Question

请认真阅读下面短文,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式,使短文通顺。

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 In Western high schools, poetry is s 1.taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students.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 s2. an important part of the curriculum (课程). Recently, the Ministry of Education has i3.the number of old 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 c4.. It is a path to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are c5. 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 w6.and bring us self-understanding.

Poems can also express beauty. In a few short 17. 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 c8. 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 a9.poetry, like Homer's Epics (《荷马史诗》)and China's Book of Songs (《诗经》),was spoken for hundreds of years before it was w10.. The American poet Robert Frost said, "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."

Answer

1.seldom

2.still (surely可给分，但非最佳答案)

3.increased

4.culture

5.common

6.words

7.lines (languages可给分，但非最佳答案)

8.catches

9.ancient

10.written

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要介绍在中国，诗歌仍然是课程的重要组成部分。诗歌是学习中国传统文化不可缺少的一部分，它是了解中国历史和社会的一条途径，它也是理解思想和感情的关键，诗歌还可以表达美。当然，要真正享受诗歌，就必须大声朗诵。

1.

句意：在西方的中学里，很少教诗歌，因为它被认为过时了，与今天学生的生活没有多大关系。

根据后句because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students. 因为它被认为过时了，与今天学生的生活没有多大关系和首字母的提示可知，空处的词应是表示否定的频度副词“不常、很少seldom”，故答案为seldom。

2.

句意：然而，在中国，诗歌还是课程的重要组成部分。

根据上文内容（在西方的中学里，很少教诗歌）以及“however然而”和首字母的提示可知，空处的词应是副词“仍然、还是still”，故答案为still。

3.

句意：最近，教育部增加了供学生记忆和背诵的中国古诗的数量，从14首增加到72首。

根据诗歌数量的变化可知，是“增加increase”；又根据空前has的提示可知，句子是现在完成时，所以空处的词应是increase的过去分词increased，故答案为increased。

4.

句意：首先，诗歌是学习传统的中国文化的必要部分。

根据下句It is a path to understanding your history and your society.这是一条了解你的历史和社会的途径和首字母提示可知，空处的词应是名词“文化culture”，故答案为culture。

5.

句意：这也是理解每个人共同的想法和感受的关键，但我们可能无法表达李白与月亮共舞的喜悦。

根据后句but that we may be unable to express—the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon, for example. 但我们可能无法表达李白与月亮共舞的喜悦和首字母的提示可知，空处的词应是形容词“共同的common”，故答案为common。

6.

句意：一首好诗可以把这些感觉用语言表达出来，带给我们自我理解。

根据常识可知，诗歌里想表达的各种各样的感觉都要通过“语言”表达出来；结合首字母可知，空处的词应是名词word，可数名词，此处应用复数形式words，故答案为words。

7.

句意：短短几行诗，即使是普通的东西也能变得美丽。

空处的词在形容词short之后，应是名词；结合首字母，把几行诗比作了“线条line”，因其前有a few修饰，所以应为复数形式lines，故答案为lines。

8.

句意：是的，雾确实像猫一样平稳、安静地移动，桑德伯格捕捉到了这种感觉和形象，并使它变得美丽。

空处的词应是句子的谓语动词；根据前句Yes, fog does move smoothly, silently and like a cat,和空处所在句子的宾语that feeling and image (形象)及首字母提示可知，空处的动词应是“捕捉到catch”；句子是一般现在时；主语是第三人称单数形式，所以行为动词catch后要加es，故答案为catches。

9.

句意：大多数的古代诗歌，如《荷马史诗》和中国的《诗经》在写就之前，已经讲了几百年了。

根据后面like Homer's Epics (《荷马史诗》)and China's Book of Songs (《诗经》)可知，都是古老的诗歌，所以空处的词应是形容词“古老的ancient”，故答案为ancient。

10.

句意：大多数的古代诗歌，如《荷马史诗》和中国的《诗经》在写就之前，已经讲了几百年了。

根据事实可知，《荷马史诗》和中国的《诗经》都是在写就之前，就已经讲了几百年了；根据句意和was的提示可知，空处所在的句子是一般过去时的被动语态，空处的词应用“写write”的过去分词written，故答案为written。