单选题
Teaching Poetry

No poem should ever be discussed or "analyzed", until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning 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, finally, 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 can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting (背诵) it.
I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than "analyzing" 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 thinking about it.
单选题 To have a better understanding of a poem, one should
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] practise reading it aloud:练习朗读。第一段都是在讲朗读的重要性。
单选题 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] Extending your life:延长你的生命。B、C、D都可以在第三段中找到。
单选题 According to the writer, one of the purposes of teaching English is to get students
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] to enjoy poetry:欣赏诗歌。答案在第三段第二句:I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. 我认为,作为英语教师,我们应取得的一个目标是能促使学生热爱诗歌。
单选题 What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] More stress should be laid on the teaching of poetry:应更多地强调诗歌教学。第三段最后一个句子说的是:诗歌在语言和文学教学中应占有比现在更加显著的位置。从中可以推出,有必要更多地强调诗歌教学。
单选题 The phrase "make room" in the last paragraph could be best replaced by
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] “leave a certain amount of time”:留一定的时间。make room:留一定的时间。因此C是正确的。