Reading poetry 36  people from different places and different times together. More than any other of literature, poetry 37    sounds, words and grammar. That makes poetry 38 to write, but very interesting to 39 .  Poetry also 40 all the colours, feelings, experiences and curious 41of a dream world.

          China has a long history42 which many of the world’s greatest poets were active. Poems by Du Fu, Li Bai and Wang Wei among others 43_ in the halls of glory. When you have read some44 poems, you will have seen and heard some of the features that all good poetry45. The 46   is very important: the number of lines and the number of characters in each line. Poetry often  47_ special patterns of rhythm and rhyme.

          Despite its short history, there is a lot of good English poetry around. The earliest English poetry was written in a kind of English that is now difficult to 48. Modern English started around the time of Shakespeare, towards the end of the sixteenth century. The seventeenth century was a great time for English poetry. Shakespeare is most famous 49 his plays. His sonnets, however, belong to the best English poetry. In the next generation of great English poets we 50   John Donne. Chinese readers 51his works because of his use of surprising images that 52 them of the works of poets such as Su Dongpo. Before the end of the century, there was 53 famous writer, John Milton. 54   published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line. In the eighteenth century it was Alexander Pope 55 wrote the finest poetry in England.

36. A. brings          B. takes             C. looks               D. thinks

37. A. plays               B. goes for            C. plays with            D. goes on

38. A. easy             B. great              C. interesting            D. difficult

39. A. recite                     B. read               C. enjoy                D. reach

40. A. calls at         B. calls up          C. calls for               D. calls in

41. A. images            B. pictures             C. sight                    D. scene

42. A. at                   B. after               C. before               D. during

43. A. stand out         B. stand for           C. show up               D. follow up

44. A. English            B. Chinese          C. American          D. foreign

45. A. creates            B. shares         C. finds            D. looks

46. A. word              B. sentence            C. form            D. fact

47. A. follows           B. faces              C. joins              D. judges

48. A. understand      B. keep           C. get              D. deal

49. A. as                   B. with               C. in                      D. for

50. A. advise             B. meet            C. concern                  D. inform

51. A. inspire             B. desire            C. cheer                  D. admire

52. A. sets                B. dreams          C. reminds             D. puts

53. A. another           B. other          C. others              D. one another

54. A. Though           B. Although       C. Once              D. As

55. A. which             B.    who        C.      when          D. what

    Crime (罪行) has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2 400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns.

    The pattern (模式) of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high point during July and August, as do rape (强奸案) and other violent (猛烈的) attacks. Murder, besides, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m.

    Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary (抢劫) has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p. m. and 2 a. m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. The most uncriminal month of all is May except for one strange statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.

    Obviously our intellectual (智力的) seasonal cycles are completely different from out criminal tendencies (倾向). Professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, made careful studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings, make the highest scores in examinations, and propose the most changes to patents (专利). In all instances, he found a spring peak (高峰) and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington's studies show that June is the peak month for suicides (自杀) and admissions to mental hospitals. June is also a peak month for marriages!

    Possibly, high temperatures and high humidity (湿度) bring on our strange and terrifying summer actions, but police officials are not sure. “There is of course, no proof of a connection between humidity and murder,” they say. “Why murder's high time should come in the summertime we really don't know.”

(1) The main idea of paragraph 1 is ________.

[　　]

A．there is a link between changes in the seasons and crime patterns.

B．crime is not linked to the changes in season.

C．2400 towns were studied for five years.

D． the crime patterns have no connections with summer.

(2) The subject of paragraph 2 is ________.

[　　]

(3) In Paragraph 3 what is the one strange statistic (数据) of May?

[　　]

A．There are more robberies in May.

B．There are more dog bites in May.

C．There is the most crime in May.

D．There are most marriages in May.

(4) In paragraph 4, a graph for our intellectual cycles might look like this:

W = winter Sp = spring Su = summer A = autumn (见P93上图)

(5) The information in paragraph 5 says: ________.

[　　]

A．There may be a connection between murder and hot weather.

B．There is surely a connection between murder and hot weather.

C．There is no connection between murder and hot weather.

D．There must be a connection between cold weather and murder.

阅读理解　　

  Crime (罪行) has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2 400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns.

    The pattern (模式) of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high point during July and August, as do rape (强奸案) and other violent (猛烈的) attacks. Murder, besides, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m.

    Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary (抢劫) has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p. m. and 2 a. m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. The most uncriminal month of all is May except for one strange statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.

