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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-Theydidthiswiththetiniestpoemsi
2、ntheworld,calledhaiku.Ahaikuisapoemthatisjustthree1inesandseventeensyllableslong.Andthepoetswhowrotethemwatchedandlistened,notonlywiththeireyesandears,butalsowiththeirhearts!Intheirhaiku,theear1yJapanesepoetscaughtthecolors,sounds,andbeautiesoftheseasonsoftheyear・Theysangoftheirisland
3、s'beauties.Theirminiaturepoemswerenotmeanttofullydescribeaseeneortoexplainitbutratherwereaflashimpression.Theoldpoetsarenottheonlywritersofhaiku.TodayJapanesefarmers,shopkeepers,grandparents,andstudentswriteit,andbecauseofitsstrongappeal,haikuiswritteninmanyothercountriesthroughoutthe
4、world.Interestinglyenough,Japanesepoetryhashadalongandcolorfulhistory.Intheprehaikuperiodintheearlyeighthcentury,Japanesepoetswrotekatauta,poemsinaquestion・and・answerform,usingtwopeople.Eachthree-lineverse（诗节）containedaboutseventeensyllablesthatcouldbedeliveredeasilyinonebreath—justas
5、onewou1dnaturallyaskoransweraquestion.ThishasremainedthebasicpatternfortraditionalJapanesepoetrythroughoutthecenturies.Anotherformthatappearedwasthetanka,whichcontainedfivelinesandthirty-onesyllables（5・7-5-7-7）,writtenbyeitheroneortwopersons.Fromthatevolved（发展）therenga9whichcontainedm
6、orethanoneverse,orlink.Writtenbythreeormorepeople,itcouldhaveasmanyas100links!Thefirstverseoftherengaintroducedasubject-Ithadthreelinesandwascal1edthehokku,orstart!ngverse.Rengapartiesbecameagreatpleasure.Around1450,haikainorengabecamepopular・Thisstyleoflinkedversecontainedpuns（双关）and
7、washumorousandamusing.Theopeningthreelineswerestillcalledahokku,andfromhaikaiandhokkuthetermhaikuevolved・语篇解读：本文是说明文。文章主耍介绍了日本三行俳句诗的历史。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“Ahaikuisapoemthatisju
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