文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了美国的高中沿袭了以往希腊人的做法,发起了诗歌朗诵比赛。12万名高中生参加了首届“大声朗诵诗歌”全国朗诵比赛,他们凭记忆朗诵表演诗歌,奖金为10万美元。朗诵诗歌不仅让朗诵者以全新的方式更深刻地理解诗歌的内涵,也让听者有个更新的体验。
1 . Long ago, poems were recited loud instead of being written down. Back when the Greeks first started the Olympics, they held poetry _________ as well as athletic competitions.
Now, poetry competitions have been revived. This year 120,000 high school students competed in the first Poetry Out Loud national recitation competition,_________ poems from memory for $100,000 in prize money.
The first competitions were held in classrooms. The winners went on to school wide contests, and then they competed in city and state competitions. _________, the 50 state champions, along with the _________ of the District of Columbia came to Washington D.C. last week for the last showdown. After the 51 champions competed _________ another, 12 went on to the _________. 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,_________ a $20,000 scholarship. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation _________ Poetry Out Loud, because they realized that hearing a poem performed is a different experience from _________ it on a page.
It’s not just a matter of saying the words in the right order. It’s the tone of __________, the pauses, the gestures and the attitude of the person performing that bring the__________ to life. “Each time we hear somebody recite a poem, we understand again what we found __________ 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 listeners.
Not only do the people hearing poems have a(n) __________ experience, but__________ and presenting poems helps the participants understand those poems in a new way. Another __________ of a competition such as Poetry Out Loud is that the participants learn public speaking skills that can help them for life.
1. A.connections | B.contests | C.contacts | D.compositions |
2. A.performing | B.hearing | C.admiring | D.comprehending |
3. A.However | B.Besides | C.Finally | D.Therefore |
4. A.poet | B.performer | C.student | D.champion |
5. 6. A.finals | B.competitions | C.activities | D.ceremonies |
7. A.awarded | B.won | C.rewarded | D.achieved |
8. A.set off | B.set up | C.put off | D.put out |
9. A.acquiring | B.finding | C.hearing | D.reading |
10. A.drama | B.rhyme | C.voice | D.poetry |
11. A.literature | B.history | C.art | D.words |
12. A.fresh | B.innocent | C.amusing | D.confusing |
13. A.wonderful | B.pleasant | C.unforgettable | D.new |
14. A.learning | B.writing | C.memorizing | D.selecting |
15. A.feature | B.benefit | C.satisfaction | D.option |