    Obviously our intellectual (智力的) seasonal cycles are completely different from out criminal tendencies (倾向). Professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, made careful studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings, make the highest scores in examinations, and propose the most changes to patents (专利). In all instances, he found a spring peak (高峰) and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington's studies show that June is the peak month for suicides (自杀) and admissions to mental hospitals. June is also a peak month for marriages!

    Possibly, high temperatures and high humidity (湿度) bring on our strange and terrifying summer actions, but police officials are not sure. “There is of course, no proof of a connection between humidity and murder,” they say. “Why murder's high time should come in the summertime we really don't know.”

(1) The main idea of paragraph 1 is ________.

[　　]

A．there is a link between changes in the seasons and crime patterns.

B．crime is not linked to the changes in season.

C．2400 towns were studied for five years.

D． the crime patterns have no connections with summer.

(2) The subject of paragraph 2 is ________.

[　　]

(3) In Paragraph 3 what is the one strange statistic (数据) of May?

[　　]

A．There are more robberies in May.

B．There are more dog bites in May.

C．There is the most crime in May.

D．There are most marriages in May.

(4) In paragraph 4, a graph for our intellectual cycles might look like this:

W = winter Sp = spring Su = summer A = autumn (见P93上图)

(5) The information in paragraph 5 says: ________.

[　　]

A．There may be a connection between murder and hot weather.

B．There is surely a connection between murder and hot weather.

C．There is no connection between murder and hot weather.

D．There must be a connection between cold weather and murder.

Yueyang Tower (岳阳楼) lies in the west of Yueyang City, near the Dongting Lake. It was first built for soldiers to rest on and watch out. In the Three Kingdoms Period, Lu Su, General of Wu State, trained his soldiers here.
In 716, Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty, General Zhang Shuo was sent to defend at Yuezhou and he rebuilt it into a tower named South Tower, and then Yueyang Tower. In 1044, Song Dynasty, Teng Zijing was stationed at Baling Jun, the ancient name of Yueyang City. In the second year, he had the Yueyang Tower repaired and had poems by famous poets written on the walls of the tower. Fan Zhongyan, a great artist and poet, was invited to write the well-known poem about Yueyang Tower. In his A Panegyric of the Yueyang Tower (《岳阳楼记》), Fan writes: “Be the first to worry about the troubles across the land, the last to enjoy universal happiness.” His words have been well-known for thousands of years and made the tower even better known than before.
The style of Yueyang Tower is quite special. The main tower is 21.35 meters high with 3 stories, flying eave (屋檐) and wood construction, the helmet-roof of such a large size is a rarity (罕见之事) among the ancient architectures in China.
Entering the tower, you’ll see “Dongting is the water of the world, Yueyang is the tower of the world”. Moving on, there is a platform that once used as the training ground for the navy of Three-Kingdom Period general Lu Su. To its south is the Huaifu Pavilion(亭) in honor of Du Fu. Stepping out of the Xiaoxiang Door, the Xianmei Pavilion and the Sanzui Pavilion can be seen standing on two sides. In the garden to the north of the tower is the tomb of Xiaoqiao, the wife of Zhou Yu

1. 1.

   The passage mainly tells us _____

   1. A.
      the history of Yueyang Tower
   2. B.
      some information about Yueyang Tower
   3. C.
      the architecture style of Yueyang Tower
   4. D.
      Yueyang Tower is a good place to see
2. 2.

   In Three-Kingdom Period, Yueyang Tower was used as _____

   1. A.
      a place where rich people enjoyed themselves
   2. B.
      the symbol of the Three Kingdoms
   3. C.
      a place where educated people often met
   4. D.
      an army-training place
3. 3.

   Yueyang Tower was once named _____

   1. A.
      South Tower
   2. B.
      Xianmei Tower
   3. C.
      Sanzui Tower
   4. D.
      Baling Tower
4. 4.

   When did Yueyang Tower become more famous?

   1. A.
      In 1045
   2. B.
      In 716
   3. C.
      In the Three-Kingdom Period
   4. D.
      In the Tang Dynasty
5. 5.

   Which of the following has nothing to do with Yueyang Tower?

   1. A.
      Huaifu Pavilion
   2. B.
      Xiaoxiang Door
   3. C.
      Tomb of Du Fu
   4. D.
      Tomb of Xiaoqiao

There is no light in the dormitory.They must have gone to the lecture, _____??

A.didn’t they ?

B.don’t they?

C.mustn’t they　?

D.haven’t they?