必修二 Unit 5 高考拆组训练
练(一) 语言运用组块专练——练准度
(限时：25分钟)
Ⅰ.完形填空
If you're walking through Boston during a downpour, you might see a(n) __1__ appear before your eyes. For nearly a year, Bostonians __2__ the city streets in the rain may have __3__ poems written on the sidewalks. Titled “Raining Poetry，” this __4__ resulted from cooperation between the nonprofit Mass Poetry and the city of Boston. The first poems were installed to __5__ the start of National Poetry Month, with several more __6__ to the city's streets last May 13. These poems cannot be seen during dry, __7__ weather, but appear like magic __8__ raindrops start falling from the sky.
The poems were __9__ by Danielle Legros Georges, Boston's poet laureate (桂冠诗人). They are all based on their __10__ to Boston, as well as the general themes of water and rain.
“I wanted to draw __11__ from poets influential in the Boston-area literary, educational or cultural fields，”Georges said.
The poems were installed by __12__ of the Mayor's Mural Crew，an organization that introduces young artists to the process of __13__ public art.Using a water-resistant spray (喷剂) and simple cardboard stencils (模板), the poems can be __14__ to the sidewalk in a matter of minutes and should wear away in six to eight weeks.
The poems appear throughout the city. __15__ all of the poems __16__ installed are written in English, Sara Siegel, program director for the Mass Poetry, hopes to add __17__ ones in the many languages that are __18__ throughout Boston. “Our hope is in the next two years everyone in the state will meet a poem in their __19__ lives at least once or twice a month，” says Siegel.“This is a fun and __20__ way to bring poetry to the people.”
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。波士顿的街道上藏着秘密诗歌，只要一下雨，这些诗歌就会出现在城市的人行道上。 1．A.poem C．beggar
B．artist D．picture
解析：选A 根据下文中的“poems written on the sidewalks” 可知，如果雨天漫步波士顿街头，你可能会看到一首“诗歌(poem)”出现在眼前。
2．A.cleaning C．wandering
B．searching D．repairing
解析：选C 根据上文中的“you're walking through Boston”可知，此处指波士顿人“漫步(wandering)”在雨中的城市街头。
3．A.copied C．published
B．laughed at D．come across
解析：选D 根据上文中的“you might see ... appear before your eyes” 可知，波士顿人可能会“发现(come across)”写在人行道上的诗歌。
4．A.theory C．routine
B．project D．problem
解析：选B 结合上文中的“Titled ‘Raining Poetry，’”和下文中的“cooperation between the nonprofit Mass Poetry and the city of Boston”可知，“雨天诗歌”是非盈利组织Mass Poetry和波士顿市的合作“项目(project)”。
5．A.record C．determine
B．describe D．celebrate
解析：选D 根据空后的“the start of National Poetry Month”可知，第一批安装的诗歌是为了“庆祝(celebrate)”“全国诗歌月”的开始。
6．A.added C．compared
B．related D．contributed
解析：选A 结合上文中的“The first poems”和空前的“several more”可知，安装好第一批诗歌后，又“增加(added)”了更多的诗歌。
7．A.rainy C．sunny
B．foggy D．snowy
解析：选C 根据空前的“dry”可知，这些诗歌在干燥、“晴朗的(sunny)”天气里是看不到的。
8．A.once C．until
B．before D．though
解析：选A 下雨是诗歌出现的必要条件，所以此处填once。 9．A.read C．invented
B．selected D．translated
解析：选B 根据下文中的“I wanted ... poets influential in the Boston-area literary, educational or cultural fields”可知，这些诗歌是由波士顿桂冠诗人Danielle Legros Georges“选取(selected)”的。
10．A.ticket C．entrance
B．passage D．relationship
解析：选D 根据下文中的“the general themes of water and rain”和 “... from poets
influential in the Boston-area literary, educational or cultural fields”可知，所选诗歌都是和波士顿有一定“关系(relationship)”的或其主题是关于水和雨的。
11．A.works C．figures
B．scenes D．winners
解析：选A 结合上文中的“The poems were ... by Danielle Legros Georges”和下文中的“from poets”可知，Danielle Legros Georges选取的是一些有影响力的诗人的“作品(works)”。
12．A.friends C．members
B．colleagues D．characters
解析：选C 结合上文中的“The poems were installed”和下文中的“the Mayor's Mural Crew, an organization”可知，这些诗歌是由一个组织的“成员(members)”安装的。
13．A.teaching C．discovering
B．creating D．protecting
解析：选B 根据下文中的“Using a water-resistant spray (喷剂) and simple cardboard stencils (模板), the poems can be ... to the sidewalk”可知，这一组织旨在让年轻的艺术家参与“创作 (creating)”公共艺术。
14．A.fixed C．expanded
B．applied D．turned
解析：选A 根据上文中的“The first poems were installed ... to the city's streets”可知，这些诗歌被“安装(fixed)”在人行道上。
15．A.If C．While
B．When D．Unless
解析：选C “all of the poems ... installed are written in English”和“Sara Siegel, program director for the Mass Poetry, hopes to add ... ones in the many languages”之间是让步关系，故此处填While表示“尽管”。
16．A.formally C．properly
B．currently D．frequently
解析：选B 根据下文中的“Sara Siegel, program director for the Mass Poetry, hopes to add ...ones in the many languages”可知，“目前(currently)”安装的诗歌都是用英语书写的。
17．A.easy C．old
B．hard D．new
解析：选D 根据上文中的“hopes to add”可知，Sara Siegel希望增加一些其他语种的“新的(new)”诗歌。
18．A.studied
B．spoken
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