I began writing poems fifteen years ago while I was in college.One day I was in the library，working on a term paper，when I came across a book of contemporary poetry.I don't remember the title of the book or any of the titles of the poems except one：Frankenstein's Daughter.The poem was wild，almost rude，and nothing like the rhyme-and-meter poetry I had read in high school.I had always thought that poetry was flowery writing about sunsets and walks on the beach，but that library book contained direct and sometimes shocking poetry about dogs，junked cars，rundown houses.I checked the book out，curious to read more.
   Soon afterward，I started filling a notebook with my own poems.At first，I was scared，partly because my poetry teacher was a serious and strict man who could see the errors in my poems.Also，I realized the seriousness of my devotion.I gave up geography to study poetry，which many friends said offered no future.I ignored them because I liked working with words，using them to reconstruct the past，which has always been a source of poetry for me.
   When I first studied poetry，I was single-minded，I woke to poetry and went to bed with poetry.I memorized poems，read about English poets because I was told they would help shape my poems.jye.ai read classical Chinese poetry because I was told that it would add clarity to my work.
   But I was most taken by the Spanish and Latin American poets，particularly Pablo Neruda.My favorites of his were the odes（頌詩，頌歌），short-lined poems celebrating common things like tomatoes，socks and scissors.I felt joyful when I read these odes，and when I began to write my own poems，I tried to remain faithful to the common things of my childhood—dogs，alleys（小巷），my baseball mitt（手套） and the fruit of the valley，especially the orange.I wanted to give these things life，to write so well that my poems would express their beauty.Later I with my family went back to my hometown，a small town in the San Joaquin Valley.You might think it hard to believe，but the observations and images of nature there literally brought me inspiration.Since then，I never stopped writing poems.

（1）From the first paragraph，we can learn that

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A．Frankenstein's Daughter was about wildness in nature.
B．Frankenstein's Daughter helped the author to write poems
C．the author began to get in contact with poetry of different styles
D．the author was curious to read more of flowery and unusual poetry
（2）What does the underlined word"literally"mean in the last paragraph？

D

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A．Theoretically.
B．Excitedly.
C．Hardly.
D．Really.
（3）Which of the following is true according to the passage？

B

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A．Giving up geography to poetry is an abrupt decision for the author.
B．The author loved to find sources of poetry from nature and from the past.
C．The author became devoted to poetry because of his teacher's seriousness.
D．Spanish and Latin American poems influenced the author as much as Chinese poems.
（4）What does the passage mainly talk about？

A

A

A．The author's experiences with poetry.
B．The author's talent in writing poetry.
C．The author's application of poetry.
D．The author's interest in studying poetry.