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4）Agtothepdiesexcept_____。

A。virtuoussC。dayD。rose

5）Thispoemhasa_____touit。

A。academicB。seaturalD。religious

2。Summarizethepoemandtraoese。

GodMemnon门农神像

Palas-Souci无忧宫

Sphinx狮身人面像

TheNile尼罗河

TempleofBaalbec（黎巴嫩）巴勒贝克神庙

Notes

1。OscarWilde（1854-1900）:HeisaIrishpoetanddramatistwhosereputatiosonhisasterpiecesLadyWindermere’sFan（1892）aangEar（1895）。Amoherbest-knownworksarehisohePictureray（1891）andhisfairytalesespeciallyTheHappyPrince。Hewasalsofamousforhisactiveroleihtury’sAesthetient。

2。Palas-Sous-SouciPalacewastheroyalresidengHenriIofHaiti，QueenMarie-Louiseawodaughters。ItsedfromFrens“carefree”。HereitisanimaginarynameofapalacewheretheHappyPrincelived。

3。TempleofBaalbec（1889-1964）:BaalbecorBaalbek，anarchaeologicalsiteinLebanon，leofthePhoeni-godBaal-Hadad，theRomangreekgodJupiter。

4。GodMemon:MemhologyisthesonofTithonus（sonofLaomedon，legendarykingofTroy）andEos（Dawn）andkihiopians。Heost-Homerichero，who，afterthedeathoftheTrojanwarriorHettoassisthisuhelastkingainsttheGreeks。Here，GodMemhenon，twomassivestouesofPharaohAmenhotepIIIacrosstheRiverNile。

5。Sphinx:Asphinxisamythicalcreaturewithalion’sbodyandahumanheadoracathead。Egyptiansphinxwasviewedasbeandwasthoughtofasaguardianoftenflaraemples。HereitreferstoTheGreatSphinxofGiza。ItisalimestoueortsphinxthatstandsontheGizaPlateauobankoftheNilei。

6。Cataract:ThecataractsoftheNileareshallowlengths（orids）oftheweenAswanandKhartoum，wherethesurfaceofthewaterisbrokenbymanysmallbouldersarudingoutoftheriverbed，aswellasmanyrockyislets。Insomeplaces，thesestretchesarepueerhapswellcharacterizedasrapids，whileatothersthewaterflowissmoother，butstillshallow。

&randRussell（1872-1970）:HewasaBritishphili，essayistandsocialcritiownforhisworkiicallogialyticphilosophy。

8。GeeHerbert（1593-1633）:HewasaWelsh-blishpoet，lipriest。Herbert’spoetryisassociatedwiththewritiaphysicalpoets，andheisreizedas“apivotalfigure:enormouslypopular，deeplyandbroadlyiial，andarguablythemostskillfulandimportantBritishdevotionallyricist”。

ForFun

WorkstoRead

1。TheNightiheRosebyOscarWilde:AougfairytalebyWildeinwhiightingalesacrificesherlifeiaredroseinaterforascholarwhofellihhisprhter。Thestreatsongforvalueoflife，sadtruelove。

2。TheFlybyKatheriisaprofoundstoryaboutlifeahebossredgrievesoverhissoerhisoldfriendMr。Woodifield’svisitaer’satsofrethappenings。Aloneinhisofficewithgrief，thebossrescuesaflyfromtheinkpotonlytotortureittodeath。

&oSee

1。ThePri（1998）:ItisAmeriimatedmusicaldramafilmaraditionallyanimatedfilmproducedbyDreamWorksAnimation。ItisanadaptationoftheBookofExodusandfollowsthelifeofMapriohisultimatedestiheofIsraeloutofEgypt。Itisanastonishingstoryofhardship，benevolehandsalvationwhiselemeianhistory，darchitecture。

2。TheHours（2002）:Thelife-pstoryfothreewomegeionswhoselivesareihenovelMrs。DallowaybyVirginiaWoolf。AmongthemareClarissaVaughan，aNewYanaartyforherAIDS-striefrie，Ri2001;LauraBrnant1950s’iahousewifewithayoungboyandanunhappymarriage;andVirginiaWoolfherselfin1920s’England，whwithdepressioalilltryingtowritehernovel。