1、课时分层作业(四)Section (建议用时：30分钟)高考题型练习提能力阅读理解APoetry Reviewing ContestEvery month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful poetry reviews$100 prize for the winner of this writing contestDeadline：Sept4thSummertime PoetryFor our Summertime Poetry Contest we
2、are looking for the poems that praise the season$100 prize for the winner of this contestDeadline：Sept10thYour Favorite PoetWrite out your favorite modern poetGive the list to usDeadline：Sept10thUse These Words in a PoemThe challenge of this contest is to write a poem using the words provided in the
3、 contest announcementDeadline：Sept16thPoem of the MonthEach month one poem is selected to be the Poem of the MonthA public vote determines the winnerAll poems posted during the month are automatically consideredThe winner of this contest will take away a $100 prizeDeadline：Sept16thQuatrain Poetry (四
4、行诗)Write a quatrain poemsee details，click here：Deadline：Sept19thFaith PoetryThe theme for this poetry contest is “faith”We are looking for poems that in some way match this themeIt doesnt matter if its spiritual，political，intellectual or emotional as long as faith is clearly representedThis is a con
5、test for poets with a $100 prizeDeadline：Sept25thThe Words Are the SameWrite a poem that uses the words listed in the contest announcement$100 prize for the winner of this poetry contestDeadline：Sept29thPoetic ArtThis poetry contest challenges people in our city to write a poem that describes the ar
6、twork providedYour poem can become part of this artworkView the announcement to see the image$100 prize for the winner of this poetry contestDeadline：Oct3rd【语篇解读】本文是一篇广告类应用文。主要写的是有关几个诗歌比赛的相关信息。1Besides writing poems，this passage also asks you to Awrite a poetry review or an interesting storyBwrite a
7、 poetry review and list your favorite poetCvote to determine the most famous poet in historyDlist your favorite poems and the most famous poetB细节理解题。根据小标题“Poetry Reviewing Contest”的内容可知，可以写诗歌评论；根据小标题“Your Favorite Poet”的内容可知，可以列举自己最喜欢的诗人。故选B。2If you want to write a quatrain poem，you must hand it in
8、by ASeptember 10thBSeptember 25thCSeptember 19th DOctober 3rdC细节理解题。题干提到参赛内容是四行诗，因此结合小标题“Quatrain Poetry(四行诗)”中“Deadline：Sept19th”可知，答案为C。3What is the theme for the poetry contest in late September?AFaith BSuccessCCourage DFeelingsA细节理解题。根据题干提到的时间可以确定答案应从倒数二、三、四个比赛中找，所以根据“Faith Poetry”中的第一句“The them
9、e for this poetry contest is faith”可知，答案为A。4For whom is the advertisement written?AProfessional poets BSchool studentsCPoem amateurs DThe publicD推理判断题。根据“Poetic Art”中的第一句“This poetry contest challenges people in our city”可知，答案为D。BLong ago，poems were recited out loud instead of being written downWhen
10、 the Greeks first started the Olympics，they held poetry contests as well as athletic competitionsNow，poetry competitions have been revivedThis year 120，000 high school students competed in the first Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest，performing poems from memory for $100，000 in prizesThe fi
11、rst competitions were held in classroomsThe winners went on to schoolwide contests，and then they competed in city and state competitionsFinally，the 50 state champions，along with the District of Columbia champion，descended upon Washington DC，last week for the ultimate showdownAfter the 51 champions c
12、ompeted against one another，12 went on to the finalsThen the field was narrowed to fiveThe final five had one last chance to “perform” a poemThe overall champ，Jackson Hille，a high school senior from Ohio，won a $20，000 scholarshipThe National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation started P
13、oetry Out Loud because they realized that hearing a poem performed is a different experience from reading it on a pageIts not just a matter of saying the words in the right orderIts the tone of voice，the pauses，the gestures，and the attitude of the person performing that bring the words to life“Each
14、time we hear somebody recite a poem，we understand again what we found fresh and interesting about it，” says National Public Radio broadcaster Scott Simon，master of ceremonies for the finalsHearing it in a new voice offers something new for the listenerNot only do the people hearing poems have a new
15、experience，memorizing and presenting poems helps the participants understand those poems in a new wayAnother benefit of a competition such as Poetry Out Loud is that the participants learn publicspeaking skills that can help them for life【语篇解读】诗歌仅仅在书上阅读是远远不够的，通过朗诵和聆听，同一首诗歌会给人带来全新的感受。5From the first
16、paragraph，we can know Athe Greeks were the first to write pomesBthe Olympics used to start with poem recitingCpoems were spread orally in the pastDathletes were asked to recite poems before competingC推理判断题。从第一段中的“Long ago，poems were recited out loud instead of being written down”可知，在很早以前诗歌只是口头朗诵的，故可
