Unit 2 Poems 知识点题库

          Mr.Jones woke early one morning.  It was a beautiful morning，so went to  the window and looked out.  He was surprised to see a neatly dressed，middle­aged professor,     worked in the  university near his house. He had grey hair and thick glasses，and was carrying      umbrella，a morning newspaper and a bag.  Mr. Jones thought that he must   ( arrive)  by the night train and decided to walk to the university instead of   (take) a taxi.

          Mr. Jones had a big tree in his garden，and the children had tied a long rope to one of its branches，so that they could swing on it.

Mr. Jones was surprised to see the professor stop and look      (care) up and down the road.      he saw that there was nobody in sight，he stepped into the garden (there was no fence)，put his umbrella，newspaper， bag and hat neatly on the grass and took hold of the rope. He pulled it hard      (see) whether it was strong enough to take his weight，then       (run) as fast as he could and swung into the air on the end of the rope.

          At last the professor stopped and continued on his way     the university，looking as quiet and correct as one would expect a professor to be.

          “It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new！” says Englishtown1Ellen Rema.Ellen began to learn English at the age of 50，and in just a few years，she has made2progress!

          Ellen chose to study at Englishtown because no evening classes were3in the German countryside where she lives.At Englishtown，she joins4classes online and speaks with live native English­speaking teachers.

          “Englishtown is a wonderful place to5.” she says.“My son always says，mom，you are a bit6.He cannot understand why I spend so many hours studying，7love it.I do it for myself.”

          In 2001，Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly8.“I spent hours and hours studying，”she said.“Maybe I wanted too much in a short time.I finished all my9after 2 years，but noticed I still had10difficulties.”

Instead of11 ， she chose to press on.After four years at Englishtown，she's still studying in the online classroom，but now to perfect her already12English，she has set new13for herself and14understanding grammar points.

          “Studying online is never15 ， but you need self­discipline，self­motivation and staying power，”she says.“If you really want to learn，never quit even when you notice difficulties or when you think there is no16.Practice，practice，practice！”

          Ellen says studying English isn’t all about hard work.It should also be17！ “I really like the online conversation classrooms，”she says.“I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions.I’m open for all 18.”

          Ellen has been able to 19her English to use by visiting England five times! “I’m very thankful to Englishtown because most of the English I know now was learned here，” Ellen says.“My life has 20with Englishtown.”

    I went to the Tsavo National Park in northern Kenya for a film. We set off early for a distant water hole. A huge elephant covered with dry mud, drank calmly and deeply. He might have traveled 50 km to reach the water. He wasn't going to hurry now. We thought he'd drink a while and rest in the shade, and then drink again. What actually happened was that he drank deeply and stepped away. Then he suddenly fell down. Within minutes he was dead.

    We called animal doctor Jeremiah Poghon immediately. He removed the head of a poisonous arrow (箭) from the elephant's body, and let out over 100 liters of drug—the result of the elephant's meeting with a poacher (偷猎者) months before.

    Today's poacher fires an arrow, covered with poison, into the body of an elephant. If the poacher is lucky, the elephant might die in an hour or two; if not, he might have to follow the elephant for days before it dies. Often the arrow head fails to kill the elephant at once—it doesn't mean the poison won't finally kill the elephant, but it will be a slow death.

    Living in Tsavo through these times, I could see the results of poaching from time to time. When I think about the death of that elephant, what stays with me is the great silence after the shocking sound of his body hitting the ground. I couldn't escape the feeling that with the death of such a large animal, the world seemed to be a poorer and emptier place.

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      A glass a day keeps obesity at bay. Wine has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content, but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight, those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight.

    A scientist for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, “Proper drinking may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain.” An official organization reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that present data do not clearly show if proper drinking increases weight.

    Boston University's Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the reasons relating alcohol (酒精) to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects (效果) of proper drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes (糖尿病), which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very fat people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.

    The group says alcohol provides energy that is quickly absorbed into the body and is not stored in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking drinking patterns into consideration.

    For now there is little evidence that drinking small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one's risk of becoming too fat. What's more, a study three years ago suggested that a chemical found in grapes and red wine, destroys fat cells.

  opera as a woman.

假如你叫李华，是一名高中生。你和外国笔友Lucy都是文学爱好者，尤其喜欢英语诗歌。最近，Lucy发来电子邮件，询问你最喜欢哪一首英语诗歌、作者是谁、你为什么喜欢它。

1）请根据自己的亲身体会，给Lucy写一封电子邮件。

2）词数100左右。开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Lucy,

    I am glad to tell you about my favorite poem. ……

    Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

    Yours,

    Li Hua

    Recently I was invited to a friend's house for supper — and had a meal I have never had before.

