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Lord Byron is one of the most excellent representatives of English Romanticism (浪漫主義) and one of the most influential poets of the time，His best known works are Childe Harolds Pilgrimage and Don Juan．

Byron’s fame lies not only in his writings，but also in his life．He was described by Lady Caroline Lamb as“mad，bad，and dangerous to know”．

Born on January22，1788，Byron spent his early years in Aberdeen，and was educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University．In 1809，he left for a two-year tour of a number of Mediterranean countries．He returned to England in 1 811，and in 1812 the first two cantos (篇)of Childe Harolds Pilffrimoge were published．Byron became famous overnight．

In 1 8 1 5．Byron married Annabella Milbanke，with whom he had a daughter．The couple separated in 1816．Facing the pressure of his failed marriage and huge debts，Byron left England in April 1816 and never returned．He spent the summer of l 8 1 6 at Lake Geneva with Percy Bysshe Shelley．

Byron traveled to Italy, where he was to 1ive for more than six),ears．It was in this period that Byron wrote some of his most famous works，including Don Juan．On April 19，1824，he died from fever at Missolonghi in Greece．His death was mourned throughout Britain．His body was brought back to England and buried at his hometown in Nottinghamshire．

Byron influenced many authors and artists of the Romantic Movement during the 19th century．

31．What did the author intended to tell us in the second paragraph?

A．Byron was mentally ill．                    B．Byron was famous for his writings．

C．Lady Caroline Lamb was lying D．Byron had terrible private life．

32．Byron wrote some of his most famous works in _____________.

      A．Aberdeen    B. Italy    C．England     D．Greece

33．Which of the following statements is true?

      A．Byron became famous when he was 24 years old．

      B．Byron lived in Italy for less than 6 years．

      C．Byron left his mother country to seek for inspiration．

      D．Byron spent most of his childhood abroad．

34．The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. Byron’s achievements in poets               B．Byron’s influence on English Romanticism

C．Byron’s life story and his works               D．Byron’s life in foreign countries

35．We can infer from the passage that _____________.

A．Byron was the most famous influential poet in his time

B．The English people loved Byron very much

C．Byron lived a poor life during his childhood

D．Byron suffered from huge debts after he got married

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