专题12 阅读理解20篇（名校最新期末真题）-2022-2023学年高二英语下学期期末复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（外研版2019）

外研版（2019）高二英语下学期期末复习 查缺补漏冲刺满分 (名校最新期末真题) 专题12 阅读理解20篇 （2023秋·广东梅州·高二校联考期末）Reading and writing poetry is a very personal experience. Poets use language as a way of expressing their feelings. Poems can describe the beauty of nature, a person, a dream or a memorable event. But teachers and psychologists have found another use for poetry as a form of therapy(疗法)to help people with problems. Writing poetry can help people deal with changes in their lives, death or feelings of sadness, drug or alcohol problems or serious illness. Poems written as therapy can be funny too, as laughter is also considered to be very good medicine. Students at a special school in Dudley, in England, read and write poems every day. Some of the poems they write are very good, but their reason for writing is not just to be creative. All of them have problems. Some of them have long-term medical conditions, such as cancer, while others have personality disorders or psychological problems. By writing poems students are growing in self-confidence. The poems provide a channel through which they can communicate with the world, and express their feelings. They also help them to recognize and explore their problems and to develop a positive attitude to life. But the poems are helping other people, too. The school has collected some of the students’ poems and published them in a book which is being sold to raise funds for a local hospital. The book has proved very popular, giving students a sense of motivation and achievement. 1．How can poetry work as therapy? A．By solving physical problems. B．By staying away from humor. C．By communicating face to face. D．By promoting expression. 2．What makes the students of the school in Dudley special? A．They suffer many problems. B．They know many poems. C．They are very confident. D．They are very positive. 3．What does the published book mean to the students? A．They’ll get wealthy. B．They’ll get inspired. C．They’ll become popular psychologists. D．They’ll become profe