Poetsdieyoung—youngerthannovelistsplaywrights(剧作家)oranyothertypeofwritersaUSresearchersays.Itcouldbebecausepoetsaretortured(煎熬)andlikel
Poetsdieyoung—youngerthannovelistsplaywrights(剧作家)oranyothertypeofwritersaUSresearchersays.
Itcouldbebecausepoetsaretortured(煎熬)andlikelytoself-destruct(毁灭)oritcouldbethatpoetsbecomefamouswhentheyareyoungsotheirearlydeathismorenoticeablesaidJamesKaufmanoftheLearningResearchInstituteatCaliforniaStateUniversitySanBernardinoUS.
TheresearchpublishedintheJournalofDeathStudiesusedalmost2000deadwritersfromseveralcenturiesfromtheUSChinaTurkeyandEasternEurope.
“Femalepoetsweremuchmorelikelytosufferfrommentalillnessthananyotherkindofwriteroranyotherfamouswomen.”hesaid.
Therecouldbeamorecommonexplanationforapoet’searlypassing.”Poetsproducetwicetheamountoftheirworkasnovelistsdointheir20s”Kaufmansaid.
Sowhenabudding(初露锋芒)novelistdiesyoungfewpeoplemaynotice.
“Agreatnovelistornon-fiction(小品文)writerwhodiesat28maynothaveyetproducedherorhisgreatnovel.”
Kaufmansaidpoetsshouldnotworrybutshouldperhapspayattentiontotheirhealth.
1.Thesecondparagraphmainlytellsus____.
A.howJamesKaufmanfelt B.whypoetsdieyoung
C.howtomakepoetslivelonger D.people’sattitudestolife
2.Comparedwithwomenwhotakeupothercareersfemalepoets____.
A.areeasytobecomefamous B.areeasiertoexperiencepain
C.arenothing D.canhardlywritemorefamouspoems
3.Kaufmanthoughtapoet’searlypassing_____.
A.liedinhisabsenceofexercise B.wasbecauseofhisoverwork
C.didn’tarouse(唤起)people’sattention D.liedinsocialcustoms
4.Thebestwaytoavoidearlydeathisto____.
A.giveupwritingpoems B.widentheirsights
C.valuetheirhealth D.turntodoctorsforhelp