Unit 4 Exploring poetry-【高考领航】2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第一册同步核心辅导与测评课时作业（译林版）

Ⅰ.阅读理解 A The Poetry Foundation recently named American poet Jack Prelutsky as the nation's first children's poet laureate (桂冠诗人)．The group created the award as a way to increase children's love of poetry. As children's poet laureate，Jack Prelutsky will give two public readings in the next two years.He will also advise the Poetry Foundation about children's literature and take part in projects concerning children and poetry. Jack Prelutsky has been writing poetry for children for almost forty years.He has written more than thirty-five books of poems.His first book was called A Gopher in the Garden.It was published in 1967.His latest is called Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems. Jack Prelutsky is well known for creating new words by combining two words to create a new kind of creature.For example，he combined “radish” with “shark” to get “radishark”．“Lion” and “broccoli” became a “broccolion”．He also created “umbrellaphant”，a mixture of the words “umbrella” and “elephant”． Jack Prelutsky says that children like his poems because he writes about things they care about.Poetry researchers say that Jack Prelutsky's poems recognize children's feelings.An example of this is the poem My Sister Is a Werewolf which is about how it feels to be different. Jack Prelutsky also writes poems about American holidays.His poem It's Halloween is a very famous one about the holiday celebrated at the end of October. 【语篇解读】　本文主要介绍桂冠诗人Jack Prelutsky。 1．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A．Poems with New Words Grow Popular B．First Children's Poet Laureate Named C．Children's Love for Poetry Increased D．Jack Prelutsky Awarded Nationwide 解析　选B。标题归纳题。由文章的第一段可得出答案为B。其他三项均较片面。 2．What is Jack Prelutsky famous for? A．Creating new words in his poems. B．His productivity. C．His long time of writing. D．His poems about American holidays. 解析　选A。细节理解题。由文章第四段的“Jack Prelutsky is well known for creating new words by combining two words to create a new kind of creature.” 可