This is the 12th book of poems in about 50 years of writing by a great Northern Irish poet who is now in his eighth decade, and who recently recovered from a serious illness. Ageing and that brush with death have profoundly marked this new collection by Seamus Heaney. The change has stripped the poetry back to spare concentration on the small things of life—an old suit, the filling of a fountain pen, the hug that didn’t happen—which then open up to ever fuller significance, the more closely they are examined. It has also made the poems easier to engage with: there are no puzzling Ulsterisms, for instance. Complications have been tossed aside. Words are no longer delved into for their etymological significance as they were in the 1970s. Now they are caressed for their mellifluousness. The collection feels personal—as if it had a compelling need to be written. A decade and a half ago Mr. Heaney told The Economist that once the evil banalities of sectarianism seemed to be receding, his verse was able to admit the "big words" with which poetry had once abounded, soul and spirit, for example. In this collection both are present, at some level. The words describing a simple act—the passing of meal in sacks by aid workers onto a trailer—in the title poem, "Human Chain", transform this 12-line poem into a kind of parable. There is the collective, shared human burden of the act itself—the "stoop and drag and drain" of the heavy lifting—and then there is the wonderful letting go: "Nothing surpassed/That quick unburdening." Is the poet talking about the toil of life, and the aftermath of that toil The poems snatch precious remembered moments. They linger over the sweetness of particulars—vetch, the feel of an eel on a line. They pay attention to the heightened ritual of everyday things. The lines are short but move at a gentle pace and need to be read slowly, as the verse drifts back and forth over its country setting like a long-legged fly on a stream. Above all, and this is an odd thing to say of words on a page, the book feels like handcrafted work. Time and again Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb. The gun, we hope, is history. The pen still nestles, fruitfully. It can be revealed from the passage that the poet is a(n) ______ person.
A. knowledgeable
B. determined
C. patriotic
D. optimistic
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This is the 12th book of poems in about 50 years of writing by a great Northern Irish poet who is now in his eighth decade, and who recently recovered from a serious illness. Ageing and that brush with death have profoundly marked this new collection by Seamus Heaney. The change has stripped the poetry back to spare concentration on the small things of life—an old suit, the filling of a fountain pen, the hug that didn’t happen—which then open up to ever fuller significance, the more closely they are examined. It has also made the poems easier to engage with: there are no puzzling Ulsterisms, for instance. Complications have been tossed aside. Words are no longer delved into for their etymological significance as they were in the 1970s. Now they are caressed for their mellifluousness. The collection feels personal—as if it had a compelling need to be written. A decade and a half ago Mr. Heaney told The Economist that once the evil banalities of sectarianism seemed to be receding, his verse was able to admit the "big words" with which poetry had once abounded, soul and spirit, for example. In this collection both are present, at some level. The words describing a simple act—the passing of meal in sacks by aid workers onto a trailer—in the title poem, "Human Chain", transform this 12-line poem into a kind of parable. There is the collective, shared human burden of the act itself—the "stoop and drag and drain" of the heavy lifting—and then there is the wonderful letting go: "Nothing surpassed/That quick unburdening." Is the poet talking about the toil of life, and the aftermath of that toil The poems snatch precious remembered moments. They linger over the sweetness of particulars—vetch, the feel of an eel on a line. They pay attention to the heightened ritual of everyday things. The lines are short but move at a gentle pace and need to be read slowly, as the verse drifts back and forth over its country setting like a long-legged fly on a stream. Above all, and this is an odd thing to say of words on a page, the book feels like handcrafted work. Time and again Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb. The gun, we hope, is history. The pen still nestles, fruitfully. The poems are easier to appreciate due to all of the following reasons EXCEPT ______.
A. ulsterisms have faded out in the poems
B. words used are sweet and smooth
C. seeking for originality
D. they seem individual
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. What is told about India
A. Indians like hot weather.
B. Indians did not like planting trees.
C. Extreme heat killed many people.
D. There are frequent floods and, storms.
一份对北方山区先天性精神分裂症患者的调查统计表明,大部分患者都出生在冬季。专家们指出,其原因很可能是那些临产的孕妇营养不良。因为在这一年最寒冷的季节中,人们很难买到新鲜食品。 以下哪项如果为真,能支持题干中的专家的结论
A. 在精神分裂症患者中,先天性患者只占很小的比例。
B. 调查中相当比例的患者有家族史。
C. 与引起精神分裂症有关的大脑区域的发育,大部分发生在产前一个月。
D. 新鲜食品与腌制食品中的营养成分对大脑发育的影响相同。
医学研究发现在医学杂志上发表之前通常并不公布于众,它们要被专家小组以所谓的评委审阅的方式审查通过后才能发表。据称,这种做法延迟了公众接触潜在的有益信息。这种信息在极特殊的情况下可以挽救生命。然而,发表前的评委审阅是仅有的可以防止错误的方式,并从而使自身缺乏评价医学声明能力的公众免受了潜在有害信息的侵害。因此,为了防止公众基于不合标准的研究而作出的选择,我们就必须等待,直到研究结果被评委审阅通过,并在医学杂志上发表为止。 下面哪项是上述论证所依赖的假设
A. 除非把医学研究结果送给评委评阅,否则评委评阅不会发生。
B. 不在医学评委小组工作的人不具有评价医学研究结果的必要知识和专业技能。
C. 普通群众没有接触那些发表医学研究结果的期刊的机会。
D. 所有医学研究结果都要接受发表前的评委评阅。