The novelist Robert Herrick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 26, 1868. His oldest American ancestor, a nephew of the author of Hesperides, had settled at Salem in 1638; he was related to the Hales, the Mannings, the Hawthornes, and the Peabodys; his immediate forebears were lawyers, teachers, and clergymen. At Harvard, he was a contemporary of Santayana. William Vaughn Moody,Norman Hpgood, and Robert Morss Lovett; he nearly wrecked the Harvard Monthly when he sullied its chaste pages with the first English translation of lbsen's ludy from the Sea. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to the new University of Chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences. During his later years the spot of earth dearest to his heart was York Viliage, Maine, but after his retirement from teaching he brought his career to a rather amazing close as government secretary of the Virgin islands, He died at St. Thomas on December 23, 1938.
1.To which of the following families was Herrick related?
(A)The Santayanas
(B)The Hawthornes
(C)The Moodys
(D)The Hapgoods
2.In lines 3-4, the phrase "immediate forebears" could best be replaced by which of the following?
(A)closest ancestors
(B)wealthiest relatives
(C)cleverest kinsmen
(D)earliest forefathers
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a profession of Herrick's relatives?
(A)Farmer
(B)Teacher
(C)Clergyman
(D)Lawyer
4. Herrick moved to the University of Chicago at the request of
(A)the Hales
(B)the Mannings
(C)Robert Morss Lovett
(D)William Rainey Harper
5.According to the passage, Herrick's students thought he was
(A)gifted in English translation
(B)unfair in his grading
(C)easy to understand
(D)kind during personal contact
6.In which of the following activities was Herick involved during the last years of his life?
(A)University teaching
(B)Government work
(C)Translating
(D)Lecturing
参考答案：
B A A D D B
第 1 题：属于细节理解题。此类题答案一般能在文章中直接找到。根据关键词 “related to” 定位到原文 “He was related to the Hales, the Mannings, the Hawthornes, and the Peabodys”，可知 Herrick 与 Hawthornes 家族有亲属关系。
第 2 题：为词义猜测题。需要根据上下文来推断词义。“immediate forebears” 所在句子为 “his immediate forebears were lawyers, teachers, and clergymen”，结合 “forebears” 有 “祖先” 之意，以及 “immediate” 常见含义 “直接的、最接近的”，可推测其意为 “直系祖先”，与 “closest ancestors” 意思相符。
第 3 题：细节理解题。根据题干关键词 “profession of Herrick's relatives”，定位到 “his immediate forebears were lawyers, teachers, and clergymen”，文中明确提到了律师、教师和牧师这三种职业，未提及农民。
第 4 题：细节理解题。由题干 “moved to the University of Chicago” 可定位到 “William Rainey Harper lured him to the new University of Chicago”，“lured” 表示 “吸引、诱惑”，即 Herrick 是被 William Rainey Harper 吸引到芝加哥大学的。
第 5 题：细节理解题。根据题干 “students thought” 定位到 “his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences”，可知学生认为他在课堂上很冷漠，但在个人交流中很有同情心和理解力，也就是在个人接触中很友善。
第 6 题：细节理解题。根据 “last years of his life” 定位到 “after his retirement from teaching he brought his career to a rather amazing close as government secretary of the Virgin islands”，可知他晚年在维尔京群岛担任政府秘书，从事政府工作。
