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[单项选择]When he died in 1885 at the age of 83, Victor Hugo was beyond question the most famous man of letters in France, and perhaps the world -his only rival being Charles Dickens. The English put up memorials to show where their literary celebrities lived or were born, and sometimes grant them burial in Westminster Abbey. Hugo, however, is the only writer to have stone to mark his place of conception. His parents’ epochal embrace took place in a forest 3,000 feet up on Mount Donon, overlooking the Rhineland, in May 1801, though it’s typical Of Hugo’s own overstating habit that in adult life he claimed it happened 3,000 feet higher still, and on Mount Blanc.
In his life he was compared to (often by himself) an eagle, a titan, a monster; to Homer, Shakespeare, Dante and Cervantes. He wrote enormous, turbulent, dark novels, two of which (Les Miserable and The Hunchback of Notre Dame) in our own day have been turned, respectively, into a musical and a Disney film. Few read the originals,
A. mild cynicism.
B. adverse criticism.
C. extreme admiration.
D. great disgust.
[单项选择]His parents died when he was young so he was （ ） by his aunt.
A. bred
B. fed up
C. brought up
D. grown up
[填空题]When he heard the news that his father died, he stood___________________(好像被钉在地上一样).
[单项选择]Arthur Miller died at the age of （ ）.
A. 80
B. 90
C. 95
D. 100
[单项选择]Tom’s parents died when he was a child, so he was ______ by his relatives.
A. rose B. brought up C. raised up D. fed up
[单项选择]Richard Holbrooke, who died at the age of 69 after suffering a ruptured aorta, was not the most universally beloved, but was certainly one of the ablest, ’the most admired and the most effective of American diplomats. He is one of the few of that profession in the past 40 years who can be compared with the giants of the "founding generation" of American hegemony, such as Dean Acheson and George Kennan.
Holbrooke was tough as well as exceptionally bright. He was a loyal, liberal Democrat, but also a patriot who was prepared to be ruthless in what he saw as his nation’s interest. To his friends, he was kind and charming, but he could be abrasive: no doubt that characteristic helped prevent him becoming Secretary of State on two occasions, under Bill Clinton and again when Barack Obama became president.
He held almost every other important job in the international service of the US. He was ambassador to the United Nations, where he dealt with the vexed problem of America’s debts
A. Because he was a loyal Democrat.
B. Because he was strong-minded.
C. Because he was rough to his friends.
D. Because his characteristic is unique.
[填空题]The painter died before he had a chance to finish the work, so the painting remained (complete)（）.
[单项选择]Word came ______ she died of old age.
A. that
B. which
C. in which
D. how
[单项选择]When he died he left （ ） amounting to $50,000.
A. debts
B. obligations
C. accounts
D. payments
[单项选择]When my grandfather died, I discovered that he had left me some money in his （ ）
A. savings
B. will
C. credit card
D. cash machine
