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【題目】閱讀下面短文, 在表格內(nèi)的空白處填入合適的答案（每格限填一詞）。

When a thought has found words

Poetry（詩歌）is the forgotten child of literature. Few people read it for pleasure. In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students.

In China. however. poetry is still an important part of the curriculum（課程）. Recently, the Ministry of Education has increased the number of ancient Chinese poems for students to memorize and recite, from 14 to 72. Why is it important to learn poems?

First of all, poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture. It is a path to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are common to everyone but that we may be unable to express-the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon, for example. Everyone has feelings of joy, love, loneliness, sadness and even anger, and a good poem can put those feelings into words and bring us self-understanding.

Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something common can become beautiful. Here is a poem called Fog by Carl Sandberg: The fog comes/on silent haunches（弓腰）/and then moves on. Yes, fog does move smoothly, silently and like a cat, and Sandberg catches that feeling and image（形象）, and makes it beautiful.

Of course, to really enjoy poetry, it has to be read aloud. After all, a poem is really just a song without music. Most ancient poetry, like Homer's Epics（《荷馬史詩》）and China's Book of Songs, was spoken for hundreds of years before it was written. the thought has found words." You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems to learn!

Title： When a thought has found words
Passage outline	Detailed information
In the West	Most people think poetry is 【1】 from the life of today's students.
China's recent action	Students must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems.
【2】 for learning poetry	◇Learning poems helps you 【3】 history and society. ◇Poems help express your personal thoughts and feelings. ◇Poems can express beauty of 【4】 things with very few lines.
A tip on enjoying poetry	【5】 aloud is the best way to enjoy poetry. In fact, many ancient poems were spoken before they were written.
Conclusion	Chinese students should feel lucky to have 72poems to learn!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】different

【2】Reasons

【3】understand

【4】common

【5】Reading

【解析】

短文大意：本文從三個方面論證了學(xué)詩的重要性，介紹了欣賞詩歌的小竅門。所以，詩歌仍然是中國課程的重要組成部分。

【1】句意：大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為詩歌不同于當(dāng)今學(xué)生的生活。考查句意理解。be different from不同于；根據(jù)“In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students在西方的高中，很少教授詩歌，因為詩歌被認(rèn)為是過時的，與當(dāng)今學(xué)生的生活沒有什么關(guān)系”，可知西方的大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為詩歌不同于當(dāng)今學(xué)生的生活，故填different。

【2】句意：學(xué)詩的原因�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)歸納。根據(jù)“Why is it important to learn poems? 為什么學(xué)詩很重要”，結(jié)合下文內(nèi)容，可知介紹的是學(xué)詩的三點原因，故填Reasons。

【3】句意：學(xué)習(xí)詩歌有助于你了解歷史和社會�？疾榫湟饫斫�。help sb. do sth.幫助某人做某事；根據(jù)“It is a path to understanding your history and your society它是一條理解你們的歷史和社會的途徑”，可知學(xué)習(xí)詩歌有助于我們了解歷史和社會，故填understand。

【4】句意：詩歌可以用很少的幾行字來表達(dá)普通事物的美。考查句意理解。things事物，名詞需用形容詞修飾；根據(jù)“Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something common can become beautiful詩歌也可以表達(dá)美。短短幾行字，再普通的東西也可以變得美麗”，可知短短的幾行詩歌可以表達(dá)出普通事物的美，故填common。

【5】句意：大聲朗讀是欣賞詩歌的最佳方式�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。the best way最好的方式，根據(jù)“to really enjoy poetry, it has to be read aloud要真正享受詩歌，必須大聲朗讀”，可知大聲朗讀是欣賞詩歌的最佳方式，本句缺主語，需用動名詞短語，故填Reading。