Question

Down by the salley gardens

my love and I did meet;

She passed the salley gardens

with little snow-white feet.

She bid (请求) me take love easy,

as the leaves grow on the tree;

But I, being young and foolish(傻的),

with her would not agree.

In a field by the river

my love and I did stand,

And on my leaning shoulder(肩膀)

she put her snow-white ______.

She bid me take life easy,

as the grass grows on the weirs(河堰);

But I was young and foolish,

and now am full of tears(眼泪).

1.The passage is written by Yeats, a famous writer from Ireland. It is a        .

A. story    B. poem    C. report    D. letter

2.The best word to fill in (填入) the blank(空白处) of Line 12 should be        .

A. head    B. face    C. hand    D. arm

3.Which of the following rhymes with each other?

A. Foolish and easy.    B. Stand and shoulder.    C. Feet and meet.    D. Tree and tears.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

【解析】这是由爱尔兰著名作家。威廉·巴特勒·叶芝写的一首诗。是有关初恋情人的爱情故事。

1.体裁判断题。A. story故事；B. poem诗歌； C. report 报道；D. letter书信。根据句子中的单词meet→feet；tree→agree 可以判断，这是一首诗歌，因为诗歌讲究的是押韵，故答案为B。

2.细节判断题。根据第10行的最后一个单词stand的读音判断，正好与hand的读音押韵，故答案为C。

3.单词辨音题。A. Foolish ['fuːlɪʃ] and easy ['iːzɪ]. B. Stand [stænd] and shoulder ['ʃəʊldə]. C. Feet [fiːt] and meet [miːt]. D. Tree [triː] and tears [tɪəz]. 故C答案的两个单词押韵。