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Unit 5 Poems
单元话题语法填空练习
(2021春·广东深圳·高二校考阶段练习)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I entered senior high school, I began to take a great interest in poems. Some classmates made fun of me. ____1____ , I devoted all my free time to learning to write poems. One day, I presented one of my poems to my teacher, ____2____ opinion I wanted about whether or not the poem was any good. While he was scanning the lines, I waited in anxiety, wondering ____3____ he would say about it. But he said it was wonderful and deserved ____4____ (publish).
Wanting to try my luck, I posted my poem to a newspaper without ____5____ (hesitate). After I waited more than a month, it was my assumption that my poem ____6____ (reject). Then a letter came informing me ____7____ the acceptance of my poem. They even wanted me to broadcast ____8____ on the radio. I had made it.
Although I am not ____9____ (essential) a successful poet now, this experience has left ____10____ incredible impression on me.
(2022秋·高二课时练习)语法填空
The poem Dream ____11____ Langston Hughes is very short with only 8 lines. When I read the poem aloud I can hear that the ends of the second and fourth sentences rhyme—“die” and “fly”. The last word from the sixth and ____12____(eight) sentences also rhyme—“go” and “snow”. These ____13____(rhyme) words sound nice and make the poem pleasing to read.
When I close my eyes, I can see different ____14____(image) from the poem. For example, I can see two hands being held. I can see a bird flying in the sky. I can see a field and I can imagine ____15____ it looks like with lots of snow. I start to feel cold when I read these lines!
I learnt ____16____ new phrase, “hold fast”, which ____17____(mean) to hold onto something. “Barren” is also a new word to me, which means empty.
I think the poet is giving us ____18____(advise). He wants us to keep dreaming, because life is much ____19____(good) when we dream and have something _____20_____(look) forward to.
(2022秋·高二课时练习)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词