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1、阅读理解
Despite its short history, there is a lot of good English poetry around. The earliest English poetry was written in a kind of English that is now difficult to understand. Modern English started around the time of William Shakespeare, towards the end of the 16th century. The 17th century was a great time for English poetry. Shakespeare is famous for his plays. His sonnets, however, belong to the best English poetry. In the next generation of great English poets, we met John Donne. Chinese readers admire his works because of his use of surprising images that reminds them of the works of poets such as Su Dongpo. Before the end of the century, there was another famous writer, John Milton. Once published, his works became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line. In the 18th century, it was Alexander Pope who wrote the finest poetry in England.
The next period that produced a great number of fine poets was the 19th century. Greatly loved in China were the English romantic poets. The style and atmosphere in poems by William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron and John Keats have often led us to think of some poets such as Du Fu and Li Bai.
Finally, modern poets have their special attraction because they stand closest to us both in the language and images they use. Among them we find American poet Robert Frost.
The introduction of English poetry to China came late. Towards the end of the 19th century, Chinese writers started reading more foreign poetry. The great moment for European literature to come to China was between 1910 and the late 1930s when famous writers such as Lu Xun and Guo Moruo translated both poetry and novels from English into Chinese.
(1)、What does the text mainly talk about?A、The beauty of English poetry. B、The history of English poetry. C、The development of foreign poetry. D、The importance of poetry appreciation.(2)、What can we learn from paragraph 1?A、English poetry has a long history. B、Modern English started in the 17th century. C、John Milton was famous for the use of rhymes. D、John Donne's writing skill is similar to Su Dongpo's.(3)、How is the text mainly organised?A、By the order of time. B、By the order of space. C、By the importance of the events. D、By the similarity between the events.(4)、Why are modern poets especially popular with us?A、Their poems are the finest. B、They have the same lifestyles as us. C、We can understand their poems better. D、They are good at advertising their works. -
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The sofa is a little expensive, but in fact .
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3、 我爸爸过去常常坐在沙发上看报纸。
My father used to sit on the sofa, .
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4、 专家们正在努力弄清楚为什么很多青少年和父母交流有困难。
The experts are trying to find out many teenagers have trouble communicating with their parents.
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I am , for I have passed the driving test.
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6、 舞蹈表达了爱与恨,喜与悲,生与死,以及其他介于两者之间的一切。
Dance expresses love and hate, , life and death, and everything else in between.
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7、 A medical team (consist) of five doctors was sent to the disaster area.
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8、 This is one of the reasons the city attaches great importance to hosting the summit this year.
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9、 We would never forget the (sorrow) looks of the survivors of the earthquake.
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10、 The manager's behaviour was completely beyond (comprehend), so everyone present felt confused.
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11、 In the TV show, the comments made by the comedy master are just the point.
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15、 "The day starts dawn on my farm," he said.
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17、 I worked in a village school for a whole year and had my life totally .
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19、 Jerry is an (业余爱好者) who dances because he likes it.
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