2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The animated film Chang An has become a surprise hit, earning     1     impressive 600 million yuan at the box office of the Chinese mainland within just ten days of its release. It has appealed to audiences of all ages, who     2    (enthusiastic) recite poetry alongside the characters on screen, taking them on a fantastic journey. This film not only identifies with the Chinese people but also allows the world     3    (explore) the rich tradition of Tang poetry and the “Chinese Poetry Universe.”

The story centers around the deep friendship between poet Gao Shi and the romantic poet Li Bai, offering a brief look into the glorious history of the Tang era,     4     is known for its economic prosperity and cultural advancement. The 48 Tang poems     5    (feature) in the movie present a view of the most excellent poets of that time as well as their political ambitions and ideals. These poems transport audiences     6     sandy deserts to mist-filled regions along the Yangtze River.

Chang An is undoubtedly a masterpiece that shows the unique     7    (characteristic) of Chinese culture to the world. In China, poets and their poems     8    (consider) national treasures. These poems describe not only the historical changes of a dynasty, but also     9    (people) understanding of the world. The film has raised the audiences’ awareness and enhanced their love and     10    (believe) in Chinese culture.

3 . What’s the effect of poetry on our brain? Scientists have been investigating the neuronal (神经元的) connections and brain circuits that can work in the reading of poetry for some time. And, even though the research has only just begun, the results are already fascinating.

Poetry has the oldest recorded texts in literature. Although it’s impossible to say exactly when it began to be used in the oral tradition, we dare to say that it’s accompanied humanity forever. This gives us an idea of the impact that poetic language can have on our emotional and cognitive state. The emotional response to literature in general shares areas of activation with music. However, more areas of the right hemisphere (半球) seem to be related to poetry. The researchers measured the goosebumps resulting from the tingling (强烈感受) sensation in reading poetry. This type of sensation has also been proven to result from music. However, the tingling sensations produced by poetry activate different areas of the brain compared to those activated by music.

Dr. Eugen Wassiliwizky’s team collected data on behavioral responses in people reading or listening to poetry. They proved that poetry is capable of causing emotional responses and rich emotional experiences. In addition, a poem expresses the poet’s ideas. From a psychological view, poetry is a game of language that manages to group words in a surprising way. We could compare this with how a chef combines ingredients that seem impossible to combine, producing extraordinary results. Poetry is based on rules of construction. It sets up a rhythm, which then breaks, before finally returning to it. The play on the meanings of words, sometimes several meanings in just one word, is extremely intellectually inspiring. We can read a poem a thousand times, and still find its new meanings.

Generally, our passage through the wonderful world of poetry is cut short by a rather reduced exposure during childhood and the overly analytical approach of this literary genre (类型),which is given in most schools. Although, the studies that experts have conducted on poetry get a lot of interesting results, poetry still holds a mystery that science hasn’t yet been able to investigate. For example, why a perfect cadence (抑扬顿挫) and rhythm can lift the spirit of people is the new challenge for the research.

1. What is the main difference between poetry and music?

A．Music causes fewer goosebumps.

B．Poetry creates more tingling sensations.

C．They work on different parts of the brain.

D．They are processed in different parts of the brain.

2. What does the author probably think of poetry?

A．It is vague in its meaning but rich in emotional experience.

B．It combines ingredients and extraordinary results.

C．It expresses something about the poet.

D．It’s a pure game of language that surprises to give readers.

3. What might be the problem when we learn poetry at school?

A．We analyze this literary genre too much.

B．We make children more exposed to it.

C．We haven’t read a poem a thousand times.

D．We rely too much on our teachers.

4. What is this text mainly about?

A．Findings about poetry.	B．The history of poetry.
C．How to write poetry.	D．How to appreciate poetry.

4 . 阅读如下信息，从方框中A、B、C、D、E、F、G作品和作者与下列作品简介或者选段匹配起来。

A. Jane Austen        B. Sense and sensibility     C. Wuthering Heights     D. 1984 E. Charlotte Bronte       F. The Great Gatsby       G. To Kill A Mocking Bird

1. The novel was published in 1960. Enormously popular, it was translated into some 40 languages and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. In 1961 it won a Pulitzer Prize. The novel was praised for its sensitive treatment of a child’s awakening to racism and prejudice in the American South.
2. And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow fast in movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with summer.
3. The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peach, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, was responsible for economic affairs. Their names, in Newspeak: Minitrue, Miniluv and Miniplenty.
4. A classic of English literature, written with incisive wit and superb character delineation, it centres on the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner.
5. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.

5 . Why do we read poetry? First obvious one: because we enjoy it.     1    But that's not why this is here.

Many of us read poetry simply because we often feel depressed and hopelessly lost, and in poetry we see how beautiful and strange everything is.     2    

There are many different kinds of poems. They are not all calming. Some poems make me anxious, angry, scared, and sad, which is why I value them.    3    I want the sweet and the bitter. Often, I read poetry when I'm already relaxed. In fact, I read more when I'm not stressed out.

Here are the main reasons I respond to poetry, as far as I can tell.     4    Usually, this is done by setting up a rhythm and then violating it or almost violating it. And then returning to it again. This satisfies my desire for order and also my desire for testing boundaries.

Poetry plays with language. It often slams words together in surprising ways, which is thrilling the way food can be when the chef has paired ingredients you never thought would taste good together but somehow do.

