A.Thomas Jefferson
B.Benjamin Franklin
C.Washington
D.Washington Irving
A.Captain John Smith
B.Washington Irving
C.Philip Freneau
D.Benjamin Frankin
Why might Irving' s literary ability have been surprising to the English?
A.They feared competition from American writers.
B.They did not expect the United States to produce good writers.
C.They disapproved of the language American writers used.
D.They thought of the United States as a purely commercial power.
A.It fostered his love for the theater.
B.It developed his skill in business.
C.It prompted his interest in law.
D.It had aimost no effect on his life.
What is implied by the mention of Scott,Poe and Hawthorne?
A.Irving enjoyed great popular admiration.
B.Scott,Poe and Hawthorne were primarily responsible for Irving"s success.
C.Irving’s work was not only popular,but also of high literary quality.
D.More Americans than Britains admired Irvin9.
A.His personal qualities were entirely responsible for his literary success.
B.His personal qualities were primarily responsible for his literary success.
C.His personal qualities has some effects on his literary Success.
D.His personal qualities had no effects on his literary success.
My mother will not allow me to go, ______.
A.my father will either
B.either my father will
C.neither will my father
D.nor my father will
The words Following in my father's footsteps most probably mean ______.
A.listening to my father's advice
B.taking my father as an example
C.walking after my father
D.looking for my father's footsteps
Her father will never ______ of her going to study in the United States alone.
A.prove
B.agree
C.admit
D.approve
(Either) the brother (or) the sister will tell (their) father about (what has happened).
A.Either
B.or
C.their
D.what has happened