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【題目】

International Poetry Competition

World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March. Its purpose is to improve people’s ability to read, write, and teach poems all over the world.

This year, the International Poetry Centre is holding a poetry competition to celebrate the festival! The competition is open to all the poets(詩人)aged 18 and over from all over the world, and they will be divided into two groups:

Open Group (open to all the poets aged 18 and over)

ESL Group (open to all the poets aged 18 and over who can write in English as a Second Language)

The winners of each group will receive￡1000.

RULES:

All the poems must be unpublished (未出版的) works.

Poems will not be returned, so please keep a copy.

The poem(s) must be in English and created by the poet himself/herself.

Poems can be written on any proper subject. No subject on violence(暴力) or drugs.

The competition begins on 3 March, 2017 and ends on 28 August, 2017.

To enter the competition, please visit the Centre Shop to pay ￡5 for each poem. Once the payment is made, please email the poem(s) to poetrycomp@center.uk. Remember to mark Open or ESL in the top right-hand corner of the document(文檔) to show which group to enter before emailing your poem(s).

Questions about the competition can be emailed to poetrycomp@center.uk.

【1】The World Poetry Day is on_____.

A. March 28th B. March 3rd C. March 21st D. August 28th

【2】The purpose of the World Poetry Day is_____.

A. to encourage the British to write poems

B. to teach children how to read and write poems

C. to raise money for the poets from all over the world

D. to help people to read, write and teach poems better

【3】The rules for the competition include the following EXCEPT_____.

A. that poets can write poems in any language

B. that poets must use their unpublished poems

C. that poems can’t be taken back after the competition

D. that poems can’t be written on the subject of violence or drugs.

【4】Poets can get ￡1000 if_____.

A. they win in the group B. their poems are published

C. they enter the competition D. their poems are written by themselves

【5】Which is the correct order for poets to enter the competition?

①Pay￡5 for each poem.

②Visit the Centre Shop.

③Email their poem(s) to poetrycomp@center.uk.

④Mark Open or ESL in the top right –hand corner of their document.

A. ①②③④ B. ②①③④ C. ②①④③ D. ③④②①

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】試題分析：本文是國際詩歌節(jié)的參賽公告，先介紹了國際詩歌節(jié)的由來及目的，接著介紹了今年的比賽地點、對象及組別，然后明確了參賽規(guī)則，最后介紹了獎勵規(guī)則及注意事項。

【1】題意：國際詩歌節(jié)在_____（時間）。考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March.可知，在3月21日慶祝國際詩歌日。故選C。

【2】題意：（舉辦）國際詩歌日的目的是_____。考查細節(jié)理解題。A. to encourage the British to write poems鼓勵英國人寫詩；B. to teach children how to read and write poems教孩子們讀詩和寫詩；C. to raise money for the poets from all over the world為來自世界各地的詩人籌款；D. to help people to read, write and teach poems better幫助人們更好地讀、寫和教詩歌。根據(jù)句子Its purpose is to improve people’s ability to read, write, and teach poems all over the world.可知，它的目的是提高全世界人們讀詩、寫詩和教詩的能力。故選D。

【3】題意：除了_____，競賽的規(guī)則包括以下內容。考查細節(jié)理解題。A. that poets can write poems in any language詩人可以用任何語言寫詩； B. that poets must use their unpublished poems作品必須是未經發(fā)表的作品；C. that poems can’t be taken back after the competition詩歌在比賽結束后不可退回；D. that poems can’t be written on the subject of violence or drugs. 內容不可出現(xiàn)暴力或毒品。根據(jù)參賽規(guī)則The poem(s) must be in English，可知A說法錯誤，其他三項都對。故選A。

【4】題意：如果_____，詩人可以獲得￡1000。考查細節(jié)理解題。A. they win in the group在本組內贏了；B. their poems are published詩作出版；C. they enter the competition參加本次比賽；D. their poems are written by themselves詩作是原創(chuàng)。根據(jù)參賽規(guī)則，只有A項符合，故選A。

【5】題意：詩人參加比賽的正確順序是什么？考查綜合理解題。①Pay￡5 for each poem. 每首詩支付￡5 ；②Visit the Centre Shop. 參觀中心店；③Email their poem(s) to poetrycomp@center.uk. 把詩作發(fā)電子郵件給poetrycomp@center.uk；④Mark Open or ESL in the top right –hand corner of their document. 在文檔的右上角記上公開信息。根據(jù)規(guī)則To enter the competition, please visit the Centre Shop to pay ￡5 for each poem. Once the payment is made, please email the poem(s) to poetrycomp@center.uk. Remember to mark Open or ESL in the top right-hand corner of the document to show which group to enter before emailing your poem(s).，可知正確的順序是②①④③，故選C。