2014年职称英语考试综合类B级阅读理解专项训练三_职称英语阅读理解

2014年职称英语考试综合类B级阅读理解专项训练三

　　A One third of the worlds population drinks coffee.

　　B Coffee is native to Colombia.

　　C Coffee can keep one awake.

　　D Coffee drinks were first made by　Arabs

　　Teaching Poetry

　　No poem should ever be discussed or analyzed, until it has been read aloud by　someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once　at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the　last thing one hears of it.

　　All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the　reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling interpretation of it, suggesting tone,　rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work .in his or her own voice, on　records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching can not　replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.

　　I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more　important than analyzing it, if them isnt time for both. I think one of our goals as　teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is a criticism of life, and a　heightening of life. It is an approach to the truth of feeling, and it can save your　life. It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than　it presently occupies.