2018_2019学年高中英语Module6TheTangPoems课下能力提升二十一外研版.docx

课下能力提升(二十一)阅读理解AUrban poetry is a literary art form in which poetry is used to express feelings or to share experiences that are related to living in urban areas. Common themes include poverty, social injustice, stress, struggles and survival. As with many other forms of poetry, it is common for the lines of an urban poem to rhyme, but it is not necessary all of the time. Urban poetry also can be different in length and rhythm.Although many people consider the term “urban” refers to modern cities full of brick and steel structures, flashing lights and hundreds of thousands of people, forms of urban poetry have sprung out of cities for centuries. Although cities have become more modernized, many of the conditions that inspire urban poets are much the same as they were hundreds of years ago. One of the most important themes of urban poetry is the condemnation of social injustice. Modern urban poets tend to focus on problems that have bad effects on the lives of minorities.Rather than express an opinion about a problem, many urban poems would tell the story of someone living in a city to allow the reader to gain a better idea about an urban problem by learning about the storytellers personal experiences dealing with this problem.Although urban poetry might be not real, it typically settles a situation that the poet has personally experienced. The motivation for settling unfair or difficult situations that the poet has experienced often leads to powerful feelings on the part of both the poet and the audience, particularly during a live performance. Some people believe that urban poetry is more appropriate as a spoken art form than as literature. Therefore, this type of poetry frequently can be found as audio recordings rather than in books or other printed material.1What characteristic does urban poetry have?AIts length is strictly fixed.BIts lines rhyme all the time.CIt can be found in printed material frequently.DIt is about feelings or experiences of living in cities.解析：选D细节理解题。由第一段的第一句可知，城市诗歌主要描述人们生活在城市中的感情和经历。2Which of the following is the most important theme of urban poetry?AStrong disapproval of social unfairness.BThe struggle for survival against illness.CContinued efforts to fight urban poverty.DGreat social stress under modernization.解析：选A细节理解题。由第二段的“One of the most important themes of urban poetry is the condemnation of social injustice”可知，城市诗歌最重要的主题之一是抨击社会不公。3Why do many urban poems tell stories instead of expressing opinions?ATo reduce the audiences strong feelings.BTo give common readers access to urban poems.CTo help readers better understand urban problems.DTo make storytellers experiences seem more personal.解析：选C细节理解题。由第三段可知，城市诗歌往往采用讲述故事的写作手法，目的是让读者更好地理解城市问题。4What would be the best title of the text?AWhat is urban poetry?BHow does urban poetry develop?CWhy might urban poetry be unreal?DIn what forms does urban poetry appear?解析：选A标题归纳题。综合全文可知，文章主要介绍了城市诗歌的概念、常见主题、写作方式和表现形式等，故A项最为全面。BGwendolyn Brooks was born on June 17, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. Her family moved to Chicago when Brooks was four. At the age of seven, Brooks began learning how to write poems, and by the young age of thirteen she had her first poem published.She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She had more than twenty books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote many poems about black people during the 1940s and 1950s. Her poems described living conditions of the poor, racial inequality (种族不平等) and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She mixed traditional European poetry styles with the AfricanAmerican experience. She once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her material looking out of the window of her secondfloor apartment house in Chicago, Illinois. In her early poetry, she wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. They praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time.Gwendolyn Brooks won her first major award in 1943 at the Midwestern Writers Conference. Brooks was the first AfricanAmerican writer to win the Pulitzer Prize and to be given a job in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.5Gwendolyn Brooks paid more attention in her poems to _.Aculture differencesBdrug use in African countriesCthe life of the black in AmericaDthe life of her own family解析：选C推理判断题。根据第二段第三句话可判断出，布鲁克斯的很多诗歌描述的是黑人生活。6From the passage we can learn that _.Aat seven, Brooks parents found that she had a gift for writing poemsBBrooks poems made black people gain freedomCsome of Brooks early poems were set in the South Side of ChicagoDthe poem A Street in Bronzeville made Brooks become rich解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段第六句话可知，布鲁克斯早期的诗歌主要描写芝加哥南部的生活。7Which of the following statements about Brooks is NOT true?AShe is an AfricanAmerican writer.BHer first poem was published in 1930.CShe was good at the language of poetry.DShe was the first American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize.解析：选D细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句话可知，布鲁克斯是第一位获得普利策文学奖的美国非洲裔作家。D项说法与原文不一致。8It can be inferred from the passage that _.ABrooks spent her childhood in a poor black communityBmost of Brooks writing was based on what she saw and heardCall of Brooks books have been publishedDBrooks didnt receive college education解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段第四、五句话可判断出，她的大部分作品以自己的所见所闻为基础而写成。CWhen I was in the fifth grade and Mr. Gardner asked a question, my hand would shoot up with great enthusiasm. After giving me a few chances, he would try to give other students a chance. My hand, though, would remain in the air, and after some time, Id start waving it around. Then, there was the time when I entered drumming classes. But all we were allowed to do in the first class was practise one beat over and over again. I never went back.I would have done terribly in the Stanford Marshmallow (果浆软糖) Experiment. In this classic study, researchers gave children a choice between one marshmallow right away and two later. The results showed that those who could wait 15 minutes ended up scoring 210 points higher on the SAT, an examination that American high school students take before they go to college.So clearly, delaying gratification or bearing up under pain has its benefits. It needs patience. Patience keeps us from being stuck to ideas formed previously, and helps us let go of our strong interest in outcomes. We come to accept that we dont always or immediately know what is best, and learn to recognize that our reality is in constant changes. Patience improves our understanding of deeper truths and helps us expand our views.The journey of patience is rooted in knowing that our present reality will finally give way to changes. But changes wont always happen when we think they should, and patience with ourselves comes from accepting that there are things we can control and things we cant. And though we must make great efforts to keep pushing the boundaries of our awareness and to improve our ability to rest comfortably in the present moment, how fast we develop isnt up to us.That same fifth grader who couldnt wait to speak out answers now sees the importance of meeting questions with a heart of patience.9Why did the author wave his hand in class?ATo entertain himself.BTo show his impatience.CTo give other students a chance.DTo let others know he was clever.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第一段可知，作者不停地挥舞手臂是因为举了一段时间手后，老师还不让他回答问题，他这样做是因为不耐烦了。10Whats the purpose of the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment?ATo test childrens concentration levels.BTo test how children l