Question

【题目】Tang Dynasty poets sang for about three centuries in different tones. There were many famous poets living in the Tang period such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin. Poems of the Tang Dynasty edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of about 48,900 poems that were written by over 2,200 poets. But it didn’t cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, poems were recited when lovers walked under the moonlight. Poems were also recited when soldiers fought on the battlefield. People recited them in the open air or at temple fairs.

In the Tang Dynasty scholars had to be poets. Their readers were not only people of high social position but also common people. Poets recited poems; women singers sang poems and other ranks of people, including old women and children, read Tang poems. This atmosphere affected foreigners who visited the country at that time. As a result, Tang poetry was introduced to some adjacent countries, like Japan and Vietnam.

Tang poetry is a most brilliant page in the history of ancient Chinese literature. It’s a miracle in the cultural history of mankind. The Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire with a vast territory. It inherited Chinese civilization that went back to ancient times, and was combined with the best of other cultures and adopted the benefits of other nations in the world. Tang poetry wasn’t the only spiritual wealth created by the Tang Dynasty people. Philosophy and religion, handwriting and painting and music and dance all gained new peaks of development. Tang poetry, however, was the jewel in the crown and its greatest achievement.

【1】It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that_____________.

A. there were more than 48,900 poems written in Tang Dynasty

B. in total there were four famous poets in the Tang Dynasty

C. only people in the Tang Dynasty created poems

D. in the Tang Dynasty most common people were poets

【2】The underlined word “adjacent” in Paragraph 3 probably means_______________.

A. neighboring B. strong C. poor D. rich

【3】What does the author really want to tell us in Paragraph 3?

A. In the Tang Dynasty all scholars were poets.

B. Tang Dynasty poems were quite popular.

C. Many foreigners came to our country during the Tang Dynasty.

D. In the Tang Dynasty many poems were sung by women singers.

【4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Why the poets created poems.

B. Some other kinds of spiritual wealth in the Tang Dynasty.

C. The significance and influence of the Tang Dynasty.

D. The editors of Poems of the Tang Dynasty.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】本文主要讲述了唐诗在唐代的盛行，其影响力以及对世界文化的贡献。

【1】推理判断题。由Poems of the Tang Dynasty edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of about 48,900 poems that were written by over 2,200 poets. But it didn’t cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty.可推知在唐朝，超过48,900首唐诗被写，选A。

【2】词义猜测题。根据第三自然段中like Japan and Vietnam.可推测出，adjacent的意思是“邻近的”，故A项意思相符。

【3】段落大意题。第三自然段主要讲了在唐朝时，社会各个阶层的人们都在读唐诗，甚至外国人对唐诗也非常感兴趣，所以在唐朝时，诗歌是非常流行的，选B。

【4】细节理解题。A项在第三段中提到了；B、C两项在最后一段提到了。根据第一段内容可知，文章没有具体交代Poems of the Tang Dynasty这本书是谁编写的。故选D项。