Unit4AmazingartⅠ.閱讀理解Weallagree,surely—memorizingpoetryisagoodthing,andchildrenoughttodoit.Butpeopledoobject.Atleast,theyobjecttotheideathatchildrenshouldbeforcedtolearnpoetry.TheytendtobepeoplelikeMichaelRosen.Rosenhasmorepracticalobjectionstochildrenhavingtolearnpoetrybythegovernment'sorder.Actually,Rosenisallforlearningpoetry,“whenitfeelsright”，whichis,hesays,“oneofthosevaguephrasesmuchhatedbypeopleinauthorityandyetitisattheheartofgoodteaching”．He'sontosomethingaboutthetiming,butthatdoesn'tmeanpolicymakersarewrongtoinsistonpupilslearningpoetry.Theproblemisthatsomeinfluentialeducationistshavecometoseelearningbyheartasawasteoftimewhentomorrow'sadultswillwantskillsmorethaninformation.Let'scometothemostimportantobjectors—children.Theirobjectiontendstocomeintheleastoffensiveform.Itcomesinthequestion:“Whyarewedoingthis？”It'saworthwhileinquiry.IteachatSherborneHere'soneoftheanswersIgive.There'llbeonetimewhenyourgoodfriendisgoingtointroduceyoutosomeonewithwhomhewantstospendtherestofhislife.There'llbeaceremonytohonourthisunion,andwordswillbeveryimportant.You'relikelytobetheonewhohastostandupandsay,“Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds/Admitimpediment...”Andwhenyoudothat,you'regoingtobespeakingforeveryoneintheroom.Now,everybodybreathessighofrelief.Learningpoetryandrecitingpoetryforcesustothinkofitinthispublicway.Howevermysteriousandintimatepoetryseems,weneedtorememberit'ssomethingwealsoshare,andoffereachother.Sotakesome,andpassiton.這是一篇爭(zhēng)論文。文章介紹了人們對(duì)孩子是否應(yīng)當(dāng)被要求背誦古詩(shī)詞的不同觀點(diǎn)。1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”inthefirstparagraphreferto?A．Therighttiming.B．Thepoetrywithvaguephrases.C．Thegovernment'sorder.D．Thenaturalwaytolearnpoetry.解析：詞義揣測(cè)題。由第一段“whenitfeelsright”和其次段“He'sontosomethingaboutthetiming”可知，Rosen認(rèn)為正確的時(shí)機(jī)是良好教學(xué)的核心。故此處it指代正確的時(shí)機(jī)。答案：A2．Whichofthefollowingwouldbefavoredbysomeinfluentialeducationists?A．Toguidechildrenhowtorecitepoetry.B．Toinstructchildrenonhowtogetinformation.C．Toteachstudentsreallifeskillsforthefuture.D．Toforcechildrentoobeythegovernmentpolicy.解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。由其次段“Theproblemisthatsomeinfluentialeducationistshavecometoseelearningbyheartasawasteoftimewhentomorrow'sadultswillwantskillsmorethaninformation.”可知，問題是，一些有影響力的教化家已經(jīng)起先把背誦看作是奢侈時(shí)間，因?yàn)槊魈斓某赡耆隧氁氖羌寄芏皇切畔ⅰ９蔬xC。答案：C3．Asforthechildren'squestion,theteachershould________.A．consideritoffensive B．takeitseriouslyC．dismissitasworthless D．discussitafterclass解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。由第三段可知，孩子的反對(duì)看法往往是最不具有攻擊性的?！拔覀?yōu)槭裁匆@樣做”這是一個(gè)值得探討的問題。作者在學(xué)校教書，那里的男孩子們學(xué)習(xí)詩(shī)歌，幸運(yùn)的是，我們的課上有時(shí)間回答那個(gè)問題。說明老師應(yīng)仔細(xì)對(duì)待孩子的問題。故選B。答案：B4．What'sthewriter'sattitudetowardspoetrylearning?A．Objective. B．Supportive.C．Critical. D．Disapproving.解析：觀點(diǎn)看法題。由第五段“weneedtorememberit'ssomethingwealsoshare,andoffereachother.Sotakesome,andpassiton.”可知，我們須要記住，詩(shī)歌是我們可以彼此共享、相互奉獻(xiàn)的東西。所以記住一些，然后傳遞下去。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，作者對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)詩(shī)歌的看法是支持和主動(dòng)的，故選B。答案：BⅡ.七選五Theworldisacolorfullandscapeofdifferentlanguages,skincolors,anddifferentcultures.__1__.Awaytodevelopthisappreciationistotrytolearnaboutotherculturesaroundtheworld.Thereareseveralwaystobecomeknowledgeableaboutdifferentcultures.__2__.Readingworksbyauthorswhohaveacloserelationshipwithaparticularcultureallowspeopletogainanaccurateglimpseintothefood,music,language,religion,andwayoflifeofaparticulargroupofpeople.Forexample,__3__，shewilloftenreadthemstoriesbasedontheculture'sfolktale.Anotherwaytolearnaboutdifferentculturesistotrytolearnaforeignlanguage.Avarietyoflanguage-learningbooks,software,andaudioprogramsareavailableatthepubliclibraryorbookstores.__4__.Makingcontactwithpeoplewhoarenativespeakersofthelanguagetogainfirsthandknowledgeofaparticularcultureasshestrugglestolearnthelanguage.__5__.WhetherapersonwantstolearnmoreaboutregionsinJapan,theMiddleEast,Africa,oranyotherworldculture,becomingfamiliarwithitsfoodisagiantstepintherightdirection.Foodisanimportantpartofdifferentculturesandallowspeopletogaininsightintoaparticularculturalgroup'swayoflife.A．whenastudentwantstolearnmoreaboutadifferentcultureB．whenateacherwishestoexposeherstudentstoadifferentcultureC．OnewayistoreadbookswrittenbyauthorsfromaparticularcultureD．LearnaboutdifferentculturesbyeatingfoodfromaspecificculturalgroupE．GaininganunderstandingofotherculturesbenefitsbothyouandotherpeopleF．ApersoncanchoosealanguagetolearnandlocatelearningprogramstohelphermasterthelanguageG．It'simportanttodevelopanappreciationfordifferentculturestobecomeawell-roundedperson本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了觀賞不同文化的方法。1．G解析：依據(jù)下文Awaytodevelopthisappreciationistotrytolearnaboutotherculturesaroundtheworld.可知，G項(xiàng)“要成為一個(gè)全面發(fā)展的人，培育對(duì)不同文化的觀賞是很重要的”符合此處語(yǔ)境。其中G項(xiàng)中的appreciation和differentcultures與下文中的appreciation和othercultures相對(duì)應(yīng)。故G選項(xiàng)正確。2．C解析：依據(jù)上文Thereareseveralwaystobecomeknowledgeableaboutdifferentcultures.及下文Readingworksbyauthorswhohaveacloserelationshipwithaparticularculture可知，C項(xiàng)“一種方法是閱讀來(lái)自特定文化的作者寫的書”符合此處語(yǔ)境。其中C項(xiàng)中的Oneway與上文中的severalways相對(duì)應(yīng)，C項(xiàng)中的readbookswrittenbyauthorsfromaparticularculture與下文中的Readingworksbyauthorswhohaveacloserelationshipwithaparticularculture相對(duì)應(yīng)。故C選項(xiàng)正確。3．B解析：依據(jù)下文shewilloftenreadthemstoriesbasedontheculture's