2024高考英语一轮复习选修⑥Unit2单元主题语篇训练含解析新人教版.doc

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选修⑥Unit2单元主题语篇训练

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Longago,poemswererecitedoutloudinsteadofbeingwrittendown.WhentheGreeksfirststartedtheOlympics,theyheldpoetrycontestsaswellasathleticcompetitions.

Now,poetrycompetitionshavebeenrevived.Thisyear120,000highschoolstudentscompetedinthefirstPoetryOutLoudNationalRecitationContest,performingpoemsfrommemoryfor$100,000inprizes.

Thefirstcompetitionswereheldinclassrooms.Thewinnerswentontoschool-widecontests,andthentheycompetedincityandstatecompetitions.Finally,the50statechampions,alongwiththeDistrictofColumbiachampion,cametoWashington, D．C.,last

weekfortheultimateshowdown.Afterthe51championscompetedagainstoneanother,12wentontothefinals.Thenthefieldwasnarrowedtofive.Thefinalfivehadonelastchanceto“perform”apoem.Theoverallchamp,JacksonHille,ahighschoolseniorfromOhio,wona$20,000scholarship.

TheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsandthePoetryFoundationstartedPoetryOutLoudbecausetheyrealizedthathearingapoemperformedisadifferentexperiencefromreadingitonapage.

Itsnotjustamatterofsayingthewordsintherightorder.Itsthetoneofvoice,thepauses,thegestures,andtheattitudeofthepersonperformingthatbringthewordstolife.“Eachtimewehearsomebodyreciteapoem,weunderstandagainwhatwefoundfreshandinterestingaboutit，”saysNationalPublicRadiobroadcasterScottSimon,masterofceremoniesforthefinals.Hearingitinanewvoiceofferssomethingnewtothelistener.

Notonlydothepeoplehearingpoemshaveanewexperience,memorizingandpresentingpoemshelpstheparticipantsunderstandthosepoemsinanewway.AnotherbenefitofacompetitionsuchasPoetryOutLoudisthattheparticipantslearnpublic-speakingskillsthatcanhelpthemforlife.

语篇解读：诗歌仅仅在书上阅读是远远不够的，通过朗诵和倾听，同一首诗歌会给人带来全新的感受。

1．Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknow.

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