If you’re walking through Boston
The poems were chosen by Boston’s famous poet Danielle Georges. “I wanted to choose poems that convey (传递) positive energy, like
“It’s a public art project
1. 表示欢迎；2. 介绍活动流程；3. 表达期望。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 开头结尾已给好，不计入词数。
Dear fellow students,
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Now let’s welcome Mr. Smith!
1. Why is the man nervous?
| A．He has to read his poem on stage. |
| B．He has to write a poem in class. |
| C．He will attend a competition. |
| A．At school. |
| B．At the man’s home. |
| C．At a poetry festival. |
认真阅读短文，在表格的空中填入恰当的单词，每空仅限一词，注意正确形式。
When a thought has found words
Poetry 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 In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today’s students.
However, compared with the situation in the West, poetry is still an important part of the curriculum (课程) in China. 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, a fog does move smoothly, silently and like a cat, and Sandberg catches that feeling and image, 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 poems, like Homer’s Epics (《荷马史诗》) and China’s Book of Songs, were spoken for hundreds of years before they were written.
The American poet Robert Frost said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems to learn!
Title: When a thought has found words | |
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In the West, poetry is considered to be | |
In China, poetry remains an important part of the curriculum. | |
| ◇Poems help you ◇Poems help express your personal thoughts and feelings. ◇Poems can express beauty of common things with very few lines. | |
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5 . 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 Little Prince was written and illustrated by a French writer during World War II. This children’s fantasy book also
The book talks about the importance of looking beneath the surface of things
One of the most memorable characters in the book is a rose,
6 . 《鲁宾逊漂流记》是英国作家丹尼尔·笛福(Daniel Defoe)写的一部著名小说。请根据下列要点写一篇简短的书评。
1. 该书出版于1719年，它是一本最流行的历险小说之一；
2. 简述小说的主要故事情节；
3. 该书一部分是根据18世纪苏格兰水手Alexander Selkirk的事迹写的；
4. 小说描写细致，引人入胜。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；2. 标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：自给自足的self-sufficient；食人肉的野人cannibal
A Book Review of Robinson Crusoe
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7 . One of the most commonly asked questions in the English language is “How are you?” and whether a person is feeling happy or sad, excited or lonely, fantastic or heartbroken they will just about always answer “Fine”. Why is this? Is it because humans are not good at expressing their emotions? Maybe it is just that emotions are often too personal or too complex to be shared in a casual conversation. However, for centuries, people have often expressed their emotions on paper, in the form of poetry.
The beauty of poetry is that the emotions the poet is trying to convey are often disguised in images so that the poet can maintain a feeling of privacy. For example, in Li Bai’s poem, “Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane Tower”, the poet describes the sail of his friend’s boat rules disappearing into the distance while he watches the river rolling by. This could seem merely like the description of a beautiful scene, but by reading into the poem, you can sense the deep sadness and loneliness that his friend’s leaving has caused him.
Poetry is also written to celebrate positive human emotions like joy, love and happiness. Throughout history, men and women have written poems to their loved ones to express their deep feelings. Poems about nature, which express the poet’s appreciation of the beauty in the world around him or her, are also common. Sadly, many poems have also been written to express anger at the destruction of nature and reactions to horrific events like war and death.
The interesting thing about poetry is that anyone reading a poem can have their own view or feelings about it and heated discussions can often arise over what the poet was originally trying to say or express. Poetry can be interpreted in many different ways. Often, a poem that one person loves another hates. Equally, a poem that one person understands and relates to, may turn another person off.
1. What is the purpose of questions in Para. 1?| A．To introduce a topic. |
| B．To teach people how to start a conversation. |
| C．To have empathy with reader. |
| D．To review the commonly asked questions. |
| A．seen | B．described | C．hidden | D．disclosed |
| A．Humans wish they could be better at expressing their feelings. |
| B．Many human emotions are very hard to capture in casual conversations. |
| C．Human emotions are too intense and wide-ranging to be expressed by most people. |
| D．Poetry is the most important way to express people’s inner feelings. |
| A．The difference in how different readers interpret and appreciate a poem. |
| B．The imagery that a poet can use to express emotions can be misunderstood by the reader. |
| C．The ability of the reader to clearly understand the meaning of a poem. |
| D．Poets’ unique description and fantastic language about poems. |
8 . The books we read when we’re young have a special sort of power, they can inspire us to be brave and resilient! (Marilda by Roald Dahi), take us on thrilling adventures (Divergent by Veronica Roth) and even introduce us to tragedy (悲剧) (The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson). They’re as formative as anything else in our young lives, and sometimes they’re the first place we encounter larger-than-life ideas, thinking of the lasting cultural import of To Kill a Mockingbird. In The Magic Words, Cheryl B. Klein, sets out to inform would-be writers on how great novels for young readers work.
