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Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices. Click on the best choice. (20 points)

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 cannot replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting 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", "a heightening of life, enjoyment with others". 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.

21. According to the passage, to have a better understanding of a poem, the best way is ______.

A. to discuss it with others

B. to analyze it by oneself

C. to hear it read out

D. to practice reading it aloud

正确答案：D

22. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A.I n teaching poetry, it is indispensable for the teacher or student to read aloud or recite the poem.

B. The reading of the poem is in fact preparations for some discussion among the students.

C. Much more time should be spent analyzing the poem.

D. Many teachers don't like to teach poetry because they are forced to do so.

正确答案：A

23. According to the author, one of the purposes of teaching English is to get students ______.

A. to criticize life

B. to like poetry

C. to enjoy life

D. to teach poetry

正确答案：B

24. From the last sentence in the third paragraph, we know that ______.

A. the teaching of poetry should have been much more stressed