Question

  People seldom feel neutral (中立的) about poetry. Those who love it some?times give the impression that it is a satisfactory substitute for food* shelter and love. It isn't. Words,no matter how satisfying,are never an equivalent (等價物) of life itself and human experiences. Those who dislike poetry sometimes say,on the other hand,that poetry is only words and good for nothing. That's not true either. It is easy to become prevented by words―in poetry or in life— but when words represent and recreate true human feelings,as they often do in poetry,they can be very important.

  Poetry is,in fact,more than just words. It is an experience of words,and those who know how to read poetry can easily extend their experience of life,their sense of what other people are like,their awareness of themselves,and their range of human feelings. One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings. Poetry is often full of ideas,too,and sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the mind,but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems pro?vide,in fact,a language for feeling,and one of poetry's most insistent merits (優(yōu)點) involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone,for example,put into words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone one cares about?

  Poetry tries,and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can be said to express all the things that love or death feels like,or means* but one of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, "Yes,that is just what it is like. I know exactly what that line means but I've never been able to express it so well. ” Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief (憂傷) or joy.

1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means that       .

   A. few people think that poetry is neutral

   B. people always differ in their views about poetry

   C. people rarely take an opinion about poetry

   D. people generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless

2. The author suggests that      .

   A. poetry tends to make the reader disappointed

   B. poetry makes its readers satisfied

   C. poetry is more important than words

   D. poetry often captures real human feelings

3. According to the author,poetry       .

   A. is more than just words

   B. is the poets' feelings about words

   C. is anything but patterns of lines

   D. is an experiment on the use of words

4. Poetry tries to express       .

   A. what love and death mean

   B. what people think about themselves

   C. what people feel but find it hard to describe

   D. how people go through life

Answer 1

1. D句意理解題。本句句意：人們很少感受到詩歌的中立性。言外之意：人們一般認為詩歌要么是極為重要的，要么是完全沒有用的。故選D項。

2. D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句"Poetry tries,andit often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader."可知答案為D項。

3. A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句"Poetry is,in fact,more than just words."可知答案為A項。

4. C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的"…one of poetry's most insistent merits (優(yōu)點) involves its attempt to ex?press the inexpressible."及文章最后一句"Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speech?less with grief (憂傷) or joy."可知答案。