Frederic Chopin was born in March 1810 near Warsaw in Poland(波兰). He was one of the greatest musicians in the world. In 1831, he went to Paris. No people but he could play the piano very well. At that time, people in Paris liked the Hungarian (匈牙利的) pianist(钢琴家)Franz Liszt.

One night, at a concert, Liszt went to the piano and people shouted. As all the lights in the concert were turned off, a wonderful piano concert started. The music was so good that the listeners were all greatly interested. They kept praising (不停地赞扬) the pianist and thought that Liszt had reached something new in playing the piano.

Suddenly, all the lights were turned on again as the music came to an end. And there stood a young man instead of the famous Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.

Liszt planned all this. As the lights went out, Liszt left his chair and let Chopin take his place. So with the help of Liszt and his own talent (天赋), Chopin soon became famous.

1.Chopin was _______.

A.the greatest musician in the world B.a famous Polish pianist

C.a famous Paris pianist D.one of the greatest musicians in Hungary

2.The wonderful piano concert started _______.

A.after all the lights were turned on B.when Liszt sat down at the piano

C.after the lights were turned off D.when Chopin went to the piano

3.When the music came to an end, _______.

A.Liszt stood at the piano B.all the lights were turned off again

C.Chopin stood at the piano D.people went out of the hall

4.Chopin became famous _______.

A.before he came to the concert B.because he was a student of Liszt’s

C.because people in Paris liked him very much D.since he played so well at the concert

5.From the story we know _______.

A.Chopin could be famous because of his own talent and the help from Liszt

B.Liszt planned to make Chopin famous

C.Liszt was Chopin’s teacher

D.one could be famous only with the help of a famous pianist

When asked about poetry, most people will say that a poem is a text that has rhythm(节奏) and rhyme押韵). Famous are the lines by William Blake, which have clear rhythm and rhyme.

Other people will add that poems must have a certain form, with a fixed(固定的)number of lines, such as a sonnet(十四行诗). With rhyme, most people mean the rhyme of sound of words at the end of the lines. It is also true that much of the classical(古典的)poetry that we have looks like that. John Milton was one of the first poets who started writing poems without rhyme at the end of the lines. He wrote other poems too, though he is famous for his long poems without rhyme. This style of poetry became known____ free verse(自由诗 ). It was not until the twentieth century that modem poetry was really developed. Modem poets wanted to break all the traditional forms of poetry. One of the characteristics(特征)of modern poetry is that it usually does not have rhyme at the end of a line, and it is also often about common topics(主题).

In China, free verse was known and used much earlier. The Unhappy official(《悲哉行》)by Bai Juyi is an example of a poem written in free verse.

第1小题完成句子; 第2~3小题简略回答问题; 第4小题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上; 第5小题将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。

1.Most people think that a poem is a text that has_______________________________________________.

2.What is John Milton famous for?

________________________________________________________________________________________.

3.What is the characteristic of modem poetry?

________________________________________________________________________________________.

4.______________________________________________________________________________________.

5.______________________________________________________________________________________.

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