People seldom feel neutral (中立的) about poetry. Those who love it some?times give the impression that it is a satisfactory substitute for food* shelter and love. It isn't. Words,no matter how satisfying,are never an equivalent (等价物) of life itself and human experiences. Those who dislike poetry sometimes say,on the other hand,that poetry is only words and good for nothing. That's not true either. It is easy to become prevented by words―in poetry or in life— but when words represent and recreate true human feelings,as they often do in poetry,they can be very important.

  Poetry is,in fact,more than just words. It is an experience of words,and those who know how to read poetry can easily extend their experience of life,their sense of what other people are like,their awareness of themselves,and their range of human feelings. One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings. Poetry is often full of ideas,too,and sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the mind,but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems pro?vide,in fact,a language for feeling,and one of poetry's most insistent merits (优点) involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone,for example,put into words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone one cares about?

  Poetry tries,and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can be said to express all the things that love or death feels like,or means* but one of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, "Yes,that is just what it is like. I know exactly what that line means but I've never been able to express it so well. ” Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief (忧伤) or joy.

1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means that       .

   A. few people think that poetry is neutral

   B. people always differ in their views about poetry

   C. people rarely take an opinion about poetry

   D. people generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless

2. The author suggests that      .

   A. poetry tends to make the reader disappointed

   B. poetry makes its readers satisfied

   C. poetry is more important than words

   D. poetry often captures real human feelings

3. According to the author,poetry       .

   A. is more than just words

   B. is the poets' feelings about words

   C. is anything but patterns of lines

   D. is an experiment on the use of words

4. Poetry tries to express       .

   A. what love and death mean

   B. what people think about themselves

   C. what people feel but find it hard to describe

   D. how people go through life

  One cold night,I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home around one o'clock in the morning after a 1       practice at the the?atre. With the opening night only a week away,I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having 2        han?dling my parttime job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked,I thought seriously about 3        both acting and San Francisco. I had 4        too much of the city life.

  As I walked down the 5        streets under the tall buildings,I felt very small and cold,so I began 6        both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out 7          a few homeless people under blankets.

  About a block from my 8       ,I heard a sound be?hind me. I 9       quickly,half expecting to see some?one with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining street light. Still,the noise had made me 10        so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I 11        what the noise had been. It had been my wallet 12        to the sidewalk.

  Suddenly I wasn't cold or tired any more. I ran out of the door and back to where I'd heard the noise. Al?though I searched the sidewalk 13        for 15 minutes,my wallet was 14        to be found.

  Just as I was about to quit the 15       ,I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to 16        When a voice came from the inside, "Alisa Camcho?" I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde man with an 17        look in his eyes. "Is this 18        you're looking for?" He asked,holding up something like a wallet.

  Finally,I got my wallet back.   I also got back some 19        of city life. I realized the city couldn't be a bad place as soon as people were willing to 20        each other.

1. A. comfortable   B. serious   C. tiresome   D. fortunate

2. A. comfort   B. desire   C. pain   D. trouble

3. A. setting up   B. giving up   C. holding up   D. picking up

4. A. expected   B. changed   C. controlled   D. possessed

5. A. deserted   B. crowded   C. blank   D. narrow

6. A. running   B. jumping   C. moving   D. marching

7. A. towards   B. except   C. including   D. between

8. A. bank   B. theatre   C. apartment   D. office

9. A. stood   B. walked   C. turned   D. left

10. A. satisfied   B. confused   C. frightened   D. annoyed

11. A. turn out   B. figure out   C. give out   D. pull out

12. A. belonging   B. adding   C. sticking   D. falling

13. A. gratefully   B. anxiously   C. skilfully   D. delightedly

14. A. nowhere   B. anywhere   C. everywhere   D. somewhere

15. A. instruction   B. training   C. search   D. acting

16. A. it   B. him   C. someone   D. me

17. A. amused   B. unpleasant   C. uneasy   D. embarrassed

18. A. what   B. who

  C. whichever   D. whomever

19. A. production   B. judgment

  C. friendship   D. appreciation

20. A. expect   B. help   C. share   D. love 

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