National Poetry(诗歌)Month is held in the United States every April．This year is the 15th celebration of the event．Poets, schools, publishers, booksellers and libraries will hold readings, competitions, book displays, educational events and other activities during National Poetry Month．The organizer's goal is to bring attention to the great work of poets(诗人)in the past and today．It also wants Americans to know the pleasure of reading poetry．And it wants poetry to be a more important part of school educational programs．
The United States Library of Congress(国会)chooses an official poet, called the Poet Laureate(桂冠), every one to two years．Many of them have created new ways to celebrate National Poetry Month．For example, in April of 1998, Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky asked Americans to send in their favorite poems．Thousands of men, women and children did．The Favorite Poem Project collected video of Americans from all backgrounds, ages and places reading their favorite poems and talking about them．
Ted Kooser served as Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006．Mr Kooser has family in the news business．So his poetry project was connected to the media(媒体)．Ted Kooser started a weekly poetry column he provided free to newspapers and online media．He uses poems by current poets．Most of the poems are short and not complex．Mr Kooser's project is called American Life in Poetry．He started it in 2005．He said he wanted to show common Americans that there is something in poetry for them．
The Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan, opened this year's National Poetry Month April first with a call to American colleges．Miz Ryan has been teaching English in local colleges for thirty years．So she focused her poetry project on college students．She also helped organize a poetry writing competition among college students．Perhaps a future Poet Laureate is among the student writers．
(1)
The fourth month of 2010 is the ________ National Poetry Month in the United States．
[ ]
A．
most important
B．
fifteenth
C．
college students
D．
educational
(2)
The main goal of the month is to make Americans ________ the great work of poets in the past and today
[ ]
A．
hold readings of
B．
pay money for
C．
write about
D．
notice and be interested in
(3)
The Poet Laureate is a person ________．
[ ]
A．
who knows the pleasure of reading poetry
B．
who organizes school educational programs
C．
honored for great achievements in poetry
D．
chosen from the United States Library of Congress
(4)
Through the project American Life in Poetry, Mr Kooser wanted to show ________ of Americans that there is something in poetry for them．
[ ]
A．
most
B．
none
C．
some
D．
few
(5)
In 2010, ________ opened this year's National Poetry Month April．
Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧)．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．
"I don't sing," said the man．
But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend!If you want to get paid, sing a song!'
So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time!Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋)he was sitting on!He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．
You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all ff you just sit on your talent．
(1)
The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________．
[ ]
A．
she had paid him for this
B．
she knew him very well
C．
she wanted to have a change
D．
she enjoyed his singing
(2)
Nat King Cole succeeded because ________．
[ ]
A．
the lady helped him a lot
B．
he caught the chance
C．
he continued to play in the bar
D．
he stopped playing the piano
(3)
The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"
[ ]
A．
fail to realize
B．
forget to use
C．
try to develop
D．
manage to show
(4)
From the story we know if you have some talent, you should ________．
[ ]
A．
hide it and wait
B．
ask others for help
C．
pay no attention to it
D．
work hard to improve yourself
(5)
Which could be the best title(标题)for the passage?
[ ]
A．
Sing in the Bar
B．
Achieve Success in Life
C．
Never Lose Heart
D．
Find Your Hidden Talent
阅读理解
Nat lived in a small town in England．He always stayed in England for his vacation, but last year he thought, “I’m never outside this country．All my friends go to Spain, and they like it very much．So this year I’m going there, too．”
First he went to Madrid(马德里)and stayed in a small hotel for a few days．On the first morning he went out for a walk．In England people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right．Nat forgot about this and when he was crossing a busy street, a bike knocked(撞)him down．
Nat lay(躺)on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said,
“Where am I?”
An old man was selling maps at the side of the street, and he at once came to Nat and said, “Map of the city, sir?”
(1)
Nat always spent his vacation __________．
[ ]
A．
in Madrid
B．
in Spain
C．
outside his country
D．
in England
(2)
One year, Nat went to __________．
[ ]
A．
England
B．
London
C．
Spain
D．
America
(3)
The exact(准确)Chinese word for “busy” in this story may be “__________”．
[ ]
A．
忙碌的
B．
紧张的
C．
热闹的
D．
热烈的
(4)
“Map of the city, sir?” means “__________”．
[ ]
A．
Do you have a map of the city
B．
Show me a map of the city, please
C．
Do you want to buy a map of the city, sir?
D．
Do you want to have a look at the map of the city
(5)
The end(结尾)of the story is __________．
[ ]
A．
sad
B．
happy
C．
interesting
D．
boring
阅读理解
Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧)．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．
“I don't sing,” said the man．
But the lady told the waiter, “I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!”
The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”
So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent (天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．
You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent．
(1)
The lady asked the player to sing a song because ________．
[ ]
A．
she paid him much money
B．
she knew him very well
C．
she wanted to have a change
D．
she enjoyed his singing
(2)
Nat King Cole succeeded because ________．
[ ]
A．
the lady found his talent and trained him
B．
he caught the chance and worked hard
C．
he continued to play the piano in the bar
D．
he went to school to improve singing skills
(3)
The words “sit on” in Paragraph 6 probably mean ________．
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