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When a thought has found words

Poetry（诗歌） is the forgotten child of literature． Few people read it for pleasure． In Western high

schools， poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today's students．

In China， however． poetry is still an important part of the curriculum（课程）． Recently， the Ministry of Education has increased the number of ancient Chinese poems for students to memorize and recite， from 14 to 72． Why is it important to learn poems？

First of all， poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture． It is a path to understanding your history and your society． It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are common to everyone but that we may be unable to express﹣the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon， for example． Everyone has feelings of joy， love， loneliness， sadness and even anger， and a good poem can put those feelings into words and bring us self﹣understanding．

Poems can also express beauty． In a few short lines， even something common can become beautiful． Here is a poem called Fog by Carl Sandberg： The fog comes/on silent haunches（弓腰）/and then moves on． Yes， fog does move smoothly， silently and like a cat， and Sandberg catches that feeling and image（形象）， and makes it beautiful．

Of course， to really enjoy poetry， it has to be read aloud． After all， a poem is really just a song without music． Most ancient poetry， like Homer's Epics（《荷马史诗》） and China's Book of Songs， was spoken for hundreds of years before it was written．

The American poet Robert Frost said， "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words．" You are lucky that you now have seventy﹣two poems to learn!

Title： When a thought has found words
Passage outline	Detailed information
In the West	Most people think poetry is （1）　　from the life of today's students
China's recent action	Students must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems
（2）　　for learning poetry	◇Learning poems helps you （3）　　history and society ◇Poems help express your personal thoughts and feelings ◇Poems can express beauty of （4）　　things with very few lines
A tip on enjoying poetry	（5）　　aloud is the best way to enjoy poetry． In fact， many ancient poems were spoken before they were written
Conclusion	Chinese students should feel lucky to have 72 poems to learn!

Mrs． Walker sat down at her desk and sighed（叹息）． "OK． Tell me what happened．"

"Yesterday，" Winston began， "when I got home， I went straight to my room to do my homework． After I finished， I needed a（n）（1）　　． So I took out my bubble gum（泡泡糖） to （2）　　． Michael and I are having a competition to see who can blow the biggest bubble．"

"That's right，" Michael said． "We are．"

"I kept adding gum and my bubble kept growing． Soon it （3）　　my whole face．"

"What then？" asked Mrs． Walker．

"Then it happened． The bubble became as big as a beach ball．" He （4）　　his arms to show how big it was．

A few kids made faces﹣they didn't （5）　　him， but Winston ignored（不理睬） them and went on．

"Suddenly a strong wind took the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble （6）　　over my desk and out of the window． As it sailed away， I noticed something yellow stuck to it． Like paper． Then I noticed my （7）　　was missing．"

"So？" Mrs． Walker asked．

"I ran after the bubble into Mrs． Roosevelt's garden． I saw her cat attack it． The bubble broke． All I

saw then was the cat running away． Mrs． Roosevelt helped me search the （8）　　． But my homework was nowhere to be seen．"

Mrs． Walker shook her head． "（9）　　， Winston， why didn't you just tell me that the homework was too （10）　　instead of making up that wild story？"

Just then， the office worker walked in with a letter．

Winston opened the letter and took out the wrinkled homework paper and a note that said， "For Winston's teacher．"

I am sure Winston （11）　　to hand this in． He's a good boy． I have no idea how his homework got stuck to my cat， but I'm sure Winston can give you a（n）（12）　　．

Mrs． Roosevelt

Mrs． Walker looked up． "It was all true!"

"Yes， madam，" Winston said quietly．

（1）A．award	B．rest	C． surprise	D． choice
（2）A． practice	B．create	C． exercise	D． enjoy
（3）A． cleaned	B．hurt	C． covered	D． hit
（4）A． rounded	B．held	C．crossed	D．waved
（5）A． hear	B． notice	C． remember	D．believe
（6）A． floated	B．rode	C． climbed	D． stayed
（7）A． bubble	B．book	C． homework	D． gum
（8）A． room	B． cat	C． desk	D． garden
（9）A． Generally	B． Honestly	C． Finally	D． Exactly
（10）A． hard	B． different	C． common	D． interesting
（11）A． refused	B． promised	C． managed	D． wanted
（12）A．introduction	B． explanation	C． suggestion	D． instruction

Betsy was born in Brooklyn，New York．Most of her childhood was spent in New York City，in a house filled（50）　　books．It was then that she grew to love books and reading．

Before she became a（51）　　（write），Betsy taught kindergarten（幼儿园） and first grade．The best part of the school day for her（52）　　（be） story time，when she could share her favorite books with the class．She decided（53）　　（try） writing her own children's books after she met her husband，illustrator（插画家） Giulio．Together，they have（54）　　（create） many books．She writes the words，（55）　　 he draws the pictures．

Betsy believes that writers should always edit（编辑） their own work and then ask someone else to look it over．"Your editor can be your teacher，one of your parents，（56）　　older brother or sister，or someone in your class who is good at writing．Your editor will see your work（57）　　（different） from the way you see it，so you will get a new point of view（见解）．"

Betsy and her husband like to travel，and they sometimes do research for their books on （58）　__　（they） trips．They also enjoy talking to students when they visit schools and（59）　__　（library）．

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Did you know that the first bicycle were for sport and pleasure？Some of the（31）　　bikes were toys for the rich．Today，people ride for many different（32）　　．Children ride bikes for fun．Your mum or dad may（33）　　to work or to the store．Some people，such as bicycle postmen，even use bikes to do their job．

The professional cyclists（自行车运动员） made the sport of cycling（34）　　．These players spend their time（35）　　and competing in national and international cycling events．They appear on television．They are front﹣page news in newspaper．Some have become the new athletes of the year in sports（36）　　．

But there is one professional cyclists（37）　　 changed cycling history．He is Lance Armstrong．He won the Tour de France six times．The Tour de France is the greatest race in cycling．No one has（38）　　won this race so many times．But there's more．In his cycling career（事业），Lance（39）　　to overcome cancer（癌症）．As a cancer survivor（幸存者），Mr．Armstrong made the greatest comeback（40）　　 cycling history．