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Whitman was one of the most original and inspiring American poets, well known for his art and his role as a poet. He devoted himself to poetry praising the native American experience. As America’s first epic poem, Leaves of Grass ran nine editions with more than 400 poems all written in free forms, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. The tide implies rebirth, renewal, or green life. As Whitman once said, “Leaves of Grass was the outcropping of my own emotional and other personal nature - an attempt, from first to last, to put a person, a human being freely, fully and truly on record.”

For Whitman, science, democracy （民主） and spirituality （灵性） were the three things that underlay the structure of modern poetry. Whitman tried to combine the world of science, the democracy and the spiritual feeling of life into one, into his poetry. For Whitman, he poetic form should be free. Therefore, he threw aside the traditional form and had his own form. Both the form and content of his poems are revolutionary. With its frequent use of oral language and everyday events, his poem represented a turning point in the history of American poetry - poetry fashioned out of specially American experience in a clearly American idiom. Whitman’s unique poetic creation has developed a very significant tradition in American poetry.

In his poems, he celebrated new America rather than regretted it. He was against slavery, idolized （崇拜的） Lincoln, supported strikes, and combined the ideal of the common people and that of the ragged individual. 

1．Which is right?

      A．Whitman called on others to write poems like him

      B．Whitman praised the native rich Americans

      C．Whitman write poems to tell about the native American

      D．He wanted to become a great poet

2．_____ in Whitman’s poems.

      A．There are fixed beat and regular rhyme scheme

      B．We could see rebirth, renewal or green life

      C．We could only see science, wars and damage.

      D．There are not emotional nature

3．What does the words the ragged individual mean?

      A．the rich people                                     B．the poor people

      C．the poem writers                                  D．the American lawyers

CBB

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    In earlier days few people read Whiteman’s poems. One person who did read them was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was then a country lawyer. He loved the strength and honesty of Whiteman’s words. he often read them to visitors in his office. Whiteman didn’t know Lincoln, but he wrote a long article about slavery and presidency(总统的职权).Whiteman was against slavery. He wanted to see a new kind of president, not a professional politician(政客),but an ordinary working man. This man would be wise, healthy and middle-aged. He would have a beard. Whiteman didn’t know it, but he was describing and middle-aged. He would have a beard. Whiteman didn’t know it , but he was describing (描写)Lincoln. Before he was a lawyer, Lincoln worked with his hands. He was one of ordinary people. He was wise, healthy and middle-aged, and he had a beard. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

    In March 1865, Whiteman was in Washington too. Abraham Lincoln became president for the second time. Whiteman wanted to see the ceremony. The two men had never met, but they had seen each other. Washington was very hot in summer. Sometimes Lincoln went outside the city. He passed Whiteman’s house on the way. He and Whiteman often nodded to each other.

    Early in April the Civil War ended. But on April 13 someone shot President Lincoln, and on 14 Lincoln died. To Whiteman it was like the death of a friend. He loved Lincoln so much. He wrote a poem to express his feeling about the death of the President. It was one of his saddest and most beautiful poems.

1. What title should be given to the passage? _____________

[　　]

A. Lincoln and his friend

B. Whiteman and his friend

C. Whiteman and Lincoln

D. Two great friends

2. Lincoln liked to read Whiteman’s poems because ________.

[　　]

A. Whitman was one of the greatest poets in America

B. Lincoln loved literature, especially poems

C. both of them were good friends

D. of the strength and honesty of the poet’s words

3. Whitman wrote a long article about slavery _______.

[　　]

A. supporting keeping slaves

B. insisting on setting the slaves free

C. in order to please Lincoln

D. so as to make Lincoln angry

4. Lincoln and Whitman had not only seen each other, but ____________.

[　　]

A. they had talked to each other

B. they had discussed literature together

C. they had known each other well

D. they had written to each other

5. The poem in memory of Lincoln was one of Whiteman’　s_________________.

[　　]

A. most beautiful poems

B. longest poems

C. shortest poems

D. worst poems

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　　Whitman was one of the most original and inspiring American poets, well known for his art and his role as a poet．He devoted himself to poetry praising the native American experience．As America’s first epic poem, Leaves of Grass ran nine editions with more than 400 poems all written in free forms, that is, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme．The tide implies rebirth, renewal, or green life．As Whitman once said, “Leaves of Grass was the outcropping of my own emotional and other personal nature - an attempt, from first to last, to put a person, a human being freely, fully and truly on record．”

　　For Whitman, science, democracy(民主)and spirituality(灵性)were the three things that underlay the structure of modern poetry．Whitman tried to combine the world of science, the democracy and the spiritual feeling of life into one, into his poetry．For Whitman, the poetic form should be free．Therefore, he threw aside the traditional form and had his own form．Both the form and content of his poems are revolutionary．With its frequent use of oral language and everyday events, his poem represented a turning point in the history of American poetry - poetry fashioned out of specially American experience in a clearly American idiom．Whitman’s unique poetic creation has developed a very significant tradition in American poetry．

　　In his poems, he celebrated new America rather than regretted it．He was against slavery, idolized(崇拜的)Lincoln, supported strikes, and combined the ideal of the common people and that of the ragged individual．

(1)

Which is right?

