Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came     in his life. He was forty     Americans began to read his poems and praise them. Once his     was set up，it grew stronger and stronger during the rest of his long life. His success came from     traditional forms of poetry with American words，     in a clearly American way.
Frost     the same speaker for many poems，so the     poems formed a larger unity. He created this speaker carefully. He felt that his readers would believe his poems if he put the words into the mouth of a     person who lived in the country, not the    .
Many people thought the speaker was Frost himself. In fact，the speaker was     person. Frost, the     ，tried to become the imaginary person he     for his poetry.
Robert Frost is always linked to the land of cold winters in the northeastern United States, the area called New England.     he came from the other side of the country，San Francisco, California. He was born there in 1874. He lived in California during his early     .
This man who was born in the     and became linked with New England was named for the chief southern general in America's Civil War. The general's name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to    the general.
Someone once asked another American     , Ernest Hemingway， how to become a writer. The    thing，he said，was to have an     childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very    writer.
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A. fame         B. name       C. poem         D. family
A. working      B. using      C. putting      D. uniting
A. spoken       B. made       C. built        D. formed
A. thought of   B. practice   C. use          D. met
A. old          B. separate   C. famous       D. excellent
A. common       B. young      C. wise         D. grown-up
A. city         B. village    C. state        D. continent
A. a famous     B. a real     C. an imaginary D. a historic
A. artist       B. man        C. lady         D. officer
A. loved        B. respected  C. admired      D. created
A. In this way  B. Yet        C. Though       D. Therefore
A. childhood    B. writings   C. work         D. paintings
A. East         B. North      C. West         D. South
A. learn from   B. know       C. study        D. honor
A. teacher      B. writer     C. painter      D. leader
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A. good         B. poor       C. young        D. gifted