17、知当时诗歌的传播方式为口头传授，故选C。6How many rounds of competitions did the champions take before they went to Washington DC?AThreeBFourCFive DSixB细节理解题。从第三段的介绍中可知，参赛者经过在班里，在学校，然后在市里和州里的比赛后，才来到华盛顿进行比赛。故B项正确。7According to the passage，hearing a poem recited by different people can Abring a new life to listenersBhelp
18、 listeners find their interestCmake listeners learn the wordsDoffer something new to listenersD细节理解题。从倒数第二段中的叙述中可知，朗诵诗歌可以给听者带来新的感受。故选D。8One benefit the participants get from poem recitation competitions is that they can Abecome skilled in speaking in publicBwrite good poems themselvesCchange their a
19、ttitudes towards lifeDmake friends with many great poetsA细节理解题。从文章最后一句话“Another benefit of a competition such as Poetry Out Loud is thatthem for life”可知A项正确。阅读七选五Not next to me，please!When you are travelling by plane, there are some passengers you just dont want to have next to you 1 Perhaps you nor
20、mally like them，but when you are sitting next to them on a plane its a different thingThey usually spend all the flight moving around and dropping their toys on the floor，and when theyre drinking their orange juice it ends up on your trousers 2 So you cant have the little sleep that you were plannin
21、gConversation makersYou recognize this type as soon as you sit downThey immediately start talking about the plane，or the weather，or they ask you a personal questionIts very difficult not to talk to these people 3 Nervous fliersThese are the people with white faces who sit down and immediately ask fo
22、r something to drinkEvery five minutes they call a flight attendant to ask if there are any problems with the plane 4 The best thing to do is to pretend to sleepSpace invaders 5 But they have a terrible habit of taking up all their room，and some of your room tooThey usually sit so that you cant move
23、，with their arms and legs in your spaceASmall childrenBCareless parentsCThey also tell you about air disastersDThese people are not necessarily very bigEThen they decide they want to play with youFSome people want to talk all through the flightGYoull probably have to keep talking until the plane lan
24、ds【语篇解读】本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了几类不受欢迎的乘客。1A根据该段中的“dropping their toys”和“when theyre drinking their orange juice it ends up on your trousers”可知，该段主要描述的是小孩子的行为。2E根据下一句“So you cant have the little sleep that you were planning”可知，由于他们想和你玩耍，因此你睡不成觉。3G根据该段的小标题“Conversation makers”和上一句“Its very difficult not to tal
25、k to these people”可知，由于身边坐了一位非常健谈的乘客，因此你很可能不得不和对方一直聊到飞机着陆。4C根据该段的小标题“Nervous fliers”和上一句中的“ask if there are any problems with the plane”可知，神情紧张的乘客可能会给你讲一些空难的故事。5D根据下一句“But they have a terrible habit of taking up all their room，and some of your room too”可知，这些人并不一定都身材庞大，然而他们却喜欢占别人的空间。语法填空Born in Amher
26、st，Massachusetts，to a successful family，Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poetShe studied at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before 1_(return) to her familys house in Amherst where she lived 2_ peaceful lifeShe kept in touch with her friends by writing letters and was 3_(willing) to greet gues
27、ts or，later in life，even leave her roomDickinsons poems are unique for the time she lived inThey contain short lines，typically lack titles，and often use half rhymeMany of her poems deal with 4_ (theme) of death and immortality (永生)Dickinson wrote about 1，800 poems during her lifetime，but fewer than
28、a dozen of 5_ were publishedAlthough most of her friends probably knew about Dickinsons writing，they didnt know that she 6_(produce) so many poems until after her death in 1886，when her younger sister Lavinia discovered the place where the poems were hidden7_ her sister not discovered them，the broad
29、ness of Dickinsons works wouldnt have become knownDickinsons first collection of poetry was published in 1890，the content of which was 8_(heavy) edited by the publishers 9_(fit) the conventional poetic rules of the timeA complete and mostly unedited collection of her poetry became available for the
30、first time in 1955Now Dickinson 10_(consider) to be one of the most important American poets【语篇解读】本文介绍了美国诗人Emily Elizabeth Dickinson的生平及其作品。1returning设空处作介词before的宾语，故填returning。2alive alife意为“过的生活”。3unwilling根据“She kept in touchby writing letters”可推断，设空处表示“不情愿”，故填unwilling。4themesof后death and immor
31、tality为复数含义，故用themes。5them设空处指代前面的“about 1，800 poems”，且作介词of的宾语，故填them。6had produced根据空格处所在句子中的“didnt know”及句中动词间的先后关系可知，应填had produced，表示“过去的过去”。7Had根据语境可知，这是一个虚拟条件句，表示与过去事实相反的假设，且省略了if，故将had提前。8heavily副词修饰动词was edited。9to fit设空处作状语，表示目的，且主语与fit之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，故填to fit。10is consideredDickinson与consider之间是被动关系 ，且由now可知，此处应用一般现在时，故填is considered。
