Unit 4 Exploring poetry Reading 能力提升练习-2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Exploring poetry Part I 能力提升练习 1、 词义识别。根据语境写出黑体词语的意思。 1. The House on Mango Street, which is only 103 pages long, deals with complex themes and important subject matters including language, race, and ageing. _____ 2. However, a strong smell is added so that we can raise the alarm when we detect the smell associated with danger. _____ 3.A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you'll love to live in. _____ 4. When I heard someone was passing, I grasped the door handle and pulled, but the door wouldn't open. _____ 5.The problem is that light pollution is still not perceived by the public to be a threat. _____ 二、单句填空。 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 1.We seek people who are ________ ( patience )and caring, and who have experience and interest in working with older adults. 2. According to the expert,many forms of cancer can be cured if ________ ( detect ) early. 3.The ________ ( constant)rising sea level is one of the reasons why we must take action to protect the environment. 4. The teacher made a promise that whoever behaved well during the class would be rewarded __________some chocolate. 5. He described the characters in the novel as if he _______ ( meet ) them face to face. 6. Translators are people who usually work with written language, while________ ( interpret ) work with spoken language. 7. A medical chaperon, as the name________ ( imply), is a person who accompanies a patient to the clinic. 8. In southern China, where the climate is warmer , there aren't many naturally _______ ( freeze ) lakes to enjoy. 9. If you want to make someone on your side, you need to convince them emotionally and ________(logic). 10. The ability to admit this should not_________ ( perceive) as a weakness, but as a strength. 三、单句写作。 根据提示完成句子。 1.每当我犯错的时候,老师都耐心地帮我指出来。(patience) Whenever I made mistakes ,the teacher pointed them out_____________________. 2. 在团队精神的鼓舞下,我们的努力最终得到了回报。(reward v.) Inspired by the team spirit . ____________________ . 3.在克服了各种困难之后,他的梦想变成了现实。(reality) After overcoming all kinds of difficulties , __________________ . 4.我们都知道,掌握一门语言最好的方法就是身处其语言环境。(不定式作定语,grasp) As we all know, ___________________ is in the environment where it's spoken. 5.旅行中最让我印象深刻的是那里令人叹为观止的景象。(主语从句) _________________________ during the trip is the amazing sight there. 四、语法填空。（建议用时: 6分钟） Poetry is a combination of " sound" and " sense". It usually ________ ( imply) a deeper meaning beyond the words. To understand the hidden dimension, you can detect repeated words, rhymes or other special effects, ________ may lead you to a better understanding. You can also approach the poem as if you ________ ( be) an explorer in an unfamiliar landscape. You can ask some basic questions about the poem ________ put images that form in your mind together. As you explore your surroundings, you will dig up clues that give you a greater understanding. If you want to interpret the meaning of a poem , just have some ________ ( patient). You can't really understand a poem until you have read ________ many times. As an explorer, you need to go on a journey to a remote and unknown destination. This may seem difficult at first, but when you make your great discovery, your efforts will ________ ( reward). In fact, you don't have to________ ( full)understand a poem to appreciate it but might need to abandon________ (logic) thinking to discover its true inner beauty. Poetry's combination of " sound" and " sense" makes you see the world in a new way and allows you ________ ( go)beyond normal reality for the everlasting beauty. 五、阅读理解。（建议用时: 8分钟） San Francisco Park ranger Amanda Barrows, who registered in City College of San Francisco's Poetry for the People class, began to place a nightstand(床头柜) in Golden Gate Park with a note- " Take a poem , leave a poem" in December 2022. Since then , over100 handwritten poems have been placed in the nightstand, " It's completely unexpected ," said Barrows. " I'm really amazed by the outpouring of support.Park ranger by day and poet by night, Barrows said she began writing and attending poetry workshops in 2020. The poetry course she attended was founded by Leslie Simon in 1975. The class advocates for a focus on the neighborhood, and the cultivation(培养)and public presentation of new poems. For Barrows, the