Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词．注意：每个空格里只填一个单词．

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schools， poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students．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 still an important part of the curriculum（课程）． Recently， the Ministry of Education has increased the number of ancient Chinese poems for students to memorize and recite， from 14to Why is it important to learn poems？

First of all， poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture． It is a path to understanding your history and your society． It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are common 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 words and bring us self-understanding．

Poems can also express beauty． In a few short lines， 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 catches 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 ancient poetry， like Homer's Epics（《荷马史诗》） and China's Book of Songs， was spoken for hundreds of years before it was written．

The American poet Robert Frost said， "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words．" You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems to learn!

Title：When a thought has found words
Passage outline	Detailed information
In the West	Most people think poetry is【1】from the life of today's students
China's recent action	Students must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems
【2】 for learning poetry	◇Learning poems helps you 【3】 history and society ◇Poems help express your personal thoughts and feelings ◇Poems can express beauty of 【4】things with very few lines
Atip on enjoying poetry	【5】aloud is the best way to enjoy poetry． In tact， many ancient poems were spoken before they were written
Conclusion	Chinese students should feel lucky to have 72poems to learn!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】different

【2】Reasons

【3】understand

【4】common

【5】Reading

【解析】

这篇短文讲述了诗歌对于学生们的重要性，学习诗歌对学生们是非常有用的，尤其在中国，教育部已经增加了学生们应该背诵的古诗词的数量。

【1】根据短文中In Western high schools， poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students可知，在西方的中学里，诗歌很少被教授，因为它被认为是过时的，与现在学生们的生活没有什么关系。再结合空前后可知，这里考查的是短语be different from…与…不同，故应填different。

【2】根据短文中Why is it important to learn poems和表格后面对应的内容可知，这里介绍的是学习诗歌的原因。故这里应填Reasons，复数形式。

【3】根据短文中First of all， poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture． It is a path to understanding your history and your society可知，诗歌可以帮助学生理解历史和社会。题目中使用了句型help sb. do sth.帮助某人做某事，因此这里填动词原形understand。

【4】根据短文中Poems can also express beauty． In a few short lines， even something common can become beautiful诗歌可以用来表达常见事物的美。由此可知这里应填common，普遍的，常见的。

【5】根据短文中Of course， to really enjoy poetry， it has to be read aloud可知，大声朗读诗歌是享受诗歌最好的办法。这个空是该句的主语，故应填动名词形式Reading。

这篇短文中作者阐述了诗歌的重要性以及中国的学生们学习诗歌的情况。短文中心明确，主题突出，文章内容贴近学生们的日常生活，比较容易理解。题型是任务型阅读，要求根据文意整理信息，完成表格。做题时，应先通读短文，了解文章的大意；然后观察表格，这张表格其实是对文章结构和细节的一个归纳和概括；根据题目中的提示词定位到原文，搜索有用信息作答。需要注意的是题目中的句子与原文的表达可能使用了不同的结构和句型，因此要注意变化单词的正确形式。例如第3小题，由题目中express beauty可以定位到短文中First of all， poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture． It is a path to understanding your history and your society这句话，诗歌可以帮助学生理解历史和社会，原文understanding是动名词形式，而在题目中使用了句型help sb. do sth.帮助某人做某事，因此这里填动词原形understand。