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【题目】阅读下面短文, 在表格内的空白处填入合适的答案（每格限填一词）。

When a thought has found words

Poetry（诗歌）is the forgotten child of literature. Few people read it for pleasure. In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students.

In China. however. poetry is still an important part of the curriculum（课程）. Recently, the Ministry of Education has increased the number of ancient Chinese poems for students to memorize and recite, from 14 to 72. Why is it important to learn poems?

First of all, poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture. It is a path to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are common to everyone but that we may be unable to express-the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon, for example. Everyone has feelings of joy, love, loneliness, sadness and even anger, and a good poem can put those feelings into words and bring us self-understanding.

Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something common can become beautiful. Here is a poem called Fog by Carl Sandberg: The fog comes/on silent haunches（弓腰）/and then moves on. Yes, fog does move smoothly, silently and like a cat, and Sandberg catches that feeling and image（形象）, and makes it beautiful.

Of course, to really enjoy poetry, it has to be read aloud. After all, a poem is really just a song without music. Most ancient poetry, like Homer's Epics（《荷马史诗》）and China's Book of Songs, was spoken for hundreds of years before it was written. the thought has found words." You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems to learn!

Title： When a thought has found words
Passage outline	Detailed information
In the West	Most people think poetry is 【1】 from the life of today's students.
China's recent action	Students must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems.
【2】 for learning poetry	◇Learning poems helps you 【3】 history and society. ◇Poems help express your personal thoughts and feelings. ◇Poems can express beauty of 【4】 things with very few lines.
A tip on enjoying poetry	【5】 aloud is the best way to enjoy poetry. In fact, many ancient poems were spoken before they were written.
Conclusion	Chinese students should feel lucky to have 72poems to learn!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】different

【2】Reasons

【3】understand

【4】common

【5】Reading

【解析】

短文大意：本文从三个方面论证了学诗的重要性，介绍了欣赏诗歌的小窍门。所以，诗歌仍然是中国课程的重要组成部分。

【1】句意：大多数人认为诗歌不同于当今学生的生活。考查句意理解。be different from不同于；根据“In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students在西方的高中，很少教授诗歌，因为诗歌被认为是过时的，与当今学生的生活没有什么关系”，可知西方的大多数人认为诗歌不同于当今学生的生活，故填different。

【2】句意：学诗的原因。考查细节归纳。根据“Why is it important to learn poems? 为什么学诗很重要”，结合下文内容，可知介绍的是学诗的三点原因，故填Reasons。

【3】句意：学习诗歌有助于你了解历史和社会。考查句意理解。help sb. do sth.帮助某人做某事；根据“It is a path to understanding your history and your society它是一条理解你们的历史和社会的途径”，可知学习诗歌有助于我们了解历史和社会，故填understand。

【4】句意：诗歌可以用很少的几行字来表达普通事物的美。考查句意理解。things事物，名词需用形容词修饰；根据“Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something common can become beautiful诗歌也可以表达美。短短几行字，再普通的东西也可以变得美丽”，可知短短的几行诗歌可以表达出普通事物的美，故填common。

【5】句意：大声朗读是欣赏诗歌的最佳方式。考查细节理解。the best way最好的方式，根据“to really enjoy poetry, it has to be read aloud要真正享受诗歌，必须大声朗读”，可知大声朗读是欣赏诗歌的最佳方式，本句缺主语，需用动名词短语，故填Reading。