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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出一个最佳选项。

WhenJohnMilton,writerof“ParadiseLost”,enteredCambridgeUniversity,in1625,hewasalreadyskilledinLatinaftersevenyearsofstudyingitashissecondlanguageatSt.Paul'sSchool,London.LikeallEnglishboyswhopreparedforcollegeingrammarschools,hehadlearnednotonlytoreadLatinbutalsotospeakandwriteitsmoothlyandcorrectly.HispronunciationofLatinwasEnglish,however,andseemedtohavesoundedstrangetohisfriendswhenhelatervisitedItaly.

SchoolboysgainedtheirskillinLatininabitterway.Theykeptinmindtherulestomakelearningbyhearteasier.Theyfirstmadeaword-for-wordtranslationandthenanidiomatictranslationintoEnglish.Astheyincreasedtheirskill,theytranslatedtheirEnglishbackintoLatinwithoutreferringtothebookandthencomparedtheirtranslationwiththeoriginal.Theschoolmasterwasalwaysathandtoencouragethem.AllschoolmastersbelievedLatinshouldbebeatenin.

Afterseveralyeasofstudy,theboysbegantowritecompositionsinimitationoftheLatinwriterstheyread.AndastheybegantoreadLatinPoems,theybegantowritepoemsinLatin.BecauseMiltonwasalreadyapoetatten,hispoemsweremuchbetterthanthosepainfullyputtogetherbytheotherboys.DuringthesevenyearsMiltonspentatuniversity,hemaderegularuseofhiscommandofLatin.HewrotesomeexcellentLatinpoems,whichhepublishedamonghisworksin1645.

1．Whatdoesthepassagemainlytellabout?

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A．HowJohnMiltonwrote“ParadiseLost”.

B．HowJohnMiltonstudiedLatin.

C．HowJohnMiltonbecamefamous.

D．HowJohnMiltonbecameapoet.

2．WhichofthefollowingistrueofJohnMilton'spronunciationofLatin?

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A．IthasastrongItalianaccent.

B．Ithasanuncommonaccent.

C．Itwasnaturalandeasytounderstand.

D．Itwasbadanddifficulttounderstand.

2．Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.

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A．Milton'straininginLatinwassimilartothatoftheotherboys

B．Miltonhadn'tlearnedanyforeignlanguageexceptLatinbeforegoingtocollege

C．Milton'sItalianfriendshelpedhimwithLatinwhentalking

D．Milton'sclassmateslearnedLatinharderbutworsethanMilto