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【題目】Dear March - Come in -

How glad I am -

I hoped for you before ...

Who knocks? That April –共和國(guó)廣告廣告

Lock the Door -

I will not be pursued -

He stayed away a year to call -

When I am occupied -

But trifles(瑣事) look so trivial(不重要的) -

As soon as you have come ...

This lovely poem was written by Emily Dickinson, who is considered a major American poet, though she was not accorded (符合) this honor until well after her death.

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. She attended school for only one year. Throughout her life, she seldom left her home and visitors were few. She lived in almost complete isolation(隔離) from the outside world.

She admired the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barren Browning, as well as John Keats. Though she was dissuaded (勸阻) from reading the poetry of her contemporary Walt Whitman by rumors of its disgracefulness, the two poets are now connected by the distinguished place they hold as the founders of a uniquely American poetic voice.

While Dickinson was extremely prolific (多產(chǎn)的) as a poet, she was not publicly recognized during her lifetime. Upon her death, Dickinson's family discovered forty hand-bound volumes of nearly 1,800 poems. Her younger sister began to share the enormous body of work that Emily left behind.

Emily's odd punctuation, capitalization(大寫), and formatting(格式) did not meet with standard publishing "approval" for earlier editions. There is a whimsical (古怪的) nature to many other poems, as the subject of death was the most frequent theme.

【1】 In the poem, the poetess was speaking to ______.

A. a little girl B. a long-lost family member

C. a nice season D. a cute animal

【2】What is a feature of Emily Dickinson's poems?

A. They do not pay attention to rhymes.

B. They resemble those of Walt Whitman.

C. They have a strange format.

D. They reflect her personal and social life.

【3】According to the text, Emily Dickinson _______.

A. was completely homeschooled and had a talent for writing poems

B. was greatly influenced by four of her contemporary poets

C. is regarded as a leading poet in American literature

D. published a large number of poems during her lifetime

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹美國(guó)詩(shī)人Emily Dickinson和她的詩(shī)歌的魅力所在。

【1】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)這首詩(shī)中Dear March - Come in 親愛的三月，進(jìn)來(lái)，-How glad I am –我是多么高興。That April那年四月。從三、四月可知是在說(shuō)季節(jié)，“我是多么高興”，說(shuō)明是一個(gè)好的季節(jié)。故選C。

【2】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句Emily's odd punctuation, capitalization(大寫), and formatting(格式) did not meet with standard publishing "approval" for earlier editions. 艾米麗奇怪的標(biāo)點(diǎn)、大小寫和格式都不符 合早期版本的發(fā)布標(biāo)準(zhǔn),但卻賦予了她詩(shī)歌獨(dú)特魅力。故選C。

【3】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句中的who is considered a major American poet,被認(rèn)為是美國(guó)最重要的詩(shī)人。故選C。