1 . Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.
Her poems described conditions in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.
In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago, where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.
In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen. Annie Allen is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.
Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha, which received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.
In some of her poems Gwendolyn Brooks described what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, Corners on the Curing Sky.
By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.
1. What does the text mainly talk about?| A．The life of Gwendolyn Brooks. | B．The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks. |
| C．The struggles of black women. | D．The understanding about black culture. |
| A．Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability. |
| B．She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women. |
| C．She was good at using the language of poetry. |
| D．Her poems were mainly about the African experience. |
| A．providing examples | B．using statistics |
| C．comparing opinions | D．describing her experiences |
| A．the difficulties Ms. Brooks would meet | B．the struggles that the black had to face |
| C．the awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained | D．the poems related to political issues |
1.人物简介；
2.尊敬和爱戴的原因。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The Person I Admire
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| A．cost | B．paid | C．charged | D．spent |
| A．to be hired | B．hiring | C．hired | D．hire |
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7 . A phrase “less screen time and more green time” is popular now. A study from the University of Adelaide found that more time outside and less time spent watching TV is connected with better psychological (心理的) results and school achievements among teenagers. Gardening is a great way to do so.
Jim Carter, a psychologist of America, is asking for teenagers’ return to traditional values of gardening, and thinks that they need to turn off the TV and go outside to do something healthier instead. Carter even considers it important to put gardening as a usual course because it is proven to be good for mental health.
“It’s physical exercise, and it teaches patience,” Carter explains. “The wait for a small sunflower seed (葵花籽) to become a six-foot plant is long.”
“I’m hearing that teenagers are struggling to deal with stress, and every time they open Gardeners’ World, they talk about how gardening helps them deal with stress. They learn so much about life, and so much about themselves through gardening,” said Lee Connelly, a teacher who is carrying out his own green school programme—Gardeners’ World. “The join of gardening into the class course for schools presents a remarkable chance to change education and the benefits are far beyond the classroom, influencing mental health, behavior and developing a lifelong love for horticulture (园艺).”
1. What does Carter suggest teenagers do?| A．Go back to gardening. | B．Do exercise at home. |
| C．Turn on the TV at night. | D．Pay attention to psychological courses. |
| A．To prove gardening is easy. | B．To explain gardening develops patience. |
| C．To show green time is hard to find. | D．To say dealing with stress is difficult. |
| A．It is useless. | B．It is meaningful. | C．It is costly. | D．It is challenging. |
| A．Gardening: A Good Green Moment for Teenagers | B．Time to Get Close to TV |
| C．Less Screen Time, Better School Achievements | D．Being Sporty, Being Healthy |
1.如何读诗；
2.推荐诗人及诗歌。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Caroline,
I am more than delighted to know that you are interested in Chinese poetry.
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Li Hua
It would not be surprising if we found it difficult to distinguish between reality and science fiction in the future. For example, robots first appeared in sci-fi novels, but now robot soldiers have already been tested out in war. Robot
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