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1、阅读理解-词义猜测一1、He was once referred to as the Picasso of poetry. Beloved by Chileans of all classes, he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. And this year is the 108th birthday of Pablo Neruda (1904 1973). Born with the name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto,he was a tall.shy and
2、 lonely boy. He loved to read and started to write poetry when he was ten. The American poet Walt Whitman, whose framed picture Neruda later kept on his table.became a major influence on his work.矚慫润厲钐瘗睞枥庑赖賃軔朧碍鳝绢懣硯涛镕頃赎巯驂雞虯从躜鞯烧。 However, his father did not like the idea of having a poet for a son and
3、 tried to discourage him from writing. To cover up the publication of his finst poem,he took the pen name Pablo Neruda.聞創沟燴鐺險爱氇谴净祸測樅锯鳗鲮詣鋃陉蛮苎覺藍驳驂签拋敘睑绑。 In 1924 Neruda gained fame with his most widely read work Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Yet his rich experience as a diplomat and exile(被流
4、放者) made him go beyond the theme of love. His work also reflected the political struggle of the left and development of South America. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.残骛楼諍锩瀨濟溆塹籟婭骒東戇鳖納们怿碩洒強缦骟飴顢歡窃緞駔蚂。 Neruda loved the sea which he saw as creative, destructive and forever moving.
5、He found inspiration in the power and freedom of the waves and the seabirds on the coast. .I need the sea because it teaches me,” he wrote. I move in the university of the waves. He loved how the sea forever renewed itself,a renewal echoed in his work.酽锕极額閉镇桧猪訣锥顧荭钯詢鳕驄粪讳鱸况閫硯浈颡閿审詔頃緯贾。1.The underlined
6、word “Picasso” can probably be replaced by _A.most important personB.famous person from PicassoC.freedom fighter in PicassoD.poem fan2.Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto took the pen name Pablo Neruda because_.A.literary greats usually used the pen nameB.his father encouraged him to use the nameC.he wan
7、ted to prevent his father knowing the publicationD.he was greatly influenced by other poets3.Which of the following is not the theme of his works?A.Love.B.Political struggle.C.Social reform.D.Development of South America.4.The last paragraph mainly tells us_.A.the sea gave Neruda vast writing inspir
8、ationB.the beautiful scenery along the Chile coastC.Nerudas poems were widely read overseasD.Neruda loved to write his poems near the sea彈贸摄尔霁毙攬砖卤庑诒尔肤亿鳔简闷鼋缔鋃耧泞蹤頓鍥義锥柽鳗铟。2、 American high school students are terrible writers, and one education reform group thinks it has an answer: robots, or, more accu
9、rately robot-readers-computers programmed to scan student essays and spit out a grade.謀荞抟箧飆鐸怼类蒋薔點鉍杂篓鳐驱數硯侖葒屜懣勻雏鉚預齒贡缢颔。 Mark Shermis, professor of the College of Education at the University of Akron, is helping to hold a contest, set up by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation(WFHF), which promises
10、 $ 100,000 in prize money to programmers who write the best automated grading software. “If youre a high school teacher and you give a writing task, youre walking home with 150 essays,” Shermis said. “Youre going to need some help. ”厦礴恳蹒骈時盡继價骚卺癩龔长鳏檷譴鋃蠻櫓鑷圣绋閼遞钆悵囅为鹬。 Automated essay grading was first p
11、roposed in the 1960s, but computers back then were not up to the task. In the late 1990s, as technology improved, several textbook and testing companies jumped into the field. Today, computers are used to grade essays in South Dakotas student writing assessments and a handful of other exams, includi
12、ng the TOEFL test of English fluency, taken by foreign students.茕桢广鳓鯡选块网羈泪镀齐鈞摟鳎饗则怿唤倀缀倉長闱踐識着純榮詠。 The Hewlett contest aims to show that computers can grade as well as English teachersonly much more quickly and without all that depressing red ink. “Automated essay scoring is objective,” Shermis said. “
13、And it can be done immediately. If students finish an essay at 10 p. m. , they get a result at 10: 00 p. m.鹅娅尽損鹌惨歷茏鴛賴縈诘聾諦鳍皑绲讳谧铖處騮戔鏡謾维覦門剛慘。 Take, for instance, the Intelligent Essay Assessor, a web-based tool marketed by Pearson Education, Inc. Within seconds it can analyze an essay for spelling, gra
14、mmar, organization, and help students to make revision. The program scans for key words and analyzes semantic(语义的) patterns, and Pearson claims that it can understand the meaning of a text much the same as a human reader.籟丛妈羥为贍偾蛏练淨槠挞曉养鳌顿顾鼋徹脸鋪闳讧锷詔濾铩择觎測。1.The text is written to introduce_.A.Hewlett co
15、ntestB.the education reform in AmericaC.robot-readersD.William and Flora Hewlett Foundation2.What does the underlined phrase “spit out” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A.Analyze.B.Organize.C.Give.D.Check.3.What does Paragraph 4 focus on?A.The application of automated essay scoring.B.The advantages of a
16、utomated essay scoring.C.The prize of Hewlett contest.D.Teachers opinions about Hewlett contest.預頌圣鉉儐歲龈讶骅籴買闥龅绌鳆現檳硯遙枨纾釕鴨鋃蠟总鴯询喽箋。3、 Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall
