Question

【题目】任务型阅读。
假设你们班级在开展英文文学作品阅读活动。请你阅读四则作品片断，在A、B、C、D中找到它们所表达的主题，并完成下面小题。

A. Friendship B. Choice C. Success D. Wish

（1）What Is Success —Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is success?
To laugh often and love much;
To win the respect of intelligent people;
And the affection of children;

（2）Forever Young —Bob Dylan
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true.
May you always do for others,
And let others do for you.
May you stay forever young.

（3）Follow Your Own Course —Neil Simon
Don't listen to those who say,
“It's not done that way.”
Maybe it's not, but maybe you will.
Don't listen to those who say,
“You're taking too big a chance.

（4）Friendship Is Like the Breez —Terri Fanning
Friendship is like the breeze.
You can't hold it,
Smell it,
Taste it,
Or know when it's coming.
（5）The above materials are _________________.
A.news
B.stories
C.ads
D.poems

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）D
（3）B
（4）

A

（5）D
【解析】这篇短文中列出的是一些文学作品，非常短小，每一篇都有自己的主题，如友谊、成功、年轻等等。
（1）这首诗歌的名字是What Is Success?成功是什么，整首诗是围绕成功的定义展开的，因此这首诗歌表达的主题是Success，故选C。
（2）根据这首诗歌的意思May your wishes all come true可知，它表达的是对永远年轻的一个愿望，这首诗歌中May you …是表示祝愿的，因此这首诗歌的主题是Wish，故选D。
（3）这首诗歌的题目是Follow Your Own Course，走自己的路，并且诗中还提到Don't listen to those who say，因此这首诗是告诉我们要有自己的选择，故选B。
（4）这首诗歌的名字是Friendship Is Like the Breeze友谊就像春风，显然它是以友谊为主题的，故应选A。
（5）根据上面这四篇短文的格式可知，他们篇幅都很短小，内容非常简单，是诗歌的形式，故应选D。