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1、Unit2Poems课时跟踪练（一）WarmingUp&ReadingPrereadingⅠ.阅读理解AHaveyoueverlistenedtothesoundofaraindrop?Youmightcallthesmallsoundsearthsongs.Isitpossibletocatchearthsongs,toputthemintowords?Longago,poetsinJapanlistened,watched,anddidcatchthebeautyoftheearth'ssongs.Theydidthiswiththetiniestpoemsinthe
2、world,calledhaiku.Ahaikuisapoemthatisjustthreelinesandseventeensyllableslong.Andthepoetswhowrotethemwatchedandlistened,notonlywiththeireyesandears,butalsowiththeirhearts!Intheirhaiku,theearlyJapanesepoetscaughtthecolors,sounds,andbeautiesoftheseasonsoftheyear.Theysangoftheirislands'beauti
3、es.Theirminiaturepoemswerenotmeanttofullydescribeasceneortoexplainitbutratherwereaflashimpression.Theoldpoetsarenottheonlywritersofhaiku.TodayJapanesefarmers,shopkeepers,grandparents,andstudentswriteit,andbecauseofitsstrongappeal,haikuiswritteninmanyothercountriesthroughouttheworld.Intere
4、stinglyenough,Japanesepoetryhashadalongandcolorfulhistory.Intheprehaikuperiodintheearlyeighthcentury,Japanesepoetswrotekatauta,poemsinaquestionandanswerform,usingtwopeople.Eachthreelineverse(诗节)containedaboutseventeensyllablesthatcouldbedeliveredeasilyinonebreath—justasonewouldnaturallyas
5、koransweraquestion.ThishasremainedthebasicpatternfortraditionalJapanesepoetrythroughoutthecenturies.Anotherformthatappearedwasthetanka,whichcontainedfivelinesandthirtyonesyllables(57577),writtenbyeitheroneortwopersons.Fromthatevolved(发展)therenga,whichcontainedmorethanoneverse,orlink.Writt
6、enbythreeormorepeople,itcouldhaveasmanyas100links!Thefirstverseoftherengaintroducedasubject.Ithadthreelinesandwascalledthehokku,orstartingverse.Rengapartiesbecameagreatpleasure.Around1450,haikainorengabecamepopular.Thisstyleoflinkedversecontainedpuns(双关)andwashumorousandamusing.Theopening
7、threelineswerestillcalledahokku,andfromhaikaiandhokkuthetermhaikuevolved.1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“miniature”inParagraph3mean?A．Easy. B．Little.C．Detailed.D．Selected.解析：选B 词义猜测题。由第二段中的“thetiniestpoems”和“Ahaikuisapoemthatisjustthreelinesandseventeensyllables
