1、小说、戏剧、诗歌、传记、文学简史、经典演讲、文学名著等.阅读理解ALong ago, poems were recited out loud instead of being written down. When the Greeks first started the Olympics, they held poetry contests as well as athletic competitions.Now, poetry competitions have been revived. This year 120,000 high school students competed in
2、the first Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest, performing poems from memory for D|S100,000 in prizes.The first competitions were held in classrooms. The winners went on to schoolwide contests, and then they competed in city and state competitions. Finally, the 50 state champions, along with
3、the District of Columbia champion, descended upon Washington, DC., last week for the ultimate showdown. After the 51 champions competed against one another, 12 went on to the finals. Then the field was narrowed to five. The final five had one last chance to “perform” a poem. The overall champ, Jacks
4、on Hille, a high school senior from Ohio, won a D|S20,000 scholarship.The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation started Poetry Out Loud because they realized that hearing a poem performed is a different experience from reading it on a page.Its not just a matter of saying the word
5、s in the right order. Its the tone of voice, the pauses, the gestures, and the attitude of the person performing that bring the words to life. “Each time we hear somebody recite a poem, we understand again what we found fresh and interesting about it，” says National Public Radio broadcaster Scott Si
6、mon, master of ceremonies for the finals. Hearing it in a new voice offers something new for the listener.Not only do the people hearing poems have a new experience, memorizing and presenting poems helps the participants understand those poems in a new way. Another benefit of a competition such as P
7、oetry 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。1From the first paragraph, we can know .Athe Greeks were the first to write pomesBthe Olympics used to start with poem recitingCpoems were spread orally in the
8、 pastDathletes were asked to recite poems before competing解析：选C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，故可知当时诗歌的传播方式为口头传授，故选C。2How many rounds of competitions did the champions take before they went to Washington, DC.?AThree.BFour.CFive. DSi
9、x. 解析：选B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。3According to the passage, hearing a poem recited by different people can . Abring a new life to listenersBhelp listeners find their interestCmake listeners learn the wordsDoffer something new to listeners解析：选D细节理解题。从倒数第二段中的叙述中可知，朗诵
10、诗歌可以给听者带来新的感受。故选D。4One benefit the participants get from poem recitation competitions is that they can . Abecome skilled in speaking in publicBwrite good poems themselvesCchange their attitudes towards lifeDmake friends with many great poets解析：选A细节理解题。从文章最后一句“Another benefit of a competition such as
11、 Poetry Out Loud is that . them for life.”可知A项正确。BNo poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”， until it has been read aloud by someone, a teacher or a student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of
12、the poem is the last thing one hears of it.All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, eventually, the most concrete “interpretation (解释)” of it, suggesting tone, rhymes, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or he
13、r own voice, on records or on films, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching cannot replace the student and the teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it and “e
14、xchanging of views”， if there isnt time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry and take it easy when we are reading a poem. Poetry is “a criticism of life”， and “a heightening (提升) of life”. It is “a most appropriate approach to the truth of feeling
15、”， and it “can transform your life”. It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature (文学) more central than it presently occupies.I am not saying that every English teacher must try out poetryteaching. Those who dont like it should not be forced to convey that negative feeling to
16、 anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.语篇解读：诗歌是一种艺术形式，那么怎样去鉴赏和学习诗歌呢？通读本文之后，你可能会有所收获。5To have a better underst
17、anding of a poem, one should .Adiscuss it with othersBanalyze it by oneselfCcopy it down in a notebookDpractise reading it aloud解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章第一段的内容特别是第一句“No poem should ever be discussed or analyzed， until it has been read aloud by someone, a teacher or a student.”可知答案选D。6According to the writer,
18、one of the purposes of teaching English is to get students .Ato understand life Bto enjoy poetryCto become teachers Dto become poets解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“I think one of our . students love poetry and take it easy when we are reading a poem.”可知选B。7What does the last sentence in the third paragraph im
19、ply?AMore stress (强调) should be laid on the teaching of poetry.BPoetry is more important than any other literature genre.COne cannot enjoy life fully without a good understanding of poetry.DPoetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses.解析：选A句意理解题。第三段主要讲述了要欣赏诗歌以及诗歌对生活的重大影响，因此在教学中应当重
20、视诗歌教学。8The underlined phrase “make room” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by “ ”Abuild a boothBprovide equipmentCleave a certain amount of timeDset aside enough space解析：选C词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句“I have come to think . exchanging of views， if there isnt time for both.”及最后一段中的“in the classroom for
21、hearing poetry”可知选C。.阅读七选五Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school. 1 In the nineteenth century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud. It is true
22、that there was no television at the time, nor movie theaters, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion. However, poems were a source of pleasure, of selfeducation, of connection to other people or to the world beyond ones own community. 2 Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, like r
23、eading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life. 3 Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems?There are, I believe, three factors: poe
24、ts, teachers, and we ourselves. 4 Early in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions unfavorable to the reading of poetry. Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, and that they belonged where other difficulttoread things belonged.Poets f
25、ailed the readers, so did teachers. They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem. They want their students to see that poems mean something. 5 AHow did things change?BPoems are worth learning.CKnowing how to write poetry is not easy. DIt is worth reminding ourselves that thi
26、s has not always been the case in America.EReading them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individual.FOf these, the least important is the third: the world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem.GYet what usually occurs
27、 when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。在19世纪美国人通常做的事情就是晚上坐在炉火旁大声读诗，但现在很多人却不读诗。对于这种变化作者分析了其原因。1选D第一段提到，对于大多数人来说读诗不是日常的活动，许多人高中毕业后没有读过诗。空后面提到在19世纪美国人通常做的事情就是晚上坐在炉火旁大声读诗。由此可知设空处启承上下文，D选项表示“提醒我们美国不
28、是一直这种情况是值得的”，符合语境。2选E空前面一句提到，诗是快乐的源泉，是自我教育的源泉，是和其他人或者自己社区以外的世界联系的源泉。E选项表示“读诗不仅是个人行为也是社会行为，可能与其说是个体的不如说是社会的”，E选项符合语境。 3选A第一段提到，大多数人现在不读诗，第二段提到在19世纪美国人经常读诗，且整个社会都这样。所以第三段提出问题，表示“情况怎样发生变化的”。由此可知A选项符合语境。4选F空前面一句提到，“我”认为有三种因素：诗人，老师和我们自己。F选项表示“在这些因素中，最不重要的是第三个：相比较我们背叛诗，围绕诗的世界更多地背叛了我们”。由此可知，F选项顺承上一句，故选F。5选
29、G空前面提到，诗人使读者不愿意读诗，老师也一样。他们想让学生知道诗的技巧和诗的意义。G选项表示“然而老师把这些关注强加给学生时通常发生的事情就是年轻人认为诗是令人不高兴的字谜”。由此可知，G选项顺承前面的内容。.短文改错Dear Leslie，I am writing to tell you my plan for the coming Chinese lesson. Ive decided to teach you with the Tang poetry in Room 101 Building 1 at 8 am on Wednesday, that will last two hour
30、s. The Tang poetry is a symbol of Chinese tradition literature and play an important part in Chinese culture. As the result, this is necessary for you to have a good knowledge of it. Besides, in order to learning the Tang poetry well, youd better get some informations about the Tang Dynasty before c
31、lass.Would you tell me if its conveniently for you? Furthermore, when you meet with some puzzling questions, dont hesitate to turn me.Yours，Li Hua答案：第二句：去掉with; thatwhich第三句：traditiontraditional; playplays第四句：thea; thisit第五句：learninglearn; informationsinformation第六句：convenientlyconvenient第七句：turn后加to
