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1、1 Section Warming Up (b) entrants first name only and a parents mail address.Limit one entry per person.When entering， entrants promise that the entry is original， and has not been published in any medium and has not won an award. 2 JudgingAll entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt， based on th
2、e following criteria： creativity and originality (50%)， use of language and rhyme (25%) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest (25%)The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration. 3PrizesOur judges will select four semi-finalists(参加半决赛的选手) from which one grand prize winner and
3、 three finalists will be chosen.The one grand prize winner will receive an online class visit from Childrens Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetry ，The Armpit of Doom Funny Poemsfor Kids，approximately value at $275.The three finalists will each get a signed copy o
4、f Nesbitts newest book of poetry，The Armpit of Doom：Funny PoemsforKids，and both their poems and that of the grand prize winner will be published at . 4Eligibility( 参赛资格 ) Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years
5、 old at time of entry. 5 Winners listFor names of the winner and finalists， visit (after August 1,2019， available for a period of 10 days) 【解题导语】为了激发孩子们写诗的兴趣，Time forKids决定举办一次诗歌大赛。 本文主要介绍了该比赛的一些规则，包括参赛方式、评判标准、奖品设置、参赛资格等。 1The purpose of the contest is to _. Aencourage children to learn from other p
6、oets Bhelp children realize the dream of poetry writing Cencourage childrens interest in poetry writing Dencourage children to read more original poems 解析： 选 C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的最后一句“As fewer and fewer chi ldren are interested in writing poetry of their own，Time forKids decides to organize 3 and sponsor
7、 such a contest to change the situation.”可知，比赛的目的是为了激发 孩子们写诗的兴趣，故选择C项。 2Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging? ABeing creative and original. BUsing a proper number of words. CUsing proper language and rhyme. DBeing appropriate to the contest theme. 解析： 选 A 细节理解题。
8、根据Judging 中的“ creativity and originality (50%)， use of.of the contest (25%)”和“ The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.”可知，在评判过程中一首诗的创意和独创性是最重要的，故选择A项。 3What can be known about the finalists of the contest? AThey will get a great deal of money. BTheir poems can be read at time .
9、 CThey will receive an online class visit from Nesbitt. DTheir poems will appear in Nesbitts newest book of poetry. 解 析 ： 选B细 节 理 解 题 。 根 据Prizes的 介 绍 中 的 最 后 一 句 “The three finalists.and that of the grand prize winner will be published at . ”可知，参加决赛的选手的诗能在time 上读到。 4According to the contest rules，_
10、. Apoems can be sent to the organizers by e-mail Ball the children have the right to take part in the contest Cthe number of one entrants poems to enter the contest is not limited Dthe result of the contest will be unknown before August 1,2019 解析： 选 D 细节理解题。 根据文章Winnerslist下的“ For names of the winne
11、r and finalists， visit (after August 1,2019 ， available for a period of 10 days) ”可知，比赛结果将于2019 年 8 月 1 日以后公布，故选D项。 . 完形填空 How did poetry begin? Poems can make you feel emotions ，like anger or sadness ，depending on the words and how they are put together.That is the _1_ of poetry. Poetry _2_ even be
12、fore humans knew how to read and write ，_3_ back to around 3000 BC.Some of the earliest poetry was recited or sung，and was used as a way to record and pass down historical and religious stories and cultural _4_ from one generation to the next.Since writing was not _5_ then ，certain sounds and rhymes
13、 4 were used to make these stories _6_ and therefore，memorable. There are _7_ three types of ancient poetry.The first was an epic (史诗 ) or long narrative poetry usually about a (n) _8_ event.The second type was lyric ( 抒情的 )poetry or poetry that _9_ personal feelings.Finally there was drama or stori
14、es written in verse and usually _10_ like Greek tragedies and Shakespeares plays. The _11_ of the printing press(印刷机 )in the 15th century brought poetry to the common people.This was _12_ by several major literary periods，during which poetry _13_ dramatic changes.It started with Europes Renaissance
15、period from the 14th to the 16th century ，which first helped poetry and poets like Shakespeare and Sir Walter Raleigh become _14_. The Romantic period saw personal poems that expressed a poets joys ，hopes， and sorrows _15_ a conversational tone.Then came the Victorian era， which saw the _16_of struc
16、tured poems and the birth of modern “_17_ verse ” poetry.American poet Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grassis _18_ to be the first example of free verse poetry. Modern poetry is a _19_ of all of these styles.We still see rhymes in childrens poems and in the popular African American styles of hip hop and rap music，which are a _20_
