课时跟踪检测(八)（Word练习）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册（译林版2020）

课时跟踪检测(八) [对应学生用书P169] Ⅰ.阅读理解 A People all have something to say.Some express their passion (强烈的感情) through clothes，art，or community involvement.Others express themselves with poetry，which has diverse poetic forms to express unique thoughts，experiences，and imagination at the fourth annual People's Poetry Festival held FeB．28 through March 2. “The People's Poetry Festival keeps getting bigger and bigger—it's an event we're really proud of，” said Dr Mark Hartlaub，College of Liberal Arts Dean at Texas.The festival covered a wide variety of topics including nature，humor，women and history.From the panels to the open microphone night，the islander's community，along with 43 published poets from around the country，local high school students，and the general public came together to share their love of poetry. The panels were full of passionate readings and lively discussion.For the first time ever，musical poetry was performed at the event.The “Homebrewed” panel was made up of all local poets.The “From Page to the Stage” panel focused on slam (抨击) poetry，and the “Humor” panel greeted levels of laughter from the crowd．All the panels were live streamed on the People's Poetry Facebook page.“The poetry and poets were all my students wanted to talk about in class this week，” said Dr.Chuck Etheridge，professor of English who attended many of the panel readings. Celebrating exceptional writers is another part of People's Poetry Festival.On opening night，the People's Poetry Festival committee named Madeline Ricondo of Tuloso­Midway as the winner of the Robb Jackson Writing Award for high school students.This award honors the late Dr.Robb Jackson，Texas A&M University System Regents Professor and professor of English at A&M­Corpus Christi，whose poetry shared his life experiences and observation of Corpus Christi.Ricondo received a $100 gift card，plus，three poetry books with local ties including a copy of Jackson's “Open Heart”．The People's Poetry Festival committee also recognized Juan