2.2《Poems Learning about Language & Using Language》
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.We must choose texts that are appropriate ________ our teaching.
2.He ________(exchange) his old car for a new model as soon as he won the money.
3.It is ________(like) that Tom and his father will be late. They are ________(like) to miss the plane.
4.________ it is you've found, you must give it back to the person it belongs to.
5.Although she had tried ________ every method, Carolina couldn't get the door open.
6.The performers were delighted by the ________(warm) of the applause.
7.The lorry, loaded ________ bricks, has broken down in the middle of the bridge.
8.Many of the big world sports events are ________(sponsor) by wealthy big companies, who hope to advertise their companies or their products.
9.John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to let ________ all his trousers to his measure.
10.________ hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.
答案:1.for 2.exchanged 3.likely; likely 4.Whatever 5.out 6.warmth 7.with 8.are sponsored 9.out 10.However
Ⅱ.根据提示完成句子
1.By ________________ a big tree by the river, the boy saved himself. (hold)
通过紧紧抱住河边的一棵大树,这个男孩得救了。
2.How long will it take ________________ the train?(load)
装这车煤需要多长时间?
3.The idea sounds fine, but it needs ________________ in practice.(try)
这个主意听起来不错,但它需要在实践中试验一下。
4.I'll never tell you another secret if you ________________.(let)
如果你泄露了这个秘密,我就不再告诉你另一个秘密了。
5.It is entirely appropriate that his music ________________ at this festival.(play)
他的音乐在这个节日里演奏是完全合适的。
6.She ________________ ring me tonight. (likely)
她今天晚上很可能打电话给我。
7.You mustn't enter the room unless ________________.(allow)
除非你得到允许,否则不能进这房间。
8.I feel pain here ________________.(whenever)
无论什么时候我喝了凉的东西,我就感觉这儿疼。
答案:1.holding on to 2.to load the coal onto
3.trying out/to be tried out 4.let this one out
5.should be played 6.is likely to 7.allowed to
8.whenever I drink something cool
Ⅲ.语法填空
The hostess was to have a party and entertain guests at home. She busied herself so early in the morning, cleaning the house. She was so tired __1__ she felt pain in her waist and on the back. Drops of sweat fell from her forehead. She did not finish cleaning the house __2__ dusk.
__3__(look) at the clean and tidy drawing room, she released a sigh with a smile on her face. The guests were coming! Entering the drawing room, they __4__(attract) by the fresh flowers. Surprisingly pleased, they cheered in praise, “Oh, what beautiful flowers!”
“How colorful and fragrant!”
“Just have a look at them,and life is full of pleasure!”
Then they went on to express their thanks __5__ the hostess for her __6__(delicate) arranged flowers.
With an embarrassed smile, the hostess said, “I am glad you like them. Thank you for your praise. I was __7__ bit surprised about them. I __8__ make detailed arrangement for your honor. I was busy the whole day cleaning and mopping. As for the flowers in the vase,it is a piece of cake. I did them by just lifting my hand. Now you are __9__(aware) of my hard work and praise __10__ highly for my easiest effort. It is beyond my expectation.”
答案:
1.that 2.until/till 3.Looking 4.were attracted
5.to 6.delicately 7.a 8.did 9.unaware 10.me
Ⅳ.阅读理解
Long ago,poems were recited out loud instead of being written down. Back when the Greeks first started the Olympics, they held poetry contests as well as athletic competitions.
Now,poetry competitions have been revived(恢复). This year 120,000 high school students competed in the first Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest,performing poems from memory for $100,000 in prizes.
The first competitions were held in classrooms. The winners went on to school-wide contests, and then they competed in city and state competitions. Finally, the 50 state champions,along with the District of Columbia champion came to Washington D.C. last week for the last 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, Jackson Hille, a high school senior from Ohio, won a $20,000 scholarship.
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation started Poetry Out Loud, because they realized that bearing a poem performed is a different experience from reading it on a page.
