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When a thought has found words

Poetry (诗歌)is the forgotten child of literature. Few people read it for pleasure. In Western high schools, poetry is s 1.taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students.

In China, however, poetry is s2. an important part of the curriculum (课程). Recently, the Ministry of Education has i3.the number of old 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 c4.. It is a path to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are c5. 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 w6.and bring us self-understanding.

Poems can also express beauty. In a few short 17. 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, fog does move smoothly, silently and like a cat, and Sandberg c8. that feeling and image (形象),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 a9.poetry, like Homer's Epics (《荷马史诗》)and China's Book of Songs (《诗经》),was spoken for hundreds of years before it was w10.. The American poet Robert Frost said, "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."

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Library Cards are free to all citizens in California. They allow you to borrow books, magazines, CDs and DVDs from our library. They also allow you to use the computers at the library.

Click here to ask for a Card

You must show your photo ID in person at the library.

You must be present to receive a Card or renew an expired (过期的) Card. Library Cards will expire in four years.

You can change your address, phone number and email online.

Tell us at once if your Card is lost or stolen. You are responsible for all items checked out on your Card.

Cards for kids and teens

On the cards, the name of a parent is needed for children (aged 13 and under). The parent must also provide a photo ID. Teens (aged 14 to 17) use the same way. However, teens who already have their own photo IDs can borrow books without a parent's name on them.

Borrowing items

A Library Card allows you to borrow 25 items at most. You can keep each borrowed item for no more than 60 days.

The library has a fine for items not returned within 60 days. The fine for books and magazines is $1.00 each a day. The fine for CDs and DVDs is $ 2. 00 each a day.

The library has an extra cost for items that are damaged. The borrower will pay the price of the item.

1.What can we infer from the "Click here to ask for a Card" part?

A.You must go to the library with your parent.

B.You can ask your friends to get the card for you.

C.You can change your phone number left on your Card.

D.You may send your photo ID to the library.

2.Who doesn't need to have a parent’s name on the Card?

A.10-year-old Tim. B.13-year-old Joe.

C.14-year-old Andy, with a photo ID. D.16-year-old Ted, without a photo ID.

3.Which of the following is WRONG according to the information?

A.You will be fined if you don't return your borrow items after expiring.

B.You should return each of your borrowed items within two months,

C.You can use your Library Card to borrow 25 items at most.

D.If you damage your borrowed items you have to pay the double price of them.

Everybody knows that Earth spins from west to east. That is to say, it appears to be turning counterclockwise (逆时针) rapidly when viewed from above the North Pole. But what if Earth started spinning the other way?

Scientists from Germany have made a computer simulation in which Earth spins in the opposite direction—clockwise when viewed from above the North Pole. This showed them some interesting things about the weather and geography on Earth, Live Science reported.

As Earth spins in a counterclockwise direction, it shapes certain ocean currents(洋流). The direction of ocean currents, together with winds, produces different weathers around the globe. But a backward spin changes the ocean currents and winds. Western areas of the lands on Earth cool down as the eastern parts warm up. Winters become even colder in northwestern Europe, while eastern Russia becomes warmer than before. Rain no longer falls on the planet's wettest places.

Another result of a backward spin is that Earth becomes greener. Scientists found that global desert(沙漠) areas reduce from 42 million square kilometers to 31 million square kilometers. This may have something to do with the changing weather. Therefore, you can see rich green landscapes from Central Africa to the Middle East, which are mostly covered with deserts now. More surprisingly, the Sahara Desert becomes an oasis.

However, deserts don't disappear. They just appear in some places in which they never appeared before. Deserts would cover North America, where countries like the United States and Canada lie. Sand dunes would replace the Amazon rainforest in South America.

A backward spin would keep the main features of Earth's geography, such as the size, shapes and positions of lands and oceans. But it would change the interactions between circulating air, ocean and geography lead scientist Florian Ziemen told Live Science.

1.Which of the following sentences can be put in the blank of Paragraph 3?

A.Anyway deserts cover the planet. B.Therefore, the weather is different.

C.However the positions of oceans changes. D.Surprisingly the area of lands is larger.

2.The underlined word "oasis" in Paragraph 4 means________.

A.a place in a desert where there is sand and stones all over

B.a rich land in a desert where the water table is near the surface

C.a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land or an ocean

D.a large smooth area which is over 500 metres above the sea level

3.What would a backward spin bring to Earth?

A.The direction of ocean currents and winds would be different.

B.Rain would no longer fall on western areas of the lands on Earth.

C.Deserts would become larger and cover the planet's wettest places.

D.The size, shapes and positions of lands and oceans would be changed.

4.The passage is most probably taken from a magazine on ________.

A.history B.travel C.entertainment D.geography

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