【Nopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeoneteacherorstudent.Betterstillperhapsisthepracticeofreadingittwiceonceatthebeginningofthediscussionandonceattheendsothesound】

　　Nopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeoneteacherorstudent.Betterstillperhapsisthepracticeofreadingittwiceonceatthebeginningofthediscussionandonceattheendsothesoundofthepoemisthelastthingonehears.

　　Alldiscussionsofpoetryareinfactpreparationsforreadingitaloudandthereadingofthepoemisfinallythemosttelling(生动的）“interpretation”ofitsuggestingtonerhythmandmeaningallatonce.Hearingapoetreadtheworkinhisorherownvoiceonrecordsoronfilmisobviouslyaspecialreward.Buteventhoseaidstoteachingcannotreplacethestudentandteacherreadingitorbestofallrecitingit.

　　Ihavecometothinkinfactthattimespentreadingapoemaloudismuchmoreimportantthan“analyzing”itifthereisn’ttimeforboth.IthinkoneofourgoalsasteachersofEnglishistohavestudentslovepoetry.Poetryis“acriticismoflife”and“aheighteningoflife”.Italsodeservesaplaceintheteachingoflanguageandliteraturemorecentralthanitpresentlyoccupies.

　　IamnotsayingthateveryEnglishteachermustteachpoetry.Thosewhodon’tlikeitshouldnotbeforcedtoputthatdislikeonanyoneelse.Butthosewhodoteachpoetrymustkeepinmindafewthingsaboutitsessentialnatureaboutitssoundaswellasitssenseandtheymustmakeroomintheclassroomforhearingpoetryaswellasthinkingaboutit.

　　12.Tohaveabetterunderstandingofapoemoneshould_____.

　　A.discussitwithothers B.analyzeitbyoneself

　　C.practicereadingitaloud D.copyitdowninanotebook

　　13.AccordingtothewriteroneofthepurposesofteachingEnglishistogetstudents_____.

　　A.toenjoypoetry B.tounderstandlife

　　C.tobecometeacher D.tobecomepoets

　　14.Theunderlinedword"makeroom"(inthelastparagraph)probablymeans____.

　　A.tobuildabooth B.toprovideequipment

　　C.tosetasideenoughspace D.toleaveacertainamountoftime

　　15.Whatdoesthelastsentenceinthethirdparagraphimply?_____.

　　A.Poetryismoreimportantthananyothersubject.

　　B.Morestressshouldbelaido