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Task 1

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.

Her poems described conditions among the poor， racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.

In her early poetry， Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems， the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics (评论家)praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.

In 1950， Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She won the prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen， which is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter， wife and mother. She experiences loneliness，loss， death and being poor. Ms Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.

Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha. It received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.

In some of her poems， Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem， Corners on the Curving Sky.

By the end of the 1960s， Gwendolyn Brooks's poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.

1. What does the text mainly talk about?

A. The life of Gwendolyn Brooks.

B. The struggles of black women.

C. The understanding about black culture.

D. The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.

2. What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph?

A. She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women.

B. She was good at using the language of poetry.

C. Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.

D. Her poems were mainly about the African experience.

3. How does the author mainly develop the text?

A. By providing examples. B. By using statistics.

C. By comparing opinions. D. By describing her experiences.

4. What would the author most probably talk about in the following part?

A. The difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks would meet.

B. The poems related to political issues.

C. The awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained.

D. The racial inequality the black had to face.

Task 2

Poetry is one of the most difficult and demanding literary works to understand.__1__To effectively analyze a poem， you must learn what to look for and where to find it. By following these steps you can begin to get close to the mysterious world of poetry.

Read the poem several times. Multiple readings are required in order to grasp the poem's theme and emotion. Often， reading it aloud will help you recognize how the grammar and form function as well as feel the emotion it is intended to evoke.

Note any words or phrases you do not understand in the poem， including in the title， and use a dictionary to look them up. It is necessary to know the meaning of every word used in the work.___2___

Establish the dramatic situation of the poem by determining who the speaker is， where the poem takes place and what actually happens during the work.__3__It helps you recognize the point of view， imagery and dramatic element necessary to analyze the poem's meaning.

Study the poem line by line noting the style. A good poetry book such as The Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver or a Web site like Purdue University's Online Writing Lab will help you recognize technical form such as meter， rhyme， and pattern.

Understand sensory （感觉的） images and objects by analyzing what they signify， or the emotion they evoke.__4__Brainstorm what these things mean and how they make you feel to help discover the theme and tone of the poem.

___5__A poet creates his work by combining words， images and emotions to convey a point.Once you have now broken them down individually， you can see how they work together to convey a central message or theme.

A. Poets often choose them carefully.

B. Connect to the author and time period.

C. Understanding these things will be helpful.

D. When a poem is experienced from several angles， the deeper meaning is revealed.

E. Determine the meaning of the poem by putting all of the previous elements together.

F. Poems vary in length， style， theme and form and require a sharp eye to draw out their meaning.

G. Sometimes this images may be a single object like a rose or an active image like a funeral procession.

Task 3

Poems can make you feel emotions， like anger or sadness， depending on the words and how they are put together. That is the__1__of poetry.

Poetry__2__even before humans knew how to read and write， dating back to around 3000 BC.Some of the earliest poetry was ___3__or sung， and was used as a way to record and pass down historical and religious stories and cultural__4__from one generation to the next. Since writing was not ___5__then， certain sounds and rhymes were used to make these stories ___6__and therefore，memorable.

Ancient poetry was mainly of three types. The first was an epic (史诗) or a long narrative poetry usually about a(n) ___7__event. The second type was lyric(抒情的) poetry or poetry that ___8___personal and emotional feelings. Finally there was dramatic poetry or stories written in verse and usually__9__like Greek tragedies and Shakespeare's plays.

The__10__of the printing press (印刷机) in the 15th century brought poetry to common men with its daily subjects. This was__11__by several major literary periods， during which poetry__12__dramatic changes. It started with the European Renaissance period from the 14th to the 16th century，which first helped poetry and poets like Shakespeare and Sir Walter Raleigh become__13__.

The Romantic period saw__14__poems that expressed a poet's joys， hopes， and sorrows__15___a conversational tone. Then came the Victorian era， which saw the__16__of structured poems and the birth of modern“__17__verse” poetry. American poet Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is__18___to be the first example of free verse poetry.

Modern poetry is a__19__of all of these styles. We still see rhyming in children's poems and in the popular African American styles of hip hop and rap music， which are a__20__of rhymed poetry put to a musical beat.

