For about three years now, I have been writing poetry. It was not until my junior year in high school that I developed an interest, love and skill for writing poetry.
Back in elementary school, I loved to write stories. I would write stories on post-it notes and anywhere I could. Yet when I had to write a limerick(五行打油詩) for an assignment, I could not wrap my head around poetry. I had a very hard time figuring out how to rhyme words and have the words make sense. I eventually tossed the paper with the attempted limerick in the trash. I did not try my hand at poetry again until several years later.
Many years later in my freshman year of high school, my English teacher gave my class a poetry project as an assignment. I still remember my limerick assignment and was afraid of doing the poetry project. For the project, we had to analyze a poem and write a response to it. I chose to respond to Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice. I also wrote my own poem first. I became really excited when writing the poem.
Two years later, I started writing poetry as a hobby and for fun. To learn how good or bad my poems were, I handed them in to some magazines and contests. I won second place in the North Carolina Poetry Society’s Sherry Pruitt Award Contest with a poem called The Ocean, and had my two poems published as high merit(優(yōu)等) poems. I have continued to write poetry, and have even self-published three collections of poetry in both print and e-book formats, which can be found at my store on Lulu.
Now, I love writing poetry, but I don’t hate writing short stories. I just find it more difficult and not my style of writing, even though I still write short stories occasionally.
小題1:When the author was a pupil, he ___________.
A.liked writing stories
B.was good at writing poetry
C.could understand poetry well
D.was often praised by his teacher
小題2:When given the poetry project in high school, the author was___________.
A.excitedB.a(chǎn)nnoyedC.confidentD.worried
小題3:The author took up writing poetry as a hobby when he____________.
A.was in Grade Three in high school
B.worked as a storekeeper
C.was in Grade One in high school
D.was at college
小題4:How did the author increase his confidence in writing poetry?
A.He wrote a lot of poems and asked advice from his teacher.
B.He published three collections of poetry by himself.
C.He submitted his poems to magazines and contests.
D.He gave up writing stories and only wrote poetry.

小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:C
本文作者敘述了自己寫詩的經(jīng)歷。
小題1: A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Back in elementary school, I loved to write stories可知,答案為A。
小題1: D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段I still remember my limerick assignment and was afraid of doing the poetry project可推斷,答案為D。
小題1:A。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Many years later in my freshman year of high school … 和第四段Two years later, I started writing poetry as a hobby and for fun可推斷,答案為A。
小題1:C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段To learn how good or bad my poems were, I handed them in to some magazines and contests可知,答案為C。
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