Question

A No poem should ever be discussed or "analysed"? until it has been read aloud by someone,teacher or student.  Better still,perhaps,is the practice of reading it twice,once at the be?ginning of the discussion and once at the end,so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.

All discussions of poetry are,in fact,preparations for reading it aloud,and the reading of the poem is,final?ly,the most telling " interpretation" of it,suggesting tone,rhythm,and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice,on records or on film,is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching cannot replace the student and teacher reading it or,best of all,reciting it.

I have come to think,in fact,that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than "analysing" it,if there isn't time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is "a criticism of life", and "a heightening (提升) of life". It is "an approach to the truth of feeling", and it "can save your life". It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.

I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who don't like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature,about its sound as well as its sense,and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as think?ing about it.

16. To have a better understanding of a poem,one should      

   A. discuss it with others

   B. analyse it by oneself

   C. copy it down in a notebook

   D. practise reading it aloud

17. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a func?tion of poetry?

   A. Extending your life.

   B. Saving your life.

   C. Criticizing life.

   D. Heightening life.

18. According to the writer,one of the purposes of teach?ing English is to get students to      ,

   A. understand life

   B. enjoy poetry

   C. become teachers

   D. become poets

19. The underlined phrase "make room" in the last paragraph could be best replaced by"          ”. ！

   A. build a room i

   B. provide equipment

   C. leave a certain amount of time

   D. set aside enough space

Answer 1

詩歌是一種非常重要的藝術(shù)形式，那么應(yīng)該怎樣去學習和鑒賞詩歌呢？通過本文你可能會有所感悟。

16. D推理判斷題。閱讀文章第一段可知，理解一首詩最好的方法是大聲朗讀它。

17. A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第三、四句話可知B、C、D三項都是詩歌的作用，而A項在文中沒有被提及。

18. B細節(jié)理解題。由第三段第二句話可知，教授英語的目的之一就是讓學生喜愛詩歌。

19. C詞義猜測題。文章最后這句話的意思是"必須給學生留出思考尤其是聽的時間"。

make room在這里的意思應(yīng)該是C項，表示時間意義，而不是具體的空間。