题目内容
B. wish
C. want
D. imagine
Edward Estlin Cummings was a poet well-known for how he wrote his poems He wrote his poems with capital (大写的) letters in the words . For example, the title of one of his poems is “The little horse is newlY” The “Y” is a capital letter. He also used “i” instead of “I” to refer to himself in the poems.
Edward was born on October14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Edward’s father was also named Edward. Young Edward’s mother was named Rebecca. She loved to spend time with her children. She also taught Edward Jr how to write poems. Edward’s sister was born 1896 and her name was Elizabeth. Edward’s father was the first professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He later became the minister of one of Boston’s respected churches. He was the one who taught his son to use his hands as well as his mind. Edward Jr used his hands to paint abstract art.
E.E.Cummings was a very smart boy. Edward was 12 when he became a freshman in high school. He loved circuses, ballets, music and amusement parks.
Edward graduated from Harvard in 1916. During World War I , he joined the army and was sent to France where he drove an ambulance. He and his friend from Harvard were arrested because people thought they were German spies. They were kept in one room where they slept , ate , talked and tried to deal with their fears and boredom. Edward wrote his first book, published in 1922, called The Enormous Room, based on his wartime experiences.
E.E.Cummings was a poet that made his own rules in poetry. He was one of the most popular poets of the 20th century.
【小题1】Which is a special feature of E.E.Cummings’ poems?
| A．Their titles are all written with capital letters. |
| B．A special capital letter is used in them to refer to the writer. |
| C．He used “Y” to refer to “you”. |
| D．He used letters in a special way in them |
| A．Edward’s schooling | B．Edward’s parents |
| C．Edward’s family | D．Edward’s childhood. |
| A．he went to France without permission | B．he looked like a Frenchman |
| C．he was thought to be German agent | D．he drove away a car that belonged to the army |
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| Ain’t What I Used to Be It has been said, "Be contented with what you have, but never too__1__with what you are." There is a story about a farmer who saw a tiger’s tail__2__between two large rocks.In a hu  rry, he seized the tail and__3__. All of a sudden he realized he had an angry tiger by the__4__and only two__5__stood between him and the tiger's teeth and claws! So there he remained, __6__to loosen his hold on the__7__ animal's tail in case he will surely be killed. A monk happened to go by and the farmer called out in__8__, "Come over here and help me.__9__ this tiger!" The monk said, "Oh, no. I cannot do that. I cannot take the__10__of another." Then he went on to deliver a long__11__against killing. All the while, the farmer was holding__12__to the tail of the angry tiger. When the monk finally finished his__13__, the farmer asked, "If you won't kill the tiger, then__14__ come and hold its tail while I kill it." The monk thought that perhaps, it would be all right to__15__hold the tiger's tail, so he__16__and pulled.The farmer, however, turned and walked away down the road. The monk__17__after him, "Come back here and kill the tiger!" "Oh, no," the farmer replied. "You have__18__me!" If the largest room in the world is "room for improvement", then it is good to leave__19__of room for change. A life of change! A life of growth! And always leaving room for__20__. It's the only way to live. | ||||
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