Question

    My real love for poetry as an adult came when, as a participant in a writer's workshop, I heard a poet read her work aloud. I was there to study nonfiction, and every evening participants gathered to hear their peers and teachers read work from their selected genres. As I listened to Solmaz Sharif read her poem, I was overcome by it. It was just like a dance and I was invited to participate. I looked around the room to see if everyone else was as shocked as I was. I was in love and I think it was because she was in love.

After the writer's workshop, I began to try on different poets. I was desperate to find another connection to a poet like the one I had experienced with Sharif. I borrowed a collection of poems from our local library.

One afternoon as I sat on the couch browsing it, the feeling returned. As I reached the final line, my 8-year-old daughter walked into the room to see me spit joy and tears and grief all over the living room carpet.

“ What's the matter, Mom?” she asked.

"A poem, that's all," I said. She smiled, relieved nothing was wrong.“ Want to hear it?” I said.

We sat together, on the couch, and I read Kay Ryan aloud.  When we were finished, my daughter ran up to her bedroom to grab a notebook so she could compose some of her own lines. She fell in love because I was in love. Those fifteen minutes spent on the couch together taught her more about poetry than any eight-week curriculum could have.

We didn't study poetry to tick the boxes of an imagined cultural syllabus. Rather, we leaned close to each other and fell in love with the words.

Part of teaching our children to love poetry is falling in love with poetry ourselves. Does that mean I don't worry about teaching them the different forms and skills? Certainly not. I mean, while it is true that great poems come as a result of a mastery of the craft, hard work, and patience, in the beginning I simply encourage my children to enjoy the words, and I cheer them on as they dare to write down their own lines.

1.What was the writer's purpose of attending a writer's workshop?

A.To make new friends. B.To learn nonfiction works.

C.To meet much-loved poets. D.To exchange reading notes.

2.Why does the writer describe the poem as a dance?

A.She loved dancing. B.She was too surprised.

C.She was touched by the reading. D.She never heard this poem before.

3.Why is the writer's daughter mentioned?

A.To tell she was easy to be moved. B.To prove her daughter also loved poems.

C.To show her daughter was talented. D.To support her own opinion.

4.How should parents encourage their children to love poetry at first?

A.Teach them writing skills. B.Ask them to write their own poems.

C.Act as role models for them. D.Buy them collections of poems.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。主要讲述作者自己学习诗歌并且爱上诗歌以此来鼓励孩子学习诗歌。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段I was there to study nonfiction, and every evening participants gathered to hear their peers and teachers read work from their selected genres. 我在那里学习非小说类书籍，每天晚上，参与者都会聚集在一起，听他们的同学和老师朗读他们所选体裁的作品。由此可知作者加入一个作家的工作室是为了学习非小说类作品，故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据文章地段As I listened to Solmaz Sharif read her poem, I was overcome by it. It was just like a dance and I was invited to participate. I looked around the room to see if everyone else was as shocked as I was. I was in love and I think it was because she was in love. 当我听着Solmaz Sharif朗诵她的诗时，我完全被打动了。这就像一场舞蹈，我被邀请参加。我环顾了一下房间，看看其他人是否和我一样震惊，由此可以推断作者被这个朗诵感动，感觉这首诗就像舞蹈一样，故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段I mean, while it is true that great poems come as a result of a mastery of the craft, hard work, and patience, in the beginning I simply encourage my children to enjoy the words, and I cheer them on as they dare to write down their own lines.我的意思是，虽然伟大的诗歌确实是由于精通工艺、努力工作和耐心而产生的，但在开始的时候，我只是鼓励我的孩子欣赏这些词，我鼓励他们敢于写下自己的台词。而作者的女儿也是这样做的并且喜欢上了诗歌，所以提到作者的女儿就是为了证明作者的观点，故选D。

4.推理判断题。作者自己学习诗歌，并爱上诗歌，然后读给自己的孩子听，让自己的孩子也爱上了诗歌，由此可以推断作者是充当榜样来鼓励自己的孩子学习诗歌的，故选C。