四、古今中外的诗人们从不吝啬自己的辞藻来赞美春天,但是 Alice 发现他们描绘的春天各有特色。阅读下文,看看他们眼中的春天是什么样的吧!根据语境或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
Boys and girls, have you ever heard of the saying “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Spring is a fine season. It lights up
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(people) feelings and brings us hope. When you enjoy yourself in the warm spring wind, what comes into your mind? Let’s see what poets Meng Haoran and William Blake
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(write) about spring long ago.

The first poem may be one of
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(famous) poems about spring in China. It’s so simple that people can
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(easy) remember it. The poet doesn’t say how much he loves spring. Instead, he writes that the birds are singing, the wind is blowing and the flowers
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(fall) down. The way he talks about these things shows us his
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(happy) during springtime. Instead of talking about the bright colours of flowers, Meng writes about the sounds of spring. He hears birds singing in the morning and remembers the sounds of the wind and rain at night. Writing about these sounds lets
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(read) feel the beauty of spring.
William Blake’s poem celebrates the coming of spring as a way ______ 8 ______ (bring) us joy. As spring comes, nature jumps into a new life. This means the ______ 9 ______ (begin) of the new year. The birds in the poem are joyful day and night. It seems that the boys and girls speak of all the things so ______ 10 ______ (active). Through “merrily”, the poet shows how happy he and others are to welcome spring.
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