    5    Words mean two or three things at once and lots of suggestions are packed between the lines. This is intellectually inspiring and it allows me to read the same poem over and over, always finding new things in it.

And, of course, there's the subject matter. It interests me just as it would if the same subject was explored in a story or essay. Not all poems interest me in this way, but then not all stories and essays do, either.

A．Many poems are dense.

B．So in that way poetry calms our anxiety.

C．As a reader, I want a full meal, not just dessert.

D．Another reason is to appreciate the suggestions offered.

E．The only other reason seems to be for academic purposes.

F．The best part about poetry is that they are flexible in length.

G．Metrical(格律的) poems are about setting up rules and then bending them.

6 . “A good book might clarify something you knew little about, transform your world view, or move you in ways you didn’t think possible. The Soul of an Octopus(章鱼)delivers on all three, ”the magazine New Scientist commented.

After writing about birds, pigs and tigers, US naturalist Sy Montgomery decided to choose these many-footed animals as the subject of her latest book, The Soul of an Octopus: a surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness.

“Here is animal with poisonous liquid like a snake，a beak(喙)like a parrot，and ink like an old-fashioned pen. It can weigh as much as a man and extend as long as a car, yet it can pour its baggy，boneless body through an opening the size of all orange. It can change color and shape. It has a tongue covered with teeth. It can taste with its skin.” Montgomery explained to the National Geographic on why octopuses inspired her.

What Montgomery is able to show in The Soul of an Octopus is that octopuses are creatures who exhibit personality, intelligence and emotion, despite having nervous systems completely different from our own. She uses different experiments to show that they possess consciousness as well as individual personalities. For example, based on her research, she finds out that Octavia, an octopus caught in the wild, is friendly and good at multi-tasking. And Kali, another octopus，who has been living at the New England Aquarium, is playful and loves exploring.

Montgomery is a good storyteller. Through her study of, and communication with, these extraordinary creatures she shares what she learns from both science and her experiences. Her skillful writing presents facts together with personal description, which makes the book very informative but easy to read.

1. Why is The Soul of an Octopus thought highly of ?

A．It is themed with a many-footed animal.

B．It mainly explores consciousness and wonders.

C．It compares octopuses with birds, pigs and tigers.

D．It offers new knowledge and changes your viewpoints.

2. Octopuses impress Montgomery greatly because.

A．they have unique physical functioning

B．their liquid can be used as good ink

C．they behave more like snakes and parrots

D．their body can be shrunk to the size of an orange

3. What does Montgomery think of octopuses according to Paragraph 4?

A．They are friendly with each other.

B．They are similar to humans in a way.

C．They communicate with humans well.

D．They have different nature from humans.

4. Which of the following best describes the book?

A．Vivid but unreal.	B．Scientific and readable.
C．Boring and ridiculous.	D．Interesting but fictional

7 . The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on Long Island in the summer of 1922.
Nick Carraway rents a small house in West Egg on Long Island, next door to the expensive house of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire who often holds extravagant（奢侈的）parties. Nick’s cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom, a college classmate of Nick’s, live in East Egg across the bay.
Nick later learns that Gatsby knew and fell in love with Daisy in 1917 and is still deeply in love with her. He spends many nights staring at her house across the bay from his house, hoping to recover their lost relationship one day. Gatsby’s extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are an attempt to impress Daisy in the hope that she will one day appear again at Gatsby’s doorstep. With the help of Nick, Gatsby and Daisy get in touch again. But after a short time, Tom forces the group to drive into New York City, saying that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could never understand. In addition, he announces that Gatsby is a criminal whose fortune comes from illegal activities. Daisy realizes that her allegiance（忠心）is to Tom, and Tom sends her back to East Egg with Gatsby, attempting to prove that Gatsby cannot hurt him.
When Nick and Tom drive home, they discover that Gatsby’s car has struck and killed Myrtle. Nick later learns from Gatsby that Daisy, not Gatsby himself, was driving the car at the time of the accident but Gatsby intends to take the blame anyway. Myrtle’s husband, George, arrives at Gatsby’s house and fatally（致命地）shoots both Gatsby and then himself.
Nick stages a small funeral for Gatsby with few coming to mourn the passing of his romantic dream. After that, Nick moves back to the Midwest, disillusioned（幻灭）with the Eastern lifestyle.
At first glance, the novel appears to be a simple love story, but further examination shows Fitzgerald’s masterful observation of American society during the 1920s and the corruption（堕落）of the American dream.

1. Gatsby often holds extravagant parties in order to ____________.

A．show off his wealth

B．enjoy life with his neighbors

C．attract Daisy’s attention

D．memorize his love with Daisy

2. The friend circle of Gatsby before and after his death tells ____________.

A．how powerful George is

B．what an honest cousin Nick is

C．what people care most in a world of money

D．how ugly the couple of George and Myrtle are

3. What do we know about Gatsby from the passage?

A．He loves Daisy so deeply that he chooses to sacrifice for her.

B．He falls in love with Daisy when she attends his wild parties.

C．He is a criminal who attempts to hurt Tom from time to time.

D．He is a mysterious millionaire who likes to stare at others’ houses.

4. The last paragraph of the passage is to show ____________.

A．the influence of The Great Gatsby on later novels

B．the wonderful writing skills of F. Scott Fitzgerald

C．the outstanding and unique theme of The Great Gatsby

D．the status of The Great Gatsby in American literature