周末加油站（IV）

Task 1

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.

Her poems described conditions among the poor， racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.

In her early poetry， Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems， the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics（評论家） praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.

In 1950， Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She won the prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen， which is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter， wife and mother. She experiences loneliness， loss， death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.

Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha. It received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.

In some of her poems， Gwendolyn Brook described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem， Corners on the Curing Sky.

By the end of the 1960s， Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues.

1. What does the text mainly talk about

A. The life of Gwendolyn Brooks.          B. The struggles of black women.

C. The understanding about black culture.    D. The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.

2. What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph

A. She mainly wrote about the struggles of black women.

B. She was good at using the language of poetry.

C. Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.

D. Her poems were mainly about the African experience.

3. How does the author mainly develop the text

A. By providing examples.           B. By using statistics.

C. By comparing opinions.           D. By describing her experiences.

4. What would the author most probably talk about in the following part

A. The difficulties Gwendolyn Brooks would meet.

B. The poems related to political issues.

C. The awards Gwendolyn Brooks gained.

D. The racial inequality the black had to face.

Task 2

Poetry is one of the most difficult and demanding literary works to understand. 1.________ To effectively analyze a poem， you must learn what to look for and where to find it. By following these steps you can begin to get close to the mysterious world of poetry.

Read the poem several times. Multiple readings are required in order to grasp the poem's theme and emotion. Often， reading it aloud will help you recognize how the grammar and form function as well as feel the emotion it is intended to evoke.

Note any words or phrases you do not understand in the poem， including in the title， and use a dictionary to look them up. It is necessary to know the meaning of every word used in the work.  2.________.

Establish the dramatic situation of the poem by determining who the speaker is， where the poem takes place and what actually happens during the work. 3.________ It helps you recognize point of view， imagery and dramatic element necessary to analyze the poem's meaning.

Study the poem line by line noting the style. A good poetry book such as "The Poetry Handbook" by Mary Oliver or a Web site like Purdue University's Online Writing Lab will help you recognize technical form such as meter， rhyme， and pattern.

Understand sensory（感覺的）images and objects by analyzing what they signify， or the emotion they evoke. 4.________ Brainstorm what these things mean and how they make you feel to help discover the theme and tone of the poem.

5.________ A poet creates his work by combining words， images and emotions to convey a point. Once you have now broken them down individually， you can see how they work together to convey a central message or theme.

A. Poets often choose them carefully.

B. Connect to the Author and Time Period.

C. Understanding these things will be helpful.

D. When a poem is experienced from several angles， the deeper meaning is revealed.

E. Determine the meaning of the poem by putting all of the previous elements together.

F. Poems vary in length， style， theme and form and require a sharp eye to draw out their meaning.

G. Sometimes this images may be a single object like a rose or an active image like a funeral procession.

Task 3

Poems can make you feel emotions， like anger or sadness， depending on the words and how they are put together. That is the     1     of poetry.

Poetry     2     even before humans knew how to read and write， dating back to around 3，000 BC. Some of the earliest poetry was     3     or sung， and was used as a way to record and pass down historical and religious stories and cultural     4     from one generation to the next. Since writing was not     5     then， certain sounds and rhymes were used to make these stories     6     and therefore， memorable.

Ancient poetry was mainly of three types. The first was an epic（史诗） or a long narrative poetry usually about a（n）     7     event. The second type was lyric（抒情的） poetry or poetry that     8     personal and emotional feelings. Finally there was dramatic poetry or stories written in verse and usually     9     like Greek tragedies and Shakespeare's plays.

The     10     of the printing press（印刷機） in the 15th century brought poetry to common men with its daily subjects. This was     11     by several major literary periods， during which poetry     12     dramatic changes. It started with the European Renaissance period from the 14th to the 16th century， which first helped poetry and poets like Shakespeare and Sir Walter Raleigh become     13    .

