Henry Wadworth 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____at age three. By the time he was the smartest boy in the school. He was very____at spelling and airthmetic. ____Henry loved to write and____became very good at it. Henry's father wanted him to become a lawyer but after Henry____from Bowdoin College in Maine at the age of 19 he dreamed of becoming a____. But Henry wanted to travel to Europe to study. He followed that____, but later returned to Bowdoin to become a professor at age 22.
In 1831 Henry____Mary Storer Potter, a former schoolmate. He settled____and started the New England Magazine. He and his wife traveled to Europe, ____he studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and the Dutch language and literature.
The next year Henry began____in Harvard. He moved into a room of the famous Craigie House in Cambridge. In the Craigie House, Henry____to write poems and books.
In 1812 Longfellow's poem Evangeline was____. Many people say Evangeline was his best poem. In 1819 he resigned from Harvard to____his time to his writing. Song of Hiavatha, written in 1820, was also very____, as it was one of the first poems to____the Native American Indian culture. When The Courtship of Miles Standish ____out in 1857 it sold 25,000 copies on the first day of publication.
The next few years were____with honors and rewards. He was___to the House of Windsor by Queen Victoria by____of the Prince of Wales. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.
A.work B.life C.writing D.school
A.fine B.good C.well D.interested
A.But B.So C.Otherwise D.Since
A.suddenly B.immediately C.eventually D.luckily
A.graduated B.left C.escaped D.finished
A.lawyer B.professor C.tourist D.scientist
A.route B.promise C.dream D.permission
A.met B.engaged C.welcomed D.married
A.away B.out C.up D.down
A.there B.where C.which D.what
A.teaching B.studying C.founding D.charging
A.kept B.remained C.continued D.lasted
A.published B.printed C.writing D.selling
A.referred B.devote C.preferred D.spent
A.long B.necessary C.popular D.satisfied
A.infect B.affect C.inspect D.reflect
A.took B.put C.brought D.came
A.presented B.hidden C.filled D.covered
A.forced B.invited C.taken D.carried
A.request B.offer C.order D.rule