C．To build a better global community through poetry.

　　D．To remind people of the long history of poetry.

　　解析 B　细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，设立"世界诗歌日"的主要目的之一是支持诗歌中的语言多样性，B项(引起人们对诗歌中语言差异的重视)意思相近，故选B项。

　　2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

　　A．Poetry in our daily lives.

　　B．Poetry in modern society.

　　C．Poetry in a hit reality show.

　　D．Poetry in a period drama.

　　解析 D　主旨大意题。通读第四段可知，本段主要介绍了2011年的年度热剧《甄嬛传》中的诗歌受到广泛欢迎，故选D项。

　　3．How many more ancient poems or articles are high school students recommended to memorize than before according to the new curriculum standards?

　　A．14. B．86.

　　C．58. D．72.

　　解析 C　数字计算题。根据倒数第二段第二句可知，高中新课程标准推荐学生古诗文背诵篇目从14篇增加到72篇，由此可知，增加了72－14＝58(篇)，故选C项。

　　4．Why is learning classic poetry still important in today's world, according to Yao Xishuang?

　　A．Poetry is a bridge to the wisdom of our ancestors.

　　B．Poetry is considered the best form of Chinese literature.

　　C．Poetry is full of sincere human emotions.

　　D．Poetry teaches people the true meaning of life.

　　解析 A　细节理解题。根据最后一段第二、三句可知，姚喜双认为，在当今世界学习经典古诗仍然很重要，因为它们是连接先人智慧的桥梁，故选A项。

　　B

课标话题 人与自我·善于学习 体裁 记叙文 词　　数 279 难度 　　(2019·九江联考)When she was a little girl, Margarita Engle spent her summers in Cuba, where she says she fell in love with nature.

　　Engle, 66, was born to a Cuban mother and an American father. Her annual visits to the Caribbean island from her home in California shaped her life and inspired her to become a poet and writer. The Poetry Foundation recently named her as Young People's Poet Laureate, a role Engle plans to use to encourage children and teenagers to write down their feelings.

　　Magic happens when you put your emotions in writing, she said.

Engle says she has always liked poetry. At age 6, she wrote her first poem about nature. After