【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n the nineteenth century, one of America39。s greatest writers, Walt Whitman, helped people learn to value poetry. Whitman created a new kind of poetry. Walt Whitman was born in eighteen nineteen in New York City. During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world. As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter. He was thirtysix years old when he published his first book of poetry in eighteen fiftyfive. He called it Leaves of Grass. It had only twelve poems. The poems are written in free verse. The lines do not follow any set form. Some lines are short. Some are long. The words at the end of each line do not have a similar sound. They do not rhyme. One of America39。s greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Grass. Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman39。s work. But most other poets and writers said nothing and even denounced it. Most readers also rejected Whitman39。s poems. The new form of his poetry surprised many people. Even his own brother told Whitman that he should stop writing poetry. But Whitman had many things to say. And he continued to say them. Readers began to understand that America had a great new poetic voice. Walt Whitman39。s poems praise the United States and its democracy. The poet expressed his love for America and its people in many ways. Experts today praise Leaves of Grass as a major literary work. In eighteen seventythree, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke. He spent the last years of his life in Camden, New Jersey. Whitman was poor and weak during the last years of his life. He died in eighteen ninetytwo. Some critics say Walt Whitman was a spokesman for democracy. Others say he was not a spokesman for anything. Instead, they simply call him a great poet.（1）What can we know about Whitman? A.His poems have the same rhyme.B.He is the first great poet in the USAC.He helped people to create new poems.D.His poems show his love for his country.（2）Why was Leaves of Grass refused at first? A.The poems are quite short.B.The form of poetry is special.C.Whitman wasn39。t famous then.D.There are only 12 poems in it.（3）What does the underlined word denounced in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A.Accused.B.Downloaded.C.Published.D.Translated.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.Walt Whitman—a Great SoldierB.Walt Whitman—an Unfortunate PoetC.Walt Whitman and Leaves of GrassD.The First and Greatest Poet in America【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇人物介紹，介紹了美國著名的詩人 Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草葉集》。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Walt Whitman39。s poems praise the United States and its democracy. The poet expressed his love for America and its people in many ways.”Walt Whitman的詩贊美美國及其民主。這位詩人以多種方式表達了他對美國及其人民的熱愛?？芍xD。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“The new form of his poetry surprised many people.”他的新詩形式使許多人感到驚訝，故選B。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“But most other poets and writers said nothing and even denounced it.”可知，人們不接受Walt Whitman的詩集，可推知denounced可能是“指責，批評”之意，選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。縱觀全文可知，本文講述了美國著名作家Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草葉集》，并圍繞《草葉集》的開始不被接受到最后的大受歡迎展開，故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office puter. Your password has expired(過期), a server message flashed on my screen, with instructions for changing it. Coming up with a new code doesn39。t seem like a big deal, unless you work at my pany, where we have to change it monthly, using at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character, one symbol, and one numeral. Oh, and the whole darn thing can39。t be fewer than eight characters. And I can39。t use any of the same passwords I39。ve used in the past three months. Suddenly I was furious. What didn39。t make it any better was that I was deeply depressed after my recent divorce. Disbelief over what she had done to me was all I thought about. Every day. My anger didn39。t mean anything to the empty input field with a pulsating cursor (閃動的光標), waiting for me to type a password that I39。d have to reenter — many times — for the next 30 days. I remembered a tip I39。d heard from my former boss. He39。d said, I39。m going to use a password to change my life. I couldn39。t focus on getting things done in my current mood. There were clear indicators of what I needed to do to regain control of my life, but I couldn39。t notice them. My password became the indicator. My password reminded me that I shouldn39。t let myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do something about it. I made my password Forgive@h3r. I had to type this statement several times a day. Each time my puter would lock. Each time my screen saver with her photo would appear. Each time I would e back from eating lunch alone. In my mind, I wrote Forgive her every day. The simple action changed the way I looked at my exwife. That constant reminder of reconciliation led me to accept the way things had happened at the end of my marriage and embrace a new way of dealing with my depression. As the month wore on, I felt a slow healing begin to take place. By the time my server prompted me to reset my password the following month, I felt free. One month later, my dear Exchange server asked me yet again to reset my password. I thought about the next thing that I had to get done. My password became Quit@smoking4ever. I quit smoking overnight. This password was a painful one to type during that month, but doing it helped me to yell at myself in my mind as I typed that statement. It motivated me to follow my monthly goal. One month later, my password became Save4trip@thailand. Guess where I went three months later: Thailand. Seeing how these reminders helped to materialize my goals kept me motivated and excited. While it39。s sometimes difficult to e up with your next goal, keeping at it brings great results.