Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

There are various reasons 1. people write poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something 2. a way that will give the reader a strong 3. (impress). 4. poems try to convey certain emotions. Poets use many different forms of poetry to express themselves.

Some of the first poetry 5. (write) in English is nursery rhymes. Children 6. (learn) these when they were very young. Nursery rhymes are still 7. common type of children's poetry. They delight small children 8. they have strong rhythm and a lot of repetition.

Tang poems stand out in Chinese poems. A lot of Tang poetry has been translated into English 9. is quite popular among English speakers.

Having read and recited so many forms of poems since our childhood, we can certainly write poems of our own. It's 10.(easy) than you might think and certainly worth a try!

Answer

1.why

2.in

3.impression

4.Other

5.written

6.learned

7.a

8.because

9.and

10.easier

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要从人们写诗的理由，受到孩子欢迎的童谣诗歌和受到外国人喜爱的唐诗等方面介绍了诗歌。

1.考查定语从句。句意：人们写诗有各种各样的原因。分析可知，“__1___ people write poetry”应是之前名词reasons的定语从句。先行词在从句中作原因状语，应用关系副词why。故填why。

2.考查介词。句意：有些诗歌以一种能给读者留下深刻印象的方式讲述故事或描述某事。in a way，固定结构，意为“用一种方式”。故填in。

3.考查名词。句意：有些诗歌以一种能给读者留下深刻印象的方式讲述故事或描述某事。空前为形容词，所填空应是名词，且由之前不定冠词a可知，应是单数形式，所给词impress，动词，“给……以印象”，其名词形式为impression。故填impression。

4.考查不定代词。句意：最早用英语写的一些诗歌是童谣。some… other…, 一些；一些，固定结构。故填Other。

5.考查非谓语。句意：最早用英语写的一些诗歌是童谣。分析可知，所填动词应是非谓语形式作后置定语修饰之前名词, 且与poetry之间为被动关系，应用过去分词形式。故填written。

6.考查动词时态。句意：孩子们在很小的时候就学会了这些。分析可知，所填动词应是本句谓语，由之后的“when they were young”可知，为一般过去时。故填learned。

7.考查冠词。句意：童谣（现在）仍然是一种常见的儿童诗歌。分析可知，type，意为“形式”，可数名词，应用不定冠词。故填a。

8.考查连词。句意：他们让小孩子很高兴，因为他们有很强的节奏和大量的重复。分析可知，前后句为因果关系，前果后因。故填because。

9.考查连词。句意：许多唐诗已被译成英语，在说英语的人当中很受欢迎。分析可知，空后的内容“_____is quite popular among English speakers.”应与之前的谓语动词has been translated 为并列谓语，主语为a lot of Tang poetry。因此此空应填并列连词and。故填and。

10.考查形容词比较级。句意：它比你想象的要容易，当然值得一试! 根据空后的“than”可知，应用比较级形式。故填easier。