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2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测63 阅读理解 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Du Fu, the famous Tang Dynasty poet, is getting the business these days. In response to the 1,300th anniversary of the poet’s birth, the meme, “Du Fu is busy,” is spreading through the Internet and turning the iconic poet into a figure of fun. A meme is a cultural phenomenon. It’s an idea or image that somehow strikes a chord with Internet users and prompts them to comment on it, change it, or use it in different situations. In Du’s case, the meme is a picture of the poet taken from a textbook. The picture shows a very serious Du sitting on a rock, clothed in loose robes. His chin is pointed resolutely upward and his eyes gaze calmly into the distance. It is a picture of a man with a great mind and a heroic spirit. That image is changed in the meme. Du Fu is now seen holding a gun or listening to an iPod or dressed as a Japanese cartoon character. In today’s world, it seems fewer people respect great minds or heroic spirits. This is sad because it means we are losing our sense of idealism. Du Fu led a life of poverty and humiliation. I visited his thatched cottage in Chengdu and imagined the hardship he endured: the loneliness, the cold, and the hunger. Yet, hardship didn’t kill his spirit, and his great poetry reflects his inner strength. | 