[　　]

A．

Whitman called on others to write poems like him．

B．

Whitman praised the native rich Americans．

C．

Whitman write poems to tell about the native American experience．

D．

He wanted to become a great poet．

(2)

_________ in Whitman’s poems．

[　　]

A．

There are fixed beat and regular rhyme scheme．

B．

We could see rebirth, renewal or green life．

C．

We could only see science, wars and damage．

D．

There are not emotional nature．

(3)

What does the words the ragged individual mean?

[　　]

A．

the rich people

B．

the poor people

C．

the poem writers

D．

the American lawyers

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　　Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in New York City．During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world．Whitman was influenced by events around him．But his poetry speaks of the inner self．He celebrated great people like President Abraham Lincoln．He also celebrated common people．

　　As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter．He was thirty-six years old when his first book of poetry was published．He called it Leaves of Grass．It has only twelve poems．The poems are written in free verse．The lines do not follow any set form．Some lines are short and some are long．The word at the end of each line do not have a similar sound．They do not rhyme．

　　One of America's greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Grass．Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman's work．But most other poets and writers said nothing or denounced it．

　　The American Civil War began in 1861．During the war, Whitman worked without pay at army hospitals．He helped care for the wounded and dying soldiers．He sat beside these men for hours．He brought them food and wrote letters for them．After the Civil War, Whitman worked for government agencies．He watched the United States try to heal itself and increase democracy．

　　To Walt Whitman, democracy was more than a political system or idea．It was the natural form of government for free people．Whitman believed democracy was meant to honor the rights of every person and the equality of all people．

　　In 1873, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke．he spent the last few years of his life in Camden, New Jersey and wrote more poems．Whitman was poor and weak during the last few years of his life．He died in 1892．

(1)

Walt Whitman expressed his feelings by ________．

[　　]

A．

singing songs

B．

celebrating great people

C．

writing poems

D．

praising common people

(2)

Leaves of Grass was published in ________．

[　　]

A．

1855

B．

1819

C．

1861

D．

1873

(3)

The underlined sentence “But most other poets and writers said nothing or denounced it．”(in Paragraph3)is most likely to tell us that ________．

[　　]

A．

many great writers liked Whitman's poems very much

B．

a lot of people agreed with Emerson．

C．

many poets and writers thought ill of Whitman's poems

D．

few poets and writers didn't like talking to Whitman

(4)

It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that Whitman was ________．

[　　]

A．

a brave soldier

B．

a man of devotion

C．

an honest official

D．

a great politician

He was once referred to as the Picasso of poetry.Beloved by Chileans(智利人)of all classes，he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. And this year is the 100th birthday of Pablo Neruda(1940—1973)．

Born with the name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto，he was a tall，shy and lonely boy.He loved to read and started to write poetry when he was ten.The American poet Walt Whitman，whose framed picture Neruda later kept on his table，became a major influence(影响)on his work.

However，his father did not like the idea of having a poet for a son and tried to discourage him from writing.To cover up the publication of his first poem，he took the pen name Pablo Neruda.

In 1924 Neruda gained fame with his most widely read work “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair”．Yet his rich experience as a diplomat(外交官)and exile(流亡)made him go beyond the theme of love.His work also reflected the political struggle of the left and development of South America.He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.

Neruda loved the sea which he saw as creative(创造性的)and forever moving.He found inspiration(灵感)in the power and freedom of the waves and the seabirds on the coast.“I need the sea because it teaches me”，he wrote，“I move in the university of the waves.”He loved how the sea forever renewed itself，a renewal echoed(回映)in his work.

1．The underlined word “Picasso” can probably be replaced by “______”．

A．most important person　　　　　　　　 B．famous person from Picasso

C．freedom fighter in Picasso　　　　　 　D．poem fan

2．Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto took the pen name Pablo Neruda because______.

A．literary greats usually used the pen name

B．his father encourged him to use the name

C．he wanted to prevent his father knowing the publication

D．he was greatly influenced by other poets

3．Which of the following is NOT the theme of his works?

A．Love.　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Political struggle.

C．Social reform.　　　　　　　　 D．The development of South America.

4.The last paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A．the sea gave Neruda vast writing inspiration

B．the beautiful scenery along the Chile coast

C．Neruda’s poems were widely read overseas

D．Neruda loved to write his poems near the sea

5．Which is TRUE according to the text?

A．Young people especially love and respect Neruda.

B．The first collection of Neruda’s poems was published when he was ten.

C．Walt Whitman was Neruda’s most admired poet.

D．He became famous when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

 

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