The Romantic period saw     14     poems that expressed a poet's joys， hopes， and sorrows     15     a conversational tone. Then came the Victorian era， which saw the     16     of structured poems and the birth of modern "    17     verse” poetry. American poet Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is     18     to be the first example of free verse poetry.

Modern poetry is a     19     of all of these styles. We still see rhyming in children's poems and in the popular African American styles of hip hop and rap music， which are a     20     of rhymed poetry put to a musical beat.

1. A. style         B. power         C. tone           D. basis

2. A. existed       B. survived      C. worked         D. mattered

3. A. published     B. copied        C. analyzed        D. recited

4. A. differences    B. influences      C. traditions       D. origins

5. A. practiced      B. learned        C. trained         D. required

6. A. mysterious    B. interesting      C. complex        D. difficult

7. A. typical        B. abstract        C. romantic       D. historical

8. A. expressed     B. covered         C. avoided       D. limited

9. A. sorted out     B. blocked out      C. acted out      D. watched out

10. A. benefit       B. invention        C. advantage     D. science

11. A. divided       B. identified        C. contributed    D. followed

12. A. went through    B. got over        C. gave up       D. took out

13. A. public          B. particular       C. popular      D. perfect

14. A. excellent        B. personal       C. specific      D. sensitive

15. A. with            B. at            C. on          D. in

16. A. end             B. start          C. strength     D. source

17. A. simple           B. short         C. oral         D. free

18. A. referred          B. considered    C. chose        D.t reated

19. A. concept          B. combination    C. variety      D. number

20. A. form            B. performance    C. change      D. result

Task 4

I. 语法填空

When We Two Parted is a poem about love. This poem 1.___________（write）by British Romanticist Byron. It seems to contain a power 2.___________（touch）the most tender part of people's inner heart. It is said that the young Byron once had romances with several women， many of 3.___________（they）married. This idea is furthered in the poem and forbidden love appears in several of Byron's poems. 4.___________（actual）， evidence shows the poem is about Lady Frances Webster， whom Byron didn't get because she was married; but within a year it was reported that she was having an affair with someone else， 5.___________made Byron feel cheated.

The poem 6.___________（contain）four octaves（八度音階）. The simplify of sentence rightly produces an effect of separation. It expresses the sorrow of 7.___________ gentle man who is betrayed by his lover. It seems to have one thousand kinds of feelings like love， sadness， love sickness，hatred and abandonment. All these delicate 8.__________（emotion）are within the short poem. He expresses his passionate feeling 9.__________a frank and sad way. A story seems to be told that a couple share a secret relationship and is forced to separate for a period of time. If he should meet his beloved again， he will greet her with 10._________（silent）and tears. Furthermore，the poem also expresses the poet's desire for true life of loyalty.

II. 书面表达

假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。内容包括：

1. 时间和地点;

2. 内容：学习唐诗;

3. 课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史。

注意：

1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Leslie，

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Yours sincerely，

Li Hua

Task 5

读后续写（选做）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

In order to collect funds for charitable donation， my sisters school was going to organise a concert. One of the performances was a short drama called “Christmas Eve”.When the notice was announced， my sister went to register for the drama immediately because she was really passionate（热情的） about role­ playing.

On the day when students were given their respective roles， my little sister came home without any expression， and her lips tightly closed.

“Are you chosen？” We asked her carefully，trying to not hurt her feelings.

“Yes，” She said a word only. “Then why are you unhappy ” I asked.

“Its because of my role！” She shouted angrily.

We all knew that “Christmas Eve” only had four characters： the father， the mother， the son and the daughter.“What is your role ”

“They asked me to play the role of the dog！” After saying that，my sister rushed upstairs， leaving us watching each other in silence. We did not know whether to congratulate her or to comfort her for her role as a dog. Dad talked to my sister after dinner， but we did not know what they had talked about.

