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1、Unit2PoemsⅠ.阅读理解(2017·湖北省枣阳市白水高中月考)WaltWhitmanwasbornin1819inLongIsland,NewYork.Whitmanreceivedmostofhiseducationoutsideoftheclassroom.Attheageofeleven,heworkedinalawofficeasanofficeboywherehebecameinterestedinreading.HewassoonreadingtheworksoffamousauthorslikeWilliamShakespeareandHomer,andwaswe
2、llonhiswaytobecomingoneofAmerica'smostwellknownpoets.BythetimeWhitmanwasseventeenyearsold,hehadalreadyworkedasaprinter'slearner,aworker,andateacher.Thoughhedislikedteaching,heexcelledintheprofession,developingafriendlyrelationshipwithhisstudents;heevenallowedthemtoadresshimbyhisfirstname.Healsod
3、evelopedfreshteachingtechniquesandlearninggamestohelphisstudentswithspellingandmaths.Inhisearlytwenties,however,hegaveupteachingtopursue(追求)afulltimecareerasajournalistandpoet.WhenWaltWhitmanfirstappearedasapoet,hisarrivalontotheAmericanliteraryscenewasmetwithcontroversy.Hisfirstcollectionofpoem
4、s,LeavesofGrass,wassounusualthatnocommercialpublisherwouldprintthework.In1855Whitmanpublished,athisownexpense,thefirsteditionofhiscollectionoftwelvepoems.Whitman'spoeticstylewasuncommoninthesensethathewrotepoemsinaformcalledparallelism(对句法),inwhichhisgoalwastocopytheflowoftheseaandthequicklypass
5、ingnatureofhumanemotion.AcommonthemeinWhitman'spoetryisselfrealization.Inhiswork,Whitmanmovesfromconventionalpatternsofrhymetocreateauniquerhythmandamultilayered,buttrulyAmericanvoice.“AlthoughWhitmanwasconsideredarevolutionarybymany,thereislittledoubthelovedhiscountrydeeply.”Inhiswriting,heused
6、slang(俚语)andvariousimages,orvoices,tocreateasenseofnationalunity.ForWhitman,the“proofofapoetisthathiscountryabsorbshimasaffectionatelyashehasabsorbedit.”WhitmanhasundoubtedlybecomeapartoftheculturalhistoryandimageofAmerica.1．Paragraph2mainlytalksabout________.A．Whitman'seducationB．Whitman'searly
7、careerC．howWhitmanbecameapoetD．whyWhitman'spoemswerepopular2．WhenWhitmanfirstappearedasapoet,______.A．hereceivedawarmwelcomeB．hisliteraryroadwasnoteasyC．hebecamefamousforhisunusualstyleD．hispoeticstylewascopiedbyotherpoets3．
