一篇诗歌阅读理解，100分送出啦，不长，有6题，要答案和简要原因，以及文章翻译 200
GraciousGoodnessbyMargePiercyOnthebeachwherewehadbeenidlytellingtheshellcoinscat’spaw...
Gracious Goodness
by Marge Piercy
On the beach where we had been idly
telling the shell coins
cat’s paw, cross-barred Venus, china cockle,
we both saw at once
the sea bird fall to the sand
and flap grotesquely.
He had taken a great barbed hook
out through the cheek and fixed
in the big wing.
He was pinned to himself to die,
a royal tern with a black crest blown back
as if he flew in his own private wind.
He felt good in my hands, not fragile
but muscular and glossy and strong,
the beak that could have split my hand
opening only to cry
as we yanked on the barbs.
We borrowed a clippers, cut and drew out the hook.
Then the royal tern took off, wavering,
lurched twice,
then acrobat returned to his element, dipped,
zoomed, and sailed out to dive for a fish.
Virtue: what a sunrise in the belly.
Why is there nothing
I have ever done with anybody
that seems to me so obviously right?
1. What are “cat’s paw, cross-barred Venus, china cockle” (“Gracious Goodness”, line 3)?
A. types of coins
B. species of fish
C. species of birds
D. types of seashells
2. Which literary device is used in “black crest blown back” (“Gracious Goodness”, line 11)?
A. alliteration
B. symbolism
C. onomatopoeia
D. personification
3. Which image best reflects the poet’s characterization of the bird in “Gracious Goodness”?
A. a fallen angel
B. a barbed hook
C. a wounded king
D. a brilliant sunrise
4. What suggests that the bird in “Gracious Goodness” understands that the speaker wants to help it?
A. It does not hurt her.
B. It does not try to escape.
C. It approaches the speaker.
D. It dips its wings in thanks.
5. What would most likely lead to a “sunrise in the belly” (“Gracious Goodness”, line 23)?
A. feeling pity
B. falling in love
C. acting selflessly
D. recognizing beauty
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English 10 – 0808 Form A
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6. In “Gracious Goodness,” what causes the speaker to believe that her actions are
“so obviously right” (line 26)?
A. She has overcome fear caused by the bird’s struggle.
B. She has made up for suffering caused by other humans.
C. She has shared an act of compassion with another person.
D. She has enjoyed an interruption in her otherwise uneventful day
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by Marge Piercy
On the beach where we had been idly
telling the shell coins
cat’s paw, cross-barred Venus, china cockle,
we both saw at once
the sea bird fall to the sand
and flap grotesquely.
He had taken a great barbed hook
out through the cheek and fixed
in the big wing.
He was pinned to himself to die,
a royal tern with a black crest blown back
as if he flew in his own private wind.
He felt good in my hands, not fragile
but muscular and glossy and strong,
the beak that could have split my hand
opening only to cry
as we yanked on the barbs.
We borrowed a clippers, cut and drew out the hook.
Then the royal tern took off, wavering,
lurched twice,
then acrobat returned to his element, dipped,
zoomed, and sailed out to dive for a fish.
Virtue: what a sunrise in the belly.
Why is there nothing
I have ever done with anybody
that seems to me so obviously right?
1. What are “cat’s paw, cross-barred Venus, china cockle” (“Gracious Goodness”, line 3)?
A. types of coins
B. species of fish
C. species of birds
D. types of seashells
2. Which literary device is used in “black crest blown back” (“Gracious Goodness”, line 11)?
A. alliteration
B. symbolism
C. onomatopoeia
D. personification
3. Which image best reflects the poet’s characterization of the bird in “Gracious Goodness”?
A. a fallen angel
B. a barbed hook
C. a wounded king
D. a brilliant sunrise
4. What suggests that the bird in “Gracious Goodness” understands that the speaker wants to help it?
A. It does not hurt her.
B. It does not try to escape.
C. It approaches the speaker.
D. It dips its wings in thanks.
5. What would most likely lead to a “sunrise in the belly” (“Gracious Goodness”, line 23)?
A. feeling pity
B. falling in love
C. acting selflessly
D. recognizing beauty
Page 9
English 10 – 0808 Form A
Page 7
6. In “Gracious Goodness,” what causes the speaker to believe that her actions are
“so obviously right” (line 26)?
A. She has overcome fear caused by the bird’s struggle.
B. She has made up for suffering caused by other humans.
C. She has shared an act of compassion with another person.
D. She has enjoyed an interruption in her otherwise uneventful day
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