B．Love.

　　C．Staying at home without work.

　　D．Intending to become famous.

　　2．Why did Burns die at an early age?

　　A．Because he lost his hope for life.

　　B．Because he was so sad to lose his first love.

　　C．Because he lived a hard life and his health was poor as well.

　　D．Because he was killed by others.

　　3．What is the main theme in romantic poetry?

　　A．Love.　 B．Friendship.

　　C．Person. D．Nature.

　　【答案】　1.B　2.C　3.D

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　　Robert Burns had a reputation for 1. (be) funny.He was regarded as Scotland's supreme literary hero.He was born in a poor family.Even after he become famous，he still had to earn his income by 2. (farm).3. ，a hard life and weak health made his life short.After his 4. (die)，many people donated money to support his widow and children.

　　Robert Burns 5. (belong) to a group of poets 6. (call) the Romantic poets.The poetry of that time focused on concepts like freedom and beauty.The poets often tended to use 7. (imagine) and touched 8. strong feelings. They were 9. (interest) in nature and used it as a theme in their poetry.This is probably 10. Burns talked about a rose in his famous poem，"A Red，Red Rose"．

　　【答案】　1.being　2.farming　3.Therefore 4．death　5.belonged　6.called　7.imagination 8．on　9.interested　10.why

talent n．天才，天赋，才能，天资；人才