1. A. style B. power C. tone D. basis

2. A. existed B. survived C. worked D. mattered

3. A. published B. copied C. analyzed D. recited

4. A. differences B. influences C. traditions D. origins

5. A. practiced B. invented C. created D. required

6. A. mysterious B. interesting C. complex D. difficult

7. A. typical B. abstract C. romantic D. historical

8. A. expressed B. covered C. avoided D. limited

9. A. sorted out B. blocked out C. acted out D. watched out

10. A. benefit B. invention C. advantage D. science

11. A. divided B. identified C. contributed D. followed

12. A. went through B. got over C. gave up D. took out

13. A. public B. particular C. popular D. perfect

14. A. excellent B. personal C. specific D. sensitive

15. A. with B. at C. on D. in

16. A. end B. start C. strength D. source

17. A. simple B. short C. oral D. free

18. A. referred B. considered C. chose D. treated

19. A. concept B. combination C. variety D. number

20. A. form B. performance C. change D. result

Task 4

Ⅰ. 语法填空

When We Two Parted is a poem about love. This poem 1._______ （write） by British Romanticist Byron. It seems to contain a power 2._________ （touch） the most tender part of people's inner heart. It is said that the young Byron once had romances with several women， many of 3.________（they）married. This idea is furthered in the poem and forbidden love appears in several of Byron's poems.4.________（actual）， evidence shows the poem is about Lady Frances Webster， whom Byron didn't get because she was married； but within a year it was reported that she was having an affair with someone else， 5._______made Byron feel cheated.

The poem 6._______（contain） four octaves（八度音阶）. The simplicity of sentence rightly produces an effect of separation. It expresses the sorrow of 7.________ gentle man who is betrayed by his lover. It seems to have one thousand kinds of feelings like love， sadness， love sickness， hatred and abandonment. All these delicate 8._________ （emotion） are within the short poem. He expresses his passionate feeling 9. _______a frank and sad way. A story seems to be told that a couple share a secret relationship and is forced to separate for a period of time. If he should meet his beloved again，he will greet her with 10.________（silent） and tears. Furthermore， the poem also expresses the poet's desire for true life of loyalty.

Ⅱ. 书面表达

假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。 请你写一封邮件告知下次上课的计划。

内容包括：

1. 时间和地点；

2. 内容为学习唐诗；

3. 课前准备为简要了解唐朝的历史。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Leslie，

Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

Task 5

读后续写（选做）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。

In order to collect funds for charitable donation， my sister's school was going to organise a concert. One of the performances was a short drama called Christmas Eve． When the notice was announced， my sister went to register for the drama immediately because she was really passionate(热情的) about the role in the drama.

On the day when students were given their respective roles， my little sister came home without any expression， and her lips tightly closed.

“Are you chosen?” we asked her carefully， trying not to hurt her feelings.

“Yes，” she said a word only. “Then why are you unhappy?” I asked.

“It's because of my role！ ” she shouted angrily.

We all knew that Christmas Eve only had four characters： the father， the mother， the son and the daughter. “What is your role?”

“They asked me to play the role of the dog！ ” After saying that， my sister rushed upstairs，leaving us watching each other in silence. We did not know whether to congratulate her or to comfort her for her role as a dog. Dad talked to my sister after dinner， but we did not know what they had talked about.

Anyway， my sister did not quit the performance. She was active in each practice and rehearsal(排 练)． We were puzzled about what was there to practice in order to play the role of a dog. But my sister was really into the practice， and even bought protection cap for her knees， so that she would not feel the pain when she crawled(爬) on the stage. She also told us that the dog's name was Danger.

I noticed that every time when my sister was back from the rehearsal， her eyes shone excitedly. I did not know about the real meaning of her excitement until the day of the performance.

On the grand day itself， I opened the pamphlet and found my sister's name “Jane—Danger(Dog)”． I looked around， the hall was fully seated with many of my friends. I sat back quickly—it's not such an honour to have a sister who acted as a dog.Paragraph 1：

Luckily， the light faded out and the performance began.

Paragraph 2：

I heard some light laughs from the audience around me.