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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.Theydidthiswiththetini
2、estpoemsintheworld,calledhaiku.Ahaikuisapoemthatisjustthreelinesandseventeensyllableslong.Andthepoetswhowrotethemwatchedandlistened,notonlywiththeireyesandears,butalsowiththeirhearts!Intheirhaiku,theearlyJapanesepoetscaughtthecolors,sounds,andbeautiesoftheseasonsoftheyear.They
3、sangoftheirislands'beauties.Theirminiaturepoemswerenotmeanttofullydescribeasceneortoexplainitbutratherwereaflashimpression.Theoldpoetsarenottheonlywritersofhaiku.TodayJapanesefarmers,shopkeepers,grandparents,andstudentswriteit,andbecauseofitsstrongappeal,haikuiswritteninmanyot
4、hercountriesthroughouttheworld.Interestinglyenough,Japanesepoetryhashadalongandcolorfulhistory.Intheprehaikuperiodintheearlyeighthcentury,Japanesepoetswrotekatauta,poemsinaquestionandanswerform,usingtwopeople.Eachthreelineverse(诗节)containedaboutseventeensyllablesthatcouldbedel
5、iveredeasilyinonebreath—justasonewouldnaturallyaskoransweraquestion.ThishasremainedthebasicpatternfortraditionalJapanesepoetrythroughoutthecenturies.Anotherformthatappearedwasthetanka,whichcontainedfivelinesandthirtyonesyllables(57577),writtenbyeitheroneortwopersons.Fromthatev
6、olved(发展)therenga,whichcontainedmorethanoneverse,orlink.Writtenbythreeormorepeople,itcouldhaveasmanyas100links!Thefirstverseoftherengaintroducedasubject.Ithadthreelinesandwascalledthehokku,orstartingverse.Rengapartiesbecameagreatpleasure.Around1450,haikainorengabecamepopular.T
7、hisstyleoflinkedversecontainedpuns(双关)andwashumorousandamusing.Theopeningthreelineswerestillcalledahokku,andfromhaikaiandhokkuthetermhaikuevolved.1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“miniature”inParagraph3mean?7-A．Easy. B．Little.C．Detailed.D．Selected.解析：选B 词义猜测题。由第二段中的“thetinie
8、stpoems”和“Ahaikuisapoemthatisjustthreelinesandseventeensyllab
