Question

Perhaps the most challenging material you read at school is poetry. Though the message of some poems may be very simple, the way poets put words together often makes this message elusive. When you read a poem, you should begin by trying to understand what the poet is saying on the surface, then examine the way the poet expresses this content, and finally decide how the poem's meaning is created. Here are some steps to read a poem.

First, read the poem once slowly aloud without writing or marking anything. Don't stop until you finish the poem, even if you don't know the meaning or pronunciation of a word. When you've finished, think it over for a moment on any words, images, and characters that caught your attention. Then read the poem again silently. When you come to a word you don't know, look it up in the dictionary.

Understand the meaning of figurative (比喻的)language. Figurative language doesn't mean exactly what it says; instead, it suggests meanings. For example, in the line “Love, all alike, no season knows”, the poet doesn't mean love is unfamiliar with four seasons. Love cannot know anything at all; only people can know something. Thus, the poet is personifying(擬人化) love, giving it human qualities.

Examine and think about the poet's use of language. Why, for example, did the poet choose to compare his love to a red rose instead of a tree or a bird? We can use associations: we usually associate roses with beauty and love, but we also know a rose bush has thorns (刺). All of these associations may not be right for a particular poem, but many of them probably will.

Finally, read the poem one more time aloud.Practice using pauses and stress to make the poem's meaning come alive.

1.The underlined word “elusive” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”．

A．easy B. interesting

C．difficult D. boring

2.What should we put on the first place when reading a poem?

A．The form of the poem.

B．The content of the poem.

C．The meaning of the poem.

D．The language of the poem.

3.When reading a poem for the first time, we should________．

A．try to understand new words

B．examine the poem's language

C．try to understand its meaning well

D．a(chǎn)void being stopped by new words

4.We can learn from the passage that figurative language________．

A．is useful in expressing love

B．helps us understand new ideas

C．is easy for most readers to understand

D．should be repeated while reading a poem

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文，介紹閱讀詩歌的步驟。

1.C詞義猜測題。畫線詞所在句中的Though暗示前后兩個分句之間為轉(zhuǎn)折關系。根據(jù)前半句中的fairly simple可知，后半句中說明的是：詩的寫作形式常常使理解詩歌變得困難，故選difficult。，故選C。

2.B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句When you read a poem, you should begin by trying to understand what the poet is saying on the surface可知，讀詩的時候應該將理解詩的內(nèi)容放在首位. 可知選B。

3.D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段前兩句可知，在讀第一遍的時候，我們不應該因生詞的影響而停下來，而是要將整首詩讀完，故選D。

4. 推理判斷題。文章第三段提到Figurative language doesn't mean exactly what it says; instead, it suggests meanings.由此判斷詩歌中的比喻詞句不僅表達字面意思，還隱含著深層的意義。由此可推知，這些比喻有助于讀者理解詩歌的含義。故選B。

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