单元综合检测(一) 第一部分 阅读 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A In a city like Pittsburgh that is full of universities，libraries and theatres，celebrating National Poetry Month is easy． Stop by any of the following events to learn more about poetry，present your own poetry，or hear readings of famous poems． Poetry Exchange Workshop Brentwood Public Library Start National Poetry Month off right by heading to this monthly poetry workshop to listen to poets read their works，have your works critiqued and learn some new poetry writing skills． A small $2 donation to the library is encouraged． If you are bringing some of your poems to share with other poets，bring multiple copies． Whitman Poetry Readings Coffee Tree Roasters The Whitman Poetry Readings hosts a monthly poetry reading by a famous American poet followed by a discussion about the poet's works． The event is free like Poetry Exchange Workshop and is held in a quiet private back room at Coffee Tree Roasters． Word Circus Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery This event at Chatham University is hosted by the MFA Creative Writing Program every Friday night． Free to students and the general public，this event showcases student writers as they present their works and encourages attendees to step up to the open area and share as many as three of their own poems with the crowd． CMU Poetry Discussion Group Carnegie Library Join this monthly poetry discussion group，which bills itself as a lively conversation about well loved poets． For Poetry Month，Rita Dove's works will be discussed． Dove served as the youngest and first African American Poet Laureate of the United States and was the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner in 1987． Admission to this event is free but registration is encouraged． 1．Which event will a lover of poetry attend to improve his or her writing skills A．Poetry Exchange Workshop． B．Whitman Poetry Readings． C．Word Circus． D．CMU Poetry Discussion Group． 2．What do these poetry events have in common A．Required registration． B．Free entrance． C．Featuring American poets． D．Lively discussion． 3．Where is this text probably taken from A．An autobiography． B．A local newspaper． C．A course plan． D．A poetry textbook． B German artist HA Schult is an unusual artist who uses trash (废物) to make sculptures．“We are living in the time of garbage，” says Schult．“I created a thousand sculptures of garbage．They are a mirror of ourselves．” Here，Schult was talking about his 1，000 trash sculptures in the form of humans．He first exhibited them in 1996 in the western German state of North Rhine—Westphalia． “They are social sculptures，” he explains．“They are not only sculptures for the eyes．They are sculptures to spread the idea that we live in a time of garbage．” So far，Schult's social sculptures have been on show in Paris，in Moscow's Red Square，on the Great Wall of China，and in the desert next to the Pyramids of Giza ... ...
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