idea that she could combine her job and her hobby by bringing poetry into parks was an inspiration. Barrows asked her friends to contribute their favorite poems to the nightstand as poems that could be taken.Armed with an old nightstand, Barrows filled the stand with pens and paper. An added drawer at the bottom holds the poems that people " donate". The concept reminded her of Little Free Libraries, which are fixtures across the city. " I was having anxiety. I had no idea what I was going to do; then it sort of just came to me," said Barrows. " I was inspired by the little free libraries you see in SF, where you ' take a book, leave a book’, and thought, ' Maybe I could do this with poetry. One of the teachers at the CCSF's poetry course, Lauren Muller, told The Washington Post that people need poetry now" , which she suggested as the reason for the success of Barrows's project Past student projects included writing poetry on sidewalks in chalk and placing poems on the windshields(挡风玻璃)of cars. " It's exciting to see the work that students are doing," Muller continued. " My hope is that this will happen across city parks... elsewhere. 1.What did Amanda Barrows do for her project? A. She invited her friends to donate poems. B. She gave a special poetry course by herself. C. She read a lot of poems to people. D. She provided parks with many nightstands 2. How did the little free libraries affect Amanda Barrows? A. They made her interested in poetry. B. They let her quit her job for her interest. C. They gave her inspiration for her project. D. They encouraged her to write more poems. 3. What did Muller think contributed to the success of Barrows's project? A. The benefits of writing poetry. B. The public's desire for poetry. C. The help from her neighbors. D. The large number of parks in SF. 4. What might be a suitable title for the text? A. The Impacts of a Park Ranger's Poem-writing B. San Francisco's Unique Poems on a Nightstand C. The Spread of Poetry Throughout the Libraries D. A Park Ranger's Powerful Poetry Project 六、七选五。（建议用时: 8分钟） Do you still remember your favorite poem from high school or some other important periods in your life? Why is it that decades later it still stands out in your mind? In the same way,1.____________ you also as a school leader can touch the hearts of your staff and students. 2.____________Thus, it can inspire whatever and whomever it touches.The power that poetry has displayed over time and across cultures actually satisfies this common need of the human heart and soul. As one of the oldest art forms, poetry has successfully connected various aspects of humanity(人性) from one generation to another. Referring to poetry , Hillyer makes a simple yet meaningful statement, “3.____________” School leaders can find and make use of the value of poetry for themselves, their students and their staff members. Beyond the simple use of poetry, techniques of poetry such as metaphors,repetitions and imagery can be used to take advantage of the power of language to transform communication. 4.____________. Since schools are mainly about people and relationship, school leaders , like poets , are required to inspire and encourage the human heart.5.____________In addition, it serves to meet the human need for inspiration. A. With this key mankind unlocked its heart. B. Probably the main reason is that some aspects of that poem touch your heart. C.At the same time, they can create meaning and a culture of care and attention D. Students are encouraged to write poetry after they learn some poems at school E. Poetry can not only make us master a language well but also let us express our feelings. F. Poetry allows us to experience strong spiritual connections to things around us and to the past. G. The use of poetry-or even of some techniques of poetry-in school leadership helps to improve communication. 【参考答案】 1、 一词多义 1. 复杂的，难懂的 2.发现，查明 3.理解，领会 4.抓紧 5.意识到 二、单句填空 1.patient 2. detected 3.constantly 4.with 5.had met 6. interpreters 7.implies 8.frozen 9.logically 10.be perceived 三、单句写作。 1. with patience 2. our efforts were finally rewarded 3. his dream became a reality 4. the best way to grasp a language 5. What impressed me most 四、语法填空。 1.implies 2.which 3.were 4.and 5.patience 6.it 7.be rewarded 8.fully 9.logical 10.to go 五、阅读理解： ACBD 六、七选五： BFACG 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$