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语篇提能Ⅰ.阅读理解ThemetrosysteminLondon,widelyknownasthetube,istheworld'soldestundergroundrailway.However,itismorethanjustatransportsystem.Itisnotunusualtoseepeoplereadingthickbooksonthetube,crowdedatthedoorduringrushhour.ButthereisanotherwayLondonersenjoyliteratureontheunderground,aspoemsarescatteredaroundrandomly.Theprojectofthepoemshasbeenrunningsince1986andpoemsappearthreetimesayear,sixatatime.Twoofthepoemsarealwayswrittenbylivingpoets.AmericanwriterJudithChernaik,editorandfounderof“PoemsontheUnderground”，saidthatmostofthemarechosenrandomly,eitherfromgreatpoetsorfromunknownenthusiastsofEnglishpoetry.Conceived(构思)byChernaik,thesepoemsaimtobringpoetrytopassengers,andshowawiderangeofstyles.Theyareclassicalorcontemporary,domesticorinternational.Whetherpeopleloveorhatepoetry,thisprojecthasprovedtobeanexcellentwayofintroducingthepublictopoetry,withpassengersoftenwantingtoreadmore,accordingtothegovernmentorganizationTransportforLondon.“Thishasledtothepublicationofaseriesof‘PoemsontheUnderground’books,whichisnowinits11thedition.”Thisneweditioncontainspoemsthathavebeendisplayedincarriagesovertheyears.Thepoemsareclassifiedintosectionssuchaslove,music,nature,war,andloss.“Ourtubesystemhasbecomequitethebastion(堡垒)ofBritishculture，”TheLondonInsidermagazinecommented.语篇解读英国地铁为乘客提供诗歌供其阅读，这激发了大众欣赏英国文化的热情。1．Thepurposeoftheproject“PoemsontheUnderground”isto________.A.introducetheworksoflivingBritishpoetsB.provideaplatformforLondonerstoenjoypoetryC.studythetraditionsofBritishpoetryD.encouragemorepeopletowritepoems答案与解析B推理判断题。从第四段的“Conceived(构思)byChernaik,thesepoemsaimtobringpoetrytopassengers”以及第五段的“thisprojecthasprovedtobeanexcellentwayofintroducingthepublictopoetry”可知，该项计划目的是向公众传播诗歌文学作品。2．WecanlearnfromthearticlethatthepoemsthatappearonthetubeinLondon________.A.arevotedbythepassengersonthetubeB.mainlytalkaboutthetopicsofloveandwarC.havereplacedthebookspassengerscarrytoreadD.havedrawninterestfromalotofpassengers答案与解析D细节理解题。根据第五段的“thisprojecthasprovedtobeanexcellentwayofintroducingthepublictopoetry,withpassengersoftenwantingtoreadmore”可知，在地铁张贴的诗歌受到了很多乘客的青睐。3．AccordingtoTransportforLondon,theprojectis________.A.rewardingB.puzzlingC.fruitlessD.entertaining答案与解析A推理判断题。根据原文倒数第一段和倒数第三段的内容可知，在伦敦地铁张贴诗歌的计划很成功，起到了推广文学的成效。4．Thebesttitleofthispassagemostprobablyis________.A.PoemsontheUndergroundB.PoemsBecomingPopularwithPeopleC.ANewEditionofthePoetryBookD.PublicCampaignofReadingPoems答案与解析A标题归纳题。根据本文的主要内容可知，这篇文章的标题中必须有两个关键词来反映主题思想，即underground和poem，因此A项是最佳答案。Ⅱ.阅读理解七选五HowtoBeHappyIsn'thappinesswhatweallreallywant?Ifwearehappy,wecanpassourhappinesstothepeoplearoundus,too.Hereareafewpiecesofadviceonhowtobecomeahappypersonoratleastalittlehappierthanwearenow.__1__Mosthappypeoplehaveagoodnumberofclosefriendsintheirlives.Ifyoudon'thavemanyfriends,tryjoiningaclubthatholdsyourinterests.Talktopeopleandlistentowhatthey'retalkingabout.Makenewfriendssothatyouwillalwayshavesomeonetocareaboutyou.__2__Trytofindsomethingtodo.Whenyourdayisfilledwiththingstodo,itgivesyoureasontogetupinthemorning.Youwillfeelmoreofasenseofaccomplishment(成就)attheendoftheday.__3__Thosewhoarebusierseemtobemuchhappierthanthosewhohavetoomuchtimeontheirhands.__4__Beingthankfulforthethingsthatyouhavewillmakeyoufeelmoresatisfied.Forexample,youmaynothaveabighouse,butyoudohaveagoodfamily.Ifyoufeelyouhavenothingtobegratefulfor,bethankfulforyourabilitytoread,toseeortohear.Shareajokewithotherpeople.Agoodjokecanoftenmakesomeonefeelgoodaboutlife.Findafewjokesandrememberthem.Tellthesejokestothepeopleyouknow.Laughteriscertainlyakeytohappiness.__5__A.Joinacluborsocialcircles.B.Learntoexpressyourthanks.C.Trytofindsomethingtolaughabouteachday.D.Sendathank­youlettertooneofyourbestfriends.E.Everythingisgoodwhennew,butfriendswhenold.F.Friendscanaddfunandexcitementtoyourlifeaswell.G.Usuallypeoplefeelhappierwhentheyhavethingstodo.答案1.A2.F3.G4.B5.C