    All the friends invited were a little1It's not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it's just that he never 2more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something 3for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dinning room where a 4table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the 5for my friends!” said Ben. We all sat down and looked 6at each other — what did he7to?

    Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It's a 8of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes,” said Ben. The next 9was also a little strange in that we didn't quite know what it was again. It's just 10mixture of vegetables.

    As we ate we chatted and finally the11turned back to what we were eating. “Was there a recipe(食谱)for this,” asked Marina , “or did you 12it up?” Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked 13what I could find.” Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.” “But there's 14choice in what you can find 15supermarkets,” he replied.

    16that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually 17away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of 18 boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.

 So Ben had19provided a decent (不错的) meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to 20millions of people.

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    Johnny, a lizard(蜥蜴), liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so (relax) that he didn't notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys (catch) Johnny, and he could only escape by losing his tail.

    After the children left, Johnny came out to look his tail, but found no sign of it. Feeling sad, he made a (decide) to spend all his time looking for it. Time passed, and Johnny kept asking everyone whether (them) had seen his tail. One day, he asked a boy, who surprisedly replied, “Why do you need two tails?” Hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw a new, stronger tail. He (sudden) realized how silly it had been to waste so much time on such a problem.

    On his way home, he found his old tail on the roadside. it looked terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to continue his journey when an idea hit him he shouldn't look at the past. He then dropped his old tail, (leave) with it all his past worries. All he took with him (be) thoughts of the future.

    Long ago，poems were recited out loud instead of being written down. Back when the Greeks first started the Olympics, they held poetry contests as well as athletic competitions.

    Now，poetry competitions have been revived (恢复). This year 120,000 high school students competed in the first Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest，performing poems from memory for $100,000 in prizes.

    The first competitions were held in classrooms. The winners went on to school－wide contests, and then they competed in city and state competitions. Finally, the 50 state champions，along with the District of Columbia champion came to Washington D．C．last week for the last showdown. After the 51 champions competed against one another, 12 went on to the finals. Then the field was narrowed to five. The final five had one last chance to “perform” a poem. The overall champ, Jackson Hille, a high school senior from Ohio, won a $20,000 scholarship.

    The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation started Poetry Out Loud, because they realized that bearing a poem performed is a different experience from reading it on a page.

    It's not just a matter of saying the words in the right order. It's the tone of voice, the pauses, the gestures and the attitude of the person performing that bring the words to life. “Each time we hear somebody recite a poem, we understand again what we found fresh and interesting about it，” said National Public Radio Broadcaster Scott Simon, master of ceremonies for the finals. Hearing it in a new voice offers something new to the listener.

    Not only do the people hearing poems have a new experience, but memorizing and presenting poems helps the participants (选手) understand those poems in a new way. Another benefit of a competition such as Poetry Out Loud is that the participants learn public－speaking skills that can help them for life.

  the only goal.

    In a tiny room, Jenny was lying in bed waiting for an operation, nervous and worried. 1, another patient was squeezed in. After a gentle greeting, they 2the chatting. The 80-year-old newcomer was named Susan. Her son 3ran a company as CEO and her daughter worked on a TV station as director. Since her children were too 4to take care of Susan, she lived in an old people's home. Susan was proud of her children who had wonderful 5. Jenny really 6Susan. Compared with Susan, Jenny was 7but an ordinary country woman whose children were just ordinary workers.

    Soon, it was supper time, Jenny's daughter cooked 8dishes which were her favorite. Jenny invited Susan to share her supper, but she9.Susan was 10her daughter when she received a call. 11,her children couldn't come to visit her. Worse still, Susan had 12the mealtime in the hospital. She lay in bed, 13and silent. Jenny's daughter offered to buy her some food but she had no appetite  14.

    The next day, Jenny and Susan would go through a series of regular medical checks before the operation. Jenny's daughter 15to her carefully while Susan was still alone. Out of sympathy, Jenny's daughter offered to queue(排队) up, fill in different 16and register for Susan. For several days in hospital, even during her 17,Susan's children didn't show up. Susan really envied Jenny whose daughter looked after her all the time 18she recovered and moved out of hospital.

    Care from the loved ones when ill can really make one happy and encouraged, especially for a(n) 19parent. So while devoted to your career, don't forget your role in your 20.

    Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader strong impression. Others try to express certain emotions. Poets use different forms of poetry to express (they). For example，the language of nursery rhymes is concrete but (imagine), and they delight small children because they have strong rhyme and a lot of (repeat). And list poems have a flexible line (long) and a rhythm to the poem. Another simple form of poem is the cinquain, is made up of five lines and can convey strong (feel) in just a few words. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that is made up of 17 syllables. And of course there are Tang poems from China which you may enjoy particular. With so many different (form) of poetry to choose from, students may (eventual) want to write poems of their own.