1、译林版选择性必修第一册 unit4 阅读拓展练习 .阅读理解 A Pablo Neruda was once referred to as the Picasso of poetry.Beloved by Chileans of all classes, he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. Born with the name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto,he was a tall,shy and lonely boy.He loved to read and sta
2、rted to write poetry when he was ten.The American poet Walt Whitman, whose framed picture Neruda later kept on his table,became a major influence on his work. However,his father did not like the idea of having a poet for a son and tried to discourage him from writing.To cover up the publication of h
3、is first poem,he took the pen name Pablo Neruda. In 1924 Neruda gained fame with his most widely read work Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.Yet his rich experience as a diplomat and exile made him go beyond the theme of love.His work also reflected the political struggle of the left and devel
4、opment of South America.He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Neruda loved the sea which he saw as creative,destructive and forever moving.He found inspiration in the power and freedom of the waves and the seabirds on the coast.“I need the sea because it teaches me,” he wrote.“I mov
5、e in the university of the waves.” He loved how the sea forever renewed itself,a renewal echoed in his work. 1The underlined word “Picasso” in Para.1 can probably be replaced by “” Amost important person Bfamous person from Picasso Cfreedom fighter in Picasso Dpoem fan 2Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto
6、 took the pen name Pablo Neruda because. Aliterary greats usually used the pen name Bhis father encouraged him to use the name Che wanted to prevent his father knowing the publication Dhe was greatly influenced by other poets 3The last paragraph mainly tells us. Athe sea gave Neruda vast writing ins
7、piration Bthe beautiful scenery along the Chile coast CNerudas poems were widely read overseas DNeruda loved to write his poems near the sea 答案ACA B 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. It is worth r
8、eminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America.In the 19th century,a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud.It is true that there was no television at the time,nor movie theatres,nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion.Howeve
9、r, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of connection to other people or to the world beyond ones own community.Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one,and perhaps even more social than individual.Writing poems to share with friends and relations was,like reading po
10、ems by the fireside,another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life. How did things change?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 fact
11、ors:poets,teachers,and we ourselves.Of these,the least important is the third.The world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem.Early in the 20th century , poetry in English headed into directions unfavourable to the reading of poetry.Readers decided that poems were
12、not for the fireside or the easy chair at night,and that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged. Poets failed the reader, and so did teachers.They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem,and they want their students to see that poems mean something.Yet w
13、hat usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles. 4Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the 19th century because. Ait built a link among people Bit helped unite a community Cit was a source
14、 of self-education Dit was a source of pleasure 5What does the underlined word “diversion” in Para.2 most probably mean? AConcentration.BChange. CAmusements.DStories. 6According to the passage,what is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry? AStudents are becoming less interested
15、in poetry. BStudents are poorly educated in high school. CTV and the Internet are more attractive than poetry. DPoems have become difficult to understand. 7In the last paragraph,the writer questions. Athe difficulty in studying poems Bthe way poems are taught in school Cstudents wrong ideas about po
16、etry Dthe techniques used in writing poems 答案BACD C Have you ever listened to the sound of a raindrop? You might call the small sounds earth songs.Is it possible to catch earth songs,to put them into words? Long ago,poets in Japan listened,watched,and did catch the beauty of the earths songs.They di
17、d this with the tiniest poems in the world,called haiku.A haiku is a poem that is just three lines and seventeen syllables long.And the poets who wrote them watched and listened,not only with their eyes and ears,but also with their hearts! In their haiku, the early Japanese poets caught the colors,
18、sounds, and beauties of the seasons of the year.They sang of their islands beauties.Their miniature poems were not meant to fully describe a scene or to explain it but rather were a flash impression. The old poets are not the only writers of haiku.Today Japanese farmers,shopkeepers, grandparents, an
19、d students write it, and because of its strong appeal, haiku is written in many other countries throughout the world. Interestingly enough,Japanese poetry has had a long and colorful history.In the pre-haiku period in the early eighth century,Japanese poets wrote katauta,poems in a question-and-answ
20、er form, using two people.Each three-line verse(诗节) contained about seventeen syllables that could be delivered easily in one breathjust as one would naturally ask or answer a question.This has remained the basic pattern for traditional Japanese poetry throughout the centuries. Another form that app
21、eared was the tanka , which contained five lines and thirty-one syllables(57577),written by either one or two persons.From that evolved(发展) the renga, which contained more than one verse, or link.Written by three or more people, it could have as many as 100 links! The first verse of the renga introd
22、uced a subject.It had three lines and was called the hokku,or starting verse.Renga parties became a great pleasure. Around 1450, haikai no renga became popular.This style of linked verse contained puns(双关) and was humorous and amusing.The opening three lines were still called a hokku, and from haika
23、i and hokku the term haiku evolved. 8What does the underlined word “miniature” in Paragraph 3 mean? AEasy.BLittle. CDetailed.DSelected. 9We know from the text that katauta. Awas humorous and amusing Bcontained thirty-one syllables Ccould have as many as 100 links Dwas written in a question-and-answe
24、r form 10According to the text,what was the main activity at a renga party? ACreating a group poem. BChanging haiku into tanka. CStudying the history of the renga. DCompeting to write earth songs. 11Information in this text would be of most value to readers who want to. Ateach how to write haiku Bre
25、search the history of haiku Ccompare Japanese andAmerican poetry Dfind suggestions about hosting a renga party 答案BDAB .七选五 Sometimes,you may “hate” poetry and fear to analyze a poem.1 Select the poem carefully.In a poem analysis,you will generally be given a selection of two or three poems.You must
26、pick one to analyze.Be careful.2Sometimes the shorter poems are very difficult poems.Often,longer poems are more like stories. Research the poet.There will be research already performed on the poet youve selected. 3Often the poets personal life has a direct effect on his or her works. Research the p
27、oem.If you are analyzing a poem,it is probably quite well-known.Research and read about the poem.Other literary criticism(文学评论) can help you in your analysis.4 You must come up with a new thought and a new analysis for the poem.Simply copying someone elses ideas will not be enough. 5Your outline sho
28、uld consist of an introduction,a thesis statement(论点),three pieces of analysis,and a conclusion to bring it all together.Put these basic sentences into an outline structure,which will make the writing of the paper much easier. ACreate an outline. BCommunicate with other readers first. CHere are some
29、 tips that help you analyze a poem. DHowever,remember not to copy,or ignore the original poem. EMany students select short poetry as their preference for analysis. FRead about the poets life,history and style as you begin your analysis. GBecome familiar with the different poem structures before you finish the analysis. 1C 2E 3F 4D 5A