Anyway， my sister did not quit the performance. She was active in each practice and rehearsal（排練）.We were puzzled about what was there to practice in order to play the role of a dog.But my sister was really into the practice， and even bought protection cap for her knees， so that she would not feel the pain when she crawled（爬） on the stage. She also told us that the dogs name was Danger.

I noticed that every time when my sister was back from the rehearsal， her eyes shone excitedly. I did not know about the real meaning of her excitement until the day of the performance.

On the grand day itself， I opened the pamphlet and found my sisters name “Jane—Danger （Dog）”.I looked around， the hall was fully seated with many of my friends.I sat back quickly—its not such an honour to have a sister who acted as a dog.

Paragraph 1：

Luckily， the light faded out and the performance began.

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Paragraph 2：

I heard some light laughs from the audience around me.

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文化苑

Shirley Temple

秀兰·邓波儿

四川简阳中学  贾金秀

Born in 1928， Shirley Temple is an American film and television actress，and perhaps the most famous child actor in history. To make her seem even more precocious， her mother subtracted a year from Temple's age， and until she was 13 Temple thought she had been born in 1929. She began her screen career in 1932 at the age of three， and in 1934， skyrocketed to superstardom in Bright Eyes， a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1934， and blockbusting super hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid to late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls， dishes and clothing. From 1936 to 1938， Temple earned more than any other Hollywood star， starring in films that offered an hour and a half of optimism at the height of the Depression. Her movies were credited with restoring the Fox studio to profitability when it had been on the point of going bankrupt.

Temples appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid to late teens， retiring completely from the silver screen in 1950 at the age of 21. As she lost her curls and began to grow curvy， she continued appearing in adult roles， with diminishing box office success， and stopped acting after her first divorce at 21. At 39， she remained active in Republican politics， and was named by President Nixon to serve as a US representative the United Nations. In1967， she ran unsuccessfully for United States Congress. In 1988， she published her autobiography， Child Star. Temple is the recipient of many awards and honors including Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

Word bank

1. precocious /pr  k    s/  adj. （尤指兒童）智力超常的;早熟的

2. subtract /s b tr kt/  v. 减;减去

3. profitability / pr f t  b l ti/  v. 获利（状况）;盈利（情况）

4. curvy / k  vi/  adj. 弯弯曲曲的;曲折的

参考译文

秀兰·邓波儿

秀兰·邓波儿生于1928年，美国电影、电视明星，电影史上最著名的童星。为了让她看上去更加的少年老成，她的母亲刻意瞒报了邓波儿的年龄，直到她13岁时，别人都以为她是1929年出生的。1932年， 刚刚3岁的她就参演了电影，更凭借1934年的电影《亮眼睛》迅速成为超级巨星，而这部剧情片就是专门为她量身打造的。1935年2月， 她获得奥斯卡特别金像奖，之后一直到30年代末，她年年都参演电影，如《卷毛头》和《海蒂》，很多电影轰动-时。无数授权商品利用她的形象大赚特赚，玩偶、美食和服装应有尽有。从1936年到1938年，邓波儿赚的钱比好莱坞任何明星都要多，她主演的电影总能在-一个半小时的时间段中，让身处经济大萧条危急时刻的观众感受到一些乐观，更是让当时濒临破产的福克斯电影公司重新赢利。

邓波儿在20岁之前，参演了多部风格各异的电影，但是1950年，21岁的她选择彻底淡出演艺圈。随着她的漂亮卷发逐渐舒展开，身材也开始发育，她继续表演成年人的角色，但票房日渐缩减，21岁，结束了第一次婚姻的她完全终止演艺生涯。39岁时，她一如既往地为民主政治多方奔走，当时的尼克松总统还指派她作为联合国中的美国代表。1967年， 她为美国国会工作，但政绩甚微。1988年，出版了自传《童星》。邓波儿曾获得很多奖项和荣誉，其中有肯尼迪中心荣誉奖和银幕演员协会终身成就奖。