【课堂新坐标】2016-2017学年高中英语 Module 6 The Tang Poems Section Ⅳ Grammar Writing学业分层测评 外研版选修8.docVIP

Module 6 The Tang Poems Section Ⅳ Grammar Writing Ⅰ.完成句子 1．地面湿了，昨晚肯定下雨了。 It ____________last night.The ground is wet. 2．门锁着，他不可能在家。 The door was locked.He ____________at home. 3．我们本应该先核对一下时间再动身的。 We ____________the time before we left. 4．这儿，在一年的这个时候天气可能非常冷。 It ________________at this time of year here. 5．我很惊讶你居然用那种口气说话。 Im surprised that you__________in such a way. 【答案】　1.must have rained　2.can not have been 3．should have checked　4.can be very cold 5．should speak Ⅱ.阅读理解 A The Chinese Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu is often called the sage (圣人) of poetry.Unlike Li Bai，this poet wrote in various styles, and his works were often innovative (创新的) in language and subject matter.His poems were also filled with meaning. His innovation was not at all welcome.The readers of his time rarely showed much appreciation for his original and innovative works.The masses in fact hated and scolded them.Like many artists，Du Fu was only recognized for his genius long after his death. Du Fu was born in Luoyang of Henan.Although he came from an influential literary family，his early attempts to gain a position in the government by way of the exam system failed repeatedly.He was 43 years old when he finally managed to hold an official position.This was the time when Emperor Xuanzong was attracted to the beautiful Yang Yuhuan and made her his concubine (妃子)，which Du Fu severely criticized in his Song of the Beautiful Ladies. As the emperor got distracted (分心) from important government affairs，some military leaders were becoming too powerful.Du Fu took office in 755，and in the same year a rebel leader An Lushan led his army into the capital of Tang Dynasty.The emperor fled to the west and left the governing of the state to his son.Du Fu and his family took the road north to escape the rebels. The poet left his family and tried to get to the headquarters of the new emperor，but he was caught and held prisoner by the rebels in Changan.After order was restored again，Du Fu got back his position in the c