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　　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

　　2. A.glad B. good

　　C. excited D. disappointed

　　3. A.But B. So

　　C. Unless D. Since

　　4. A.suddenly B. immediately

　　C. eventually D. luckily

　　5. A.graduated B. learned

　　C. escaped D. finished

　　6. A.lawyer B. professor

　　C. tourist D. scientist

　　7. A.route B. promise

C. dream D. permission