William C. Bryant was the first American lyric poet of distinction. His fame as a poet dated from the printing of ______ in 1817.

单项选择题Beowulf was written in ______.

单项选择题Degradation can be illustrated by the following example ______.

单项选择题The seat of the U.S. government in Washington D.C. is known as the ______.

单项选择题When the Spanish Armada was defeated, the ruler of England was ______.

单项选择题Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of ______.