课时作业(二十七) [选修6 Unit 2 Poems]
[限时：30分钟]
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．________ a moment and I will go to your rescue. A．Go on B．Hold on C．Move on D．Carry on
2．—It is getting late.I am afraid I must be off now. —________！
A．Go slowly B．So long C．Stay longer D．All right
3．Could you give me a hand？ It seems that my strength has________. A．used up B．run out
C．been given out D．run out of
4．Had I been a little more careful， I ________ such a foolish mistake. A．won't make B．hadn't made
C．didn't make D．wouldn't have made 5．They ________ the trucks with boxes of food and sent the goods to the disaster areas in Sichuan province.
A．supplied B．provided C．loaded D．unloaded
6．Mike has put on so much weight this year that his mother has to ________ all his trousers to his measure.
A．let out B．give away C．bring in D．lay out
7．If you always ________ others like that， you'll lose the good opinion of your friends.
A．tease B．cheese C．choose D．tear
8．If he ________ my advice， he wouldn't have lost his job. A．followed B．should follow C．had followed D．would follow
9．George is going to talk about the geography of his country， but I'd rather he ________ more on its culture.
A．focus B．focused
C．would focus D．had focused
10．This area experienced ________ heaviest rainfall in ________ month of May. A．/； a B．a； the
C．the； the D．the； a
11．—Could you turn the TV down a little bit？ —________.Is it disturbing you？ A．Take it easy B．I'm sorry C．Not a bit D．It depends
12．—Do you think we should accept that offer？ —Yes， we should， for we ________ such bad luck up till now， and time ________ out.
A．have had；is running B．had；is running
C．have；has been run D．have had；has been run
13．Everyone in our class likes Mary because she is good at telling and ________ jokes.
A．turning up B．putting up C．making up D．showing up
14．—May I take your order now？ —________.
A．No， I'm in trouble now B．Yes， we obey orders
C．Yes， I'd like a dish of chicken D．No， I don't have a choice of meat 15．—Why do you look so sad？
—With so many problems________， I'm in a difficult situation. A．settled B．remained to settle
C．being settled D．remaining to be settled Ⅱ.阅读理解 Lucille Clifton， the Award－Winning Poet， was the First African American Poet Laureate of Maryland. Critics call her one of the greatest writers of our time.
Lucille Clifton was born Thelma Lucille Sayles in Depew， New York in 1936. She was named Thelma after her mother. Lucille was the name of one of her father's ancestors. When the younger one got older she chose to call herself Lucille.
Lucille Clifton began writing poetry when she was about ten years old. She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother， Thelma Sayles. Her mother was also a poet although her poems were never published. As a child Lucille would sit on her mother's lap and listen as she read poetry. She learned to love words and the power of words. That stayed with her as she grew.
While her mother taught her to love poetry， her father gave her the gift of storytelling. He would tell Lucille interesting stories about her ancestors， especially the one named Lucille who was his grandmother. Samuel Clifton said she was the first black woman to be legally hanged in the state of Virginia. Lucille Clifton wrote about it in her poem called “Lucy”.
She often talked about her love for words. She loved the sound of words and the way the words felt in her mouth. She loved finding interesting ways to use words
to express what was happening in the world.
Unlike her mother， Lucille Clifton's poetry was anything but traditional. Her poems do not rhyme or follow a special kind of pattern. They do not use fancy words. They do not deal in make－believe. Her poetry is known for being simple， truthful and direct. It is written the way people speak， in a casual， relaxed language. There is very little punctuation(标点) and even less capitalization. Many of the poems are uncomfortably honest. Lucille Clifton often said that she tried to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Over the years， she seems to have perfected that art.
16．Which of the following may be the reason why Lucille Clifton chose to call herself Lucille instead of Thelma？
A．To show her love to her mother.
B．To show her love to her beloved teacher. C．To show respect to her great－grandmother. D．To show her respect to a great poet.
17．From the passage， we know that Lucille Clifton is ________. A．funny B．creative C．selfish D．beautiful
18．What can be inferred from the passage？
A．Lucille Clifton's parents affected her a lot. B．Lucille Clifton's poetry was very traditional. C．Thelma Sayles published many poems.
D．Lucille Clifton's poetry was very formal.
19．What is the main idea of the last paragraph？ A．Lucille Clifton's great works. B．Lucille Clifton's poem background. C．Lucille Clifton's poem style. D．Lucille Clifton's poem words.
20．The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to ________.
A．Samuel Clifton
B．Samuel Clifton's experience C．Samuel Clifton's grandmother
D．Lucille's great grandmother's story Ⅲ.阅读表达
阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的横线上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。
A poet is in his words
[1] The writings of William Shakespeare are today little read by young people in Britain. His young readership is limited to those who choose to study literature at university.
[2] Still， in British schools， ____________ to study the poet， and when something is made compulsory， usually the result is boredom， resentment or both. Shakespeare， Charles Dickens， Jane Austen－for many of the young， reading them can seem like being forced to eat medicine， especially when people are at an age