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   Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be knowninternationally. His works were received enthusiastically both in England and in theUnited States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writer of his time ineither country, delighting a large general public and at the same time winning theadmiration of fellow writers link Scott in Britain and Poe and Hawthorne in theUnited States. The respect in which he was held was partly owing to the manhimself, with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his urbanity, his gay spirits, hisartistic integrity, his love of both the Old World and the New. Thackeray describedIrving as “a gentleman, who, though himself born in no very high sphere, was mostfinished, polished, witty, quiet; and, socially, the equal of the most refinedEuropeans.” In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford—anunusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation—and he received themedal of the Royal Society of Literature; America made him ambassador to Spain.    Irving’s background provides little to explain his literary achievements. Agifted but delicate child, he had little schooling. He studied law, but without zeal,and never did practice seriously. He was immune to his strict Presbyterian homeenvironment, frequenting both social gatherings and the theater.
46. The main point of the first paragraph is that Washington Irving was ______.
(A) America’s first man of litters
(B) a writer who had great success both in his own country and outside it
(C) a man who was able to move from literature to politics
(D) a man whose personal charm enabled him to sell basically inferior work

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答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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