The market for YA (young-adult) novels is booming: sales in the children’s and YA sector have been neck and neck with those of adult books in recent years, and adult authors including Meg Wolitzer and Carl Hiaasen are getting in on the phenomenon. The Magic Words aims to be a master class. And in the era of promoted self-help sensations like Marie Kondo and Brenie Brown, The Magic Words is of a piece.
Klein deconstructs the seemingly obvious (clear plot-lines, sympathetic characters) to reveal the technical significance of some beloved classics. L. M. Montgomery surely didn’t regard Anne of Green Gables as a cash-in endeavor. But for those who want to best-seller writers, Anne is instructive: what’s timeless and broadly appealing about Anne—her teenage heart and impulses (冲动) is what to examine. Once you understand that, Klein encourages you to get personal: What makes you ideal to write your story? And what does it mean to the reader?
On the latter question, The Magic Words is more than a handbook. It is also a timely social commentary on the responsibility YA writers have to young adults. They must start with an awareness of their readers—not only their age but also how they might connect with the issues, like bullies or tolerance that the characters face. The narratives we tell young readers can influence how they understand and value the world around them. The magic isn’t in the words: it’s in how the words come together to reflect and confirm the realities of a diverse young-adult experience.
1. What can be learned about the books introduced?| A．Divergent even introduce us to tragedy. |
| B．Matilda can take us on thrilling adventures. |
| C．To Kill a Mockingbird has lasting cultural significance. |
| D．The Bridge to Terabithia can inspire us to be brave and resilient. |
| A．The market or YA novels is shrinking. |
| B．Anne is a master in the field of YA novels. |
| C．Adult authors are getting in the field of YA novels. |
| D．Sales in the YA sector are less than those in the adults’. |
| A．Fully understand their readers first. |
| B．Find someone to sponsor their writing. |
| C．Develop a strategy to meet the market. |
| D．Copy the works of historical masters. |
| A．To promote the sales of YA books. |
| B．To introduce a book for the future writers. |
| C．To recommend a new writer. |
| D．To arouse people’s interest in reading. |
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10 . Short stories are amazing. You can get something useful out of them.
The Bogey Beast
Flora Annie Steel
A woman finds a pot of treasure on the road. Pleased with her luck, she decides to keep it. As she is taking it home, it keeps changing. However, her enthusiasm(热情)refuses to fade away. Her positive personality tries to make every terrible situation seem like a gift.
There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury
Earth has been destroyed by war. However, machines continue to function and serve humans who have long ago died. The title is taken from a poem describing how nature will continue its work long after humanity is gone. But in this story, we see that nature plays a supporting role and machines have taken its place.
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Beatrix Potter
Timmie is a country mouse accidentally taken to a city. He finds himself at a party and makes a friend. When he can’t bear the city life, he returns to his home. When his friend visits him, something similar happens. Village and city life are recent inventions and we need to decide their costs and benefits.
The Night Train at Deoli
Ruskin Bond
While taking the train, Ruskin Bond always has to pass through a small station called Deoli. One day he sees a girl selling fruit and he is unable to forget her. This is about our attachment to strangers and why we treasure them even though we do not meet them ever again.
1. What does There Will Come Soft Rains want to teach us?| A．Nature works in its own way. |
| B．Humans shouldn’t break natural law. |
| C．Technology can still function without humanity. |
| D．Technology should be developed to serve our life. |
| A．He settled down in the village. | B．He made many friends in the village. |
| C．He couldn’t get used to the village life. | D．He couldn’t bear the life in the city anymore. |
| A．Flora Annie Steel’s. | B．Ray Bradbury’s. |
| C．Beatrix Potter’s. | D．Ruskin Bond’s. |
