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　　参考答案：Du Fu；Wang Wei；Meng Haoran；Shu Ting; Shelley; William Shakespeare and so on.

　　2. Do you know who the poet is in this picture and some of his famous poems?

　　参考答案：Li Bai.To Wang Lun, Leaving White Dragon City at Dawn and In the Quiet Night, etc.

　　Ⅰ.Fast­reading

　　Skim the text and match each part with its main idea.

　　Part 1(Paras.1－3)　　　A. Tang poetry and two famous poets - Du Fu and Li Bai.

Part 2(Paras. 4－6) B. The Tang Dynasty and the culture, technology and progress of its

time.

　　答案：Part 1-B；Part 2-A

　　Ⅱ.Careful­reading

　　Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.

　　1. What did trade with foreign countries result in?

　　A. Technological progress.

　　B. The Tang poetry.

　　C. A Chinese culture which was tolerant and cosmopolitan.

　　D. Other religions like Buddhism passing into China.

　　2. Why was Tang poetry so great?

　　A. Because the Tang Dynasty was powerful.

　　B. Because it had beautiful images and a wide range of topics.

　　C. Because many government officials liked it.

　　D. Because the Tang rulers wrote poetry.

　　3. Lots of people in the Tang Dynasty became interested in poetry because they wanted to ________.

　　A. be famous poets

B. get a good job in the government