Unit 5 课时作业(20) Period 4 Using Language (Ⅰ) 要点内化课（Word练习）-【金榜题名】2025-2026学年高二英语选择性必修第三册高中同步学案（人教版）

课时作业(二十)

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

When Jack Prelutsky was a kid, he didn't know he would grow up to write poetry for children.Neither of his parents read poetry to him when he was little.When his fourth-grade teacher read poems in class, he thought they seemed boring.To nine-year-old Prelutsky, poetry was a punishment.

Prelutsky had always taken voice and piano lessons, but when he attended New York's High School of Music and Art, his love for music grew deeper.“I liked the way songs said what they had to say—the simple, direct and ordinary language they employed.I really think that's what made me see poetry in a new light.”

Then Prelutsky took a drawing class in his early twenties and found he wasn't very good at life drawing.But he was good at drawing imaginary animals.

In six months, Prelutsky drew a lot of imaginary animals with the strange character.He loved each one, but felt something was missing.“Then one evening, I looked at them and said ‘They need poems’．Although I didn't know why I thought of it, within half an hour, I had all the poems written，”said Prelutsky.

Publishing the poems never crossed Prelutsky's mind in those early days.But when friends fell in love with his poems, he agreed to share them with a children's book editor.

“She didn't think much of my illustrations(插图)，”he said，“but she told me that I was a natural poet and encouraged me to keep writing.”

At the time, Prelutsky was surprised at the editor's encouragement.But more than forty books later, he can still make friends and fans laugh.From monsters(怪物) to frogs, Prelutsky has turned animals into an art form.

【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了美国著名童诗诗人杰克·普鲁斯基走上诗歌创作之路的过程。

1．What can we learn about Prelutsky when he was a kid?

A．He hated poetry.

B．He liked writing poems.

C．He found it hard to read poems.

D．He thought poetry interesting.

A　考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“he thought they seemed boring.To nine-year-old Prelutsky，poetry was a punishment”可知，杰克·普鲁斯基在童年时期并不喜欢诗歌，对于他来说诗歌是一种惩罚。故A项符合题意。

2．How did drawing influence Prelutsky?

A．It drove him to love music.

B．It brought out his poetic skills.

C．It raised his confidence in writing stories.

D．It helped him become a famous painter.

B　考查推理判断。通读全文，尤其根据第四段中的“within half an hour，I had all the poems written”以及倒数第二段中的“but she told me that I was a natural poet and encouraged me to keep writing”可知，普鲁斯基尝试在自己的绘画作品中配上诗歌，这一尝试显现出了他在创作诗歌方面的天赋，由此打开了他创作诗歌的大门。故B项符合题意。

3．How did the children's book editor feel about Prelutsky's poems?

A．She gave them high praise.

B．She was surprised by them.

C．She refused to publish them.

D．She showed no interest in them.

A　考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“but she told me that I was a natural poet and encouraged me to keep writing”以及最后一段中的“At the time, Prelutsky was surprised at the editor's encouragement”可知，普鲁斯基的诗歌得到了儿童图书编辑的赏识，她认为他是一名天生的诗人，并鼓励他继续创作。由此可推知，她对普鲁斯基的诗给予了高度评价。故A项符合题意。

B

As William Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literary tradition.“We have Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu.These poets create the very values by which poetry is judged，”remarked Harvard Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fu：China's Greatest Poet, a new BBC documentary that aired on April 7.

Aimed at introducing the charm and beauty of traditional Chinese literature to viewers around the globe, the documentary invited famous British actor Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the film series The Lord of the Rings, to read 15 of Du's poems that have been translated into English.

The one-hour film traces the poet's life experiences in detail.Born in 712, Du lived in the reign of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong(712—756)，a time marked by extraordinary prosperity，inclusiveness and cultural accomplishments.

However, as the An Lushan Rebellion swept the empire, 43-year-old Du, the former civil servant at the Tang court, had to take his family out of his hometown, and faced starvation and sufferings.Through ups and downs, the poet never stopped writing and about 1,500 poems have been kept over the ages.

Even though he never held a high position in the government, Du still cared about common people.For example, in the poem My Cottage Unroofed by Autumn Gales, he wrote that“Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I'd house all scholars poor and make them beam with smiles.”

“ That  is why he was honored as the Poet—Sage by later generations.A difficult life and his spirit of concern about the world helped him create so many masterpieces，”Shi Wenxue, a cultural critic based in Beijing, told the Global Times.

Without doubt，Du is a cultural symbol of ancient China, but his brilliant works and core spirits have also inspired people outside of China.As the documentary noted, his work represents a precious cultural heritage for the entire world, not just China.

【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一部新的BBC纪录片《杜甫：中国最伟大的诗人》，该纪录片向世界各地的观众介绍了中国传统文学的魅力和美。文章介绍了该纪录片的一些情况以及诗人杜甫的一些个人经历和成就。

4．What can we know about the documentary?

A．It introduces Shakespeare.

B．Du Fu is acted by Ian McKellen in it.

C．Its target audience is the Chinese.

D．It shows 15 of Du Fu's poems to the audience.

D　细节理解题。根据第二段“Aimed at introducing the charm and beauty...that have been translated into English.(为了向世界各地的观众介绍中国传统文学的魅力和美，这部纪录片邀请了在系列电影《指环王》中扮演巫师甘道夫的著名英国演员Ian McKellen朗读了15首已被翻译成英语的杜甫的诗)”可知，这部纪录片向观众展示了杜甫的15首诗。故选D。该纪录片讲的不是莎士比亚，而是杜甫；Ian McKellen并不是饰演杜甫，而是被邀请读杜甫的诗；它的目标观众是全球的观众，并非只是中国人。

5．What does the underlined word“That”in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．Caring about common people.

B．My Cottage Unroofed by Autumn Gales.

C．The low position in the government.

D．The sentence of the poem.

A　推理判断题。根据第五段“Even though he never held a high position in the government, Du still...with smiles.’(尽管杜甫在朝廷里的职位一直都不高，但他仍然关心老百姓。例如，在《茅屋为秋风所破歌》这首诗中他写道：‘安得广厦千万间，大庇天下寒士俱欢颜。’)”可知，正是杜甫关心百姓的胸怀使得他被后人尊为诗圣。故选A。

6．What most inspired Du's creation according to Shi Wenxue?