If you're walking through Boston during a downpour, you might see a poem appear before your eyes. For nearly a year, Bostonians __1__ the city streets in the rain may have __2__ poems written on the sidewalks.
Titled “Raining Poetry”， this __3__ resulted from cooperation between the nonprofit Mass Poetry and the city of Boston. The first poems were installed to __4__ the start of National Poetry Month, with several more __5__ to the city's streets last May 13. These poems cannot be seen during dry, __6__ weather, but appear like magic__7__raindrops start falling from the sky.
The poems were __8__ by Danielle Legros Georges, Boston's poet laureate (桂冠诗人). They are all based on their __9__ to Boston, as well as the general themes of water and rain.
“I wanted to draw works from poets influential in the Bostonarea literary, educational or cultural fields，” Georges said.
The poems are __10__ to the sidewalks in a matter of minutes and should wear away in six to eight weeks. While all of the poems __11__ installed are written in English, Sara Siegel, program director for the Mass Poetry, hopes to add __12__ ones in the many languages that are __13__ throughout Boston.
“Our hope is in the next two years everyone in the state will meet a poem in their __14__ lives at least once or twice a month，” says Siegel.“This is a fun and __15__ way to bring poetry to the people.”
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。波士顿的街道上藏着秘密诗歌，只要一下雨，这些诗歌就会出现在城市的人行道上。
1．A.cleaning B．searching
C．wandering D．repairing
解析：选C 根据上文中的“you're walking through Boston”可知，此处指波士顿人漫步(wandering)在雨中的城市街头。
2．A.copied B．laughed at
C．published D．come across
解析：选D 根据上文中的“you might see ... appear before your eyes”可知，波士顿人可能会发现(come across)写在人行道上的诗歌。
3．A.theory B．project
C．routine D．problem
解析：选B 结合上文中的“Titled‘Raining Poetry’”和下文中的“cooperation between the nonprofit Mass Poetry and the city of Boston”可知，“雨天诗歌”是非营利组织Mass Poetry和波士顿市的合作项目(project)。
4．A.record B．describe
C．determine D．celebrate
解析：选D 根据空后的“the start of National Poetry Month”可知，第一批安装的诗歌是为了庆祝(celebrate)“全国诗歌月”的开始。
5．A.added B．related
C．compared D．contributed
解析：选A 结合上文中的“The first poems”和空前的“several more”可知，安装好第一批诗歌后，又增加(added)了更多的诗歌。
6．A.rainy B．foggy
C．sunny D．snowy
解析：选C 根据空前的“dry”可知，这些诗歌在干燥、晴朗的(sunny)天气里是看不到的。
7．A.once B．before
C．until D．though
解析：选A 下雨是诗歌出现的必要条件，所以此处填once。
8．A.read B．selected
C．invented D．translated
解析：选B 根据下面一段中的“I wanted ... poets influential in the Bostonarea literary, educational or cultural fields”可知，这些诗歌是由波士顿桂冠诗人Danielle Legros Georges选取(selected)的。
9．A.ticket B．passage
C．entrance D．relationship
解析：选D 根据下文中的“the general themes of water and rain”和“... from poets influential in the Bostonarea literary, educational or cultural fields”可知，所选诗歌都是和波士顿有一定关系(relationship)的或其主题是关于水和雨的。
10．A.fixed B．applied
C．expanded D．turned
解析：选A 根据上文第4空所在句中的“installed”可知，这些诗歌被安装(fixed)在人行道上。
11．A.formally B．currently
C．properly D．frequently
解析：选B 根据下文中的“Sara Siegel, program director for the Mass Poetry, hopes to add ...ones in the many languages”可知，目前(currently)安装的诗歌都是用英语书写的。
12．A.easy B．hard
C．old D．new
解析：选D 根据上文中的“hopes to add”可知，Sara Siegel希望增加一些其他语种的新的(new)诗歌。
13．A.studied B．spoken
C．ignored D．preserved
解析：选B 结合上文中的“many languages ”和下文中的“throughout Boston”可知，Sara Siegel希望增加在波士顿讲的其他语言写成的诗歌。故spoken符合语境。
14．A.professional B．personal
C．lonely D．daily
解析：选D 根据本句语境可知，Siegel希望人们在自己日常的(daily)生活中能经常看到诗歌。
15．A.typical B．familiar
C．unusual D．impossible
解析：选C 在人行道上安装诗歌是一种有趣的、不寻常的(unusual)方式。
