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y, Hemingway was the second oldest. Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn39。t get a fish in eightyfour days. Every evening, he es home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eightyfifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up. ( )39。s father was a fan of ________. A. books B. sports C. music D. art ( ) Old Man and the Sea was published(出版 ) in ________. A. 1852 B. 1899 C. 1952 D. 1989 B C ( ) old man doesn39。t get a fish until the ________ day. A. fifteenth B. eightieth C. eightyfourth D. eightyfifth ( ) does the old man do when he can39。t get a fish? A. He has to look for food somewhere else. B. He doesn39。t give up fishing. C. He doesn39。t fish any more. D. He has nothing to do. D B ( ) can we learn from the old man? A. When we are in trouble, we should not give up. B. When we want to fish, we can get a big fish. C. We can do everything well because we are young. D. We can live a better life if we like fishing. A