Regarded as one of the English language's most gifted poets John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery human nature and philosophy.Although Keats didn't receive much formal literary education his own studies and passion brought him much success.Additionally his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.
   John grew up in London in a middle class family.He didn't attend a private school，but went to a public one.His teachers and his family's regarded him as an "optimistic" boy，because he liked plying and fighting more than studying.After his father's death in the early 1800s followed by his mother's passing away due to illness，he began to view life differently.He wanted to escape the world and did so by reading anything he could get.
   At around the age of 16 John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a doctor.However his literary appetite had taken too much of his time.He was completely addicted to the poetry of Edmund Spenser.He published his first poem in the examiner in 1816 named O solitude!If I Must with Thee Dwell.Within two months in 1817 Keats wrote a volume（集） of poetry but was sharply criticized by a magazine.However the negative response didn't stop him.
   John Keats' next work was Endymion which was published in May1818.The story involves a boy who falls in love with the moon goddess.He begins an adventure and overcomes the limitations of a human being.Following Endymion he wrote Isabella.During this period John know found his limitations of poetry due to his own limit of life experiences.He would have to have the "knowledge" associated with his poems.His next work was Hyperion that would attempt to combine all he learned.However a bout of tuberculosis （肺結(jié)核發(fā)作） while visiting Italy kept him form his work and eventually took his life in 1821.

（1）According to the passage John Keats' attitude towards life was changed by

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A．The poetry of Edmund Spenser.
B．His early education at school.
C．The criticism from a magazine.
D．The death of his parents.
（2）What do we know from the text？

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A．Keats spent two months writing a poem in 1817.
B．Keats hardly received education at school.
C．Keats had admiration for Edmund's poetry.
D．Endymion tells of Keats' love story.
（3）What can be inferred from the text？

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A．Edmund Spenser was a famous doctor.
B．Hyperion might be incomplete.
C．Keats' family must be very poor.
D．Keats rewrote his poem Isabella.
（4）What is the text mainly about？

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A．Popularity of Keats' poetry.
B．Keats' difficulties in his whole life.
C．Other poets' influence on Keats.
D．Keats' life and his poetry.