一个过程，eventually意为“最终”，符合语境。
5．A.graduated B．learned
C．escaped D．finished
解析：选A 根据上文内容可知，父亲希望他将来当律师，但是他自己大学毕业后想当的却不是律师。graduate意为“大学毕业”，符合语境。
6．A.lawyer B．professor
C．tourist D．scientist
解析：选B 根据下文的“...later returned to Bowdoin to become a professor ...”可知，他想当的是教授。
7．A.route B．promise
C．dream D．permission
解析：选C 根据上文的“...he dreamed of becoming ...”可知，“当教授”是他的“梦想”。
8．A.ignored B．engaged
C．welcomed D．married
解析：选D 根据下文的“...he and his wife”可知，他与以前的一个同学结婚了。
9．A.in B．back
C．up D．down
解析：选D 根据下文内容可知，他结婚后就定居下来，创办了《新英格兰》杂志。固定短语settle down意为“定居”。
10．A.when B．where
C．which D．what
解析：选B 根据前面的先行词“Europe”可知，此处要用where引导定语从句。
11．A.teaching B．studying
C．founding D．charging
解析：选A 第二年他便在哈佛大学教书。由下一段中的“he resigned from Harvard ...”可知是在哈佛教书。
12．A.regretted B．remained
C．continued D．declared
解析：选C 此处指他继续自己的写作事业。continue to do sth.意为“继续做某事”，为固定表达。
13．A.published B．printed
C．lost D．sold
解析：选A 根据下文写到的许多人认为《伊万杰琳》这首诗是他最好的诗歌作品可知，此处指他的诗发表了。
14．A.refer B．devote
C．prefer D．owe
解析：选B 他辞去工作，将时间全部用在了写作上。devote one's time to ...意为“把时间用于……”，为固定表达。
15．A.terrifying B．necessary
C．popular D．satisfying
解析：选C 根据上文的“also”可知，他的《希亚瓦萨之歌》这首诗也很受欢迎。
16．A.select B．affect
C．elect D．reflect
解析：选D 他写于1820年的这首诗是一首反映美国印第安人文化的诗。
17．A.tried out B．put out
C．brought out D．came out
解析：选D 根据下文可知，此处指他的又一首诗《迈尔斯·斯坦迪什的求婚》的推出和出版。come out意为“出版，发行”。
18．A.presented B．hidden
C．filled D．compared
解析：选C 根据下文的描述可知，他后来的生活充满了各种荣誉和奖励。be filled with ...意为“充满……”。
19．A.forced B．invited
C．taken D．carried
解析：选B 此处指朗费罗被维多利亚女王邀请到温莎皇宫并接受会见。
20．A.request B．offer
C．order D．rule
解析：选A 此处指在威尔士王子的请求下维多利亚女王才邀请并会见朗费罗。request意为“要求，请求”，符合语境。