It's not just a matter of saying the words in the right order. It's 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,” said National Public Radio Broadcaster Scott Simon, master of ceremonies for the finals. Hearing it in a new voice offers something new to the listener.
Not only do the people hearing poems have a new experience, but memorizing and presenting poems helps the participants(选手) understand those poems in a new way. Another benefit of a competition such as Poetry Out Loud is that the participants learn public-speaking skills that can help them for life.
1.From the first paragraph,we can know ________.
A.the Greeks were the first to write poems
B.the Olympics used to start with poem reciting
C.poems were spread orally in the past
D.athletes were asked to recite poems before competing
2.How many rounds of competitions did the champions take before they went to Washington D.C.
A.Three. B.Four.
C.Five. D.Six.
3.According to the passage, hearing a poem recited in a new voice can ________.
A.bring a new life to listeners
B.help listeners find their interest
C.make listeners learn the words
D.offer something new to listeners
4.One benefit the participants get from a competition such as Poetry Out Loud is that they can ________.
A.become confident while speaking in public
B.write good poems themselves
C.change their attitudes towards life
D.make friends with many great poets
5.What influence the beauty of poems
A.The word order and the tone of voice.
B.The attitude of the person performing them.
C.The tone of voice, the pauses, the gestures and the attitude of the person reciting them.
D.The pauses and the gestures of the person performing them.
答案与解析:
本文为一篇记叙文。文章讲述了美国的高中生沿袭了以前的做法,发起了诗歌背诵比赛。背诵诗歌不仅让背诵者以全新的方式更深刻地理解诗歌的内涵,也让听者对诗歌有了更新的理解。
1.解析:推理判断题。由第一段首句“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,故选C项。
答案:C
2.解析:细节理解题。从第三段的介绍中可知,参赛者经过在班里、学校、市里和州里的比赛后,才来到华盛顿进行比赛,故B项正确。
答案:B
3.解析:细节理解题。由倒数第二段的叙述中可知,朗诵诗歌可以给听者带来新的感受,故选D项。
答案:D
4.解析:细节理解题。由文章最后一句“Another benefit of a competition such as Poetry Out Loud is that the participants learn public-speaking skills that can help them for life.”可知A项正确。
答案:A
5.解析:由文章第五段第二句话“It's the tone of voice,the pauses,the gestures and the attitude of the person performing that bring the words to life.”可知,要使诗歌有美感,朗诵时的语调、停顿、朗诵者的姿势和态度对其都有影响。
答案:C
Ⅴ.七选五阅读
In order to characterise a work as fantasy literature, I would argue, there are six traits which must be present to some degree: story, common characters, another world, use of magic and the superpower, a clear sense of good and evil, and the quest. __1__
The second trait of fantasy literature is that the central characters are of a common nature. In the fantasy tale they might be any one of us and that is precisely the point. We are asked not to stand on the outside and survey this tale. __2__ Thus we find characters quite like ourselves.
Even though we may all like to play Superman,in literature it seems that we stand outside the larger-than-life hero. He is well equipped, after all to fight his own battles. __3__ But with common characters we recognise their short-comings,and want to come to their aid. When a character gets knocked down, which occurs frequently,we would like to help — from the safety of our easy chair. Maybe between us we can pull it off.
__4__ First, common characters have not lost the childlike trait of wonder, the willingness to engage adventure. Often the characters of fantasy are children, since authors have found in children a universal, common human nature — curiosity to the adult world. The second reason for the use of a common character has to do with heroism. In literary history the hero has often been a figure who acts for us. __5__ The theme in fantasy literature is that anyone may be called on to become the hero.
A.Moreover, a story must move through a beginning, a middle and in the process it must move the reader.
B.We should enter it so that the story becomes ours.
C.He or she stands in our place in the face of danger.
D.In fact,we usually know who will win; we're just not certain how.
E.Story seeks to free the imagination, to allow it for a time to live in another world.
F.There are two other considerations that account for the trait of the common character.
G.The point of a fantasy is not to hand us tidy morals, but to provide us with growth by experience.
答案:1-5 ABDFC