限时训练(十五)Ⅰ.阅读理解A话题：学习诗歌难度：★★IbeganwritingpoemsfifteenyearsagowhileIwasincollege.OnedayIwasinthelibrary，workingonatermpaper，whenIcameacrossabookofcontemporarypoetry.Idon’trememberthetitleofthebookoranyofthetitlesofthepoemsexceptone:“Frankenstein’sDaughter.”Thepoemwaswild，almostrude，andnothingliketherhyme-and-meterpoetryIhadreadinhighschool.Ihadalwaysthoughtthatpoetrywasflowerywritingaboutsunsetsandwalksonthebeach，butthatlibrarybookcontaineddirectandsometimesshockingpoetryaboutdogs，junkedcars，rundownhouses，andTVs.Icheckedthebookout，curioustoreadmore.Soonafterward，Istartedfillinganotebookwithmyownpoems.AtfirstIwasscared，partlybecausemypoetryteacher，towhomthisbookiswritten，wasaseriousandstrictmanwhocouldseetheerrorsinmypoems.Also，Irealizedtheseriousnessofmydevotion.Igaveupgeographytostudypoetry，whichagoodmanyfriendssaidofferednofuture.IignoredthembecauseIlikedworkingwithwords，usingthemtoreconstructthepast，whichhasalwaysbeenasourceofpoetryforme.WhenIfirststudiedpoetry，Iwassingle-minded.Iwoketopoetryandwenttobedwithpoetry.ImemorizedpoemsandreadEnglishpoetsbecauseIwastoldtheywouldhelpshapemypoems，andIreadclassicalChinesepoetrybecauseIwastoldthatitwouldaddclaritytomywork.ButIwasmosttakenbytheSpanishandLatinAmericanpoets，particularlyPabloNeruda.Myfavoritesofhisweretheodes-long，short-linedpoemscelebratingcommonthingsliketomatoes，socksandscissors.IfeltjoyfulwhenIreadtheseodes，andwhenIbegantowritemyownpoems，Itriedtoremainfaithfultothecommonthingsofmychildhood—dogs，alleys(小巷)，mybaseballmitt(手套)andthefruitofthevalley，especiallytheorange.Iwantedtogivethesethingslife，towritesowellthatmypoemswouldexpresstheirbeauty.Ialsoadmiredourowncountry’spoetry.Isawthatourpoetsoftenwroteaboutplaceswheretheygrewuporplacesthatimpressedthemdeeply.JamesWrightwroteaboutOhioandWestVirginia，PhilipLevineaboutDetroit，GarySnyderabouttheSierraNevadasandaboutJapan，whereforyearshestudiedZenBuddhism(禅宗佛教).IdecidedtowriteabouttheSanJoaquinValley，wheremyhometown，Fresno，islocated.Someofmypoemsareabsoluteobservationsandimagesofnature—theorangeyards，theKingsRiver，theSequoias(红杉).Ifellinlovewiththevalley，bothitsuglinessanditsbeauty，andquietlywrotepoemsaboutittosharewithothers.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文，作者从图书馆看到一本新的诗歌引入话题，详细介绍了自己学习诗歌的经历以及自己所喜欢的一些诗人和诗歌。1.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?A.Theauthor’sexperienceswithpoetry.B.Theauthor’smethodofwritingpoetry.C.Theauthor’sappreciationofpoetry.D.Theauthor’sinterestinstudyingpoetry.答案A解析主旨大意题。本文是一篇记叙文，作者从第一段中在图书馆看到一本新的诗歌引入话题，详细介绍了自己学习诗歌的经历以及自己所喜欢的一些诗人和诗歌。并没有涉及作者的写诗手法、对诗歌的欣赏等，故A项正确。2.Fromthefirstparagraph，wecanlearnthat.A.“Frankenstein’sDaughter”wasaflowerypoetryB.theauthorwasabletomemorizemostpoemshereadC.theauthorbegantogetincontactwithpoetryofdifferentstylesD.theauthorwascurioustoreadmoreofrhyme-and-meterpoetry答案C解析推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Thepoemwaswild，almostrude，andnothingliketherhyme-and-meterpoetryIhadreadinhighschool.”及最后一句“Icheckedthebookout，curioustoreadmore.”可知作者开始接触不同类型的诗歌了，故C项正确。3.Whichofthefollowingwouldtheauthormostprobablywriteaboutinhispoem?A.Movinglovestoriesinhistory.B.Observationsofclassic...
