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Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children"s book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read well. The report said many children"s books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize. He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
小题1:Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.
A.some school children could not read well
B.many children"s books were interesting
C.children wanted to learn to write
D.a writer for children was wanted
小题2: People like his books because the books ______.
A.are cheap and easy to get
B.were written in different languages
C.are easy and interesting to read
D.were written with invented words
小题3:He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
A.50B.53C.56D.87
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.
B.Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.
C.The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.
D.His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.
小题5: From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.
A.won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death
B.sold millions of his books himself worldwide
C.changed American children"s way of reading
D.wrote the largest number of books in the world

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
解析
本文讲述了Doctor Seuss 获知一些美国孩子不能很好阅读之后,写了一些简单易懂而有趣的书,这些书图文并茂,深受孩子和家长的喜爱,改变了美国孩子的阅读方式。
试题分析:
小题1:通过life magazine published a report about school children who could not read well.可知,他从杂志中知道,一些孩子不能很好阅读。所以本题选A。
小题2:通过that were interesting and easy to read可知,他的书很有趣,也很容易读。所以本题选C。
小题3:我们通过文章知道瑟斯出生于1904年,写这篇文章是在1957年,所以应该是53岁。所以本题选B。
小题4:通过he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.可知A是错误的;通过 his books are loved by people of all ages可知,B是错误的,而D是正确的;通过 Their parents loved it, too可知,C是错误的;所以本题选D。
小题5:通过阅读,我们发现ABD中的内容并没有在文中出现,而根据上下文我们可知,瑟斯的书改变了美国孩子的阅读方式。所以本题选C。
点评:阅读时,要注意细节的描述,特别是瑟斯的生平。做题时,可以根据文章中的句子,与选项加以比较,注意应该根据已有信息加以合理推测。
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Have you ever wondered?
1.      Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?
It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon (大气现象) known as the jet stream (气流). The jet stream is a very high altitude (=" above" sea level) wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. So the planes moving at a constant air speed go faster from the west to the east when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite.
2.      What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?
Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures(建筑物)float away? What happened would depend on (依靠) how strongly the things were attached (吸附) to the earth. The earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something around your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. ‘Turning off’ gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling (=" top" surface of a room). Most things outside would fly off into space.
小题1:What information can we get from the first passage?
A.It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.
B.Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.
C.It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.
D.The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.
小题2:The underlined word “shoot” in the 2nd paragraph means “_________”.
A.send for B.move quicklyC.come out D.grow quickly
小题3:It can be known that without gravity _________.
A.buildings and other structures would float away
B.trees and buildings would not so easily fly off
C.something around your head would not float away
D.everything outside buildings would fly off into space
小题4:Where can we read this passage?
A.In a research paper. B.In a short story.
C.In a travel magazine.D.In a student’s book

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B
Sun Liping, 6 , lives in a small village in Yunnan. Her biggest wish is to have running water in her home. All 35 families in Sun’s village have a serious problem--- they don’t have enough water. Every day, the villagers have to walk 20 minutes to get water.
Last year, the worst drought since the 1950s hit Yunnan, making more than 2 million people short of drinking water. This year, the drought is even worse.
Not only Yunnan, but many other provinces in China are short of water as well, such as Gansu and Qinghai.
According to a report on February 17, each Chinese person has about 28% of the world’s average(平均的) person’s amount of available(可用的) water. Two thirds of China’s cities are short of water and nearly 300 million people in rural areas don’t have safe water for drinking.
Every drop of water is important. Waste a drop of water a day and you lose a bucket(桶) a year. How can we use water in a smart way? Here are some tips for you to save water in your daily life:
1. Put plastic bottles of water in your toilet to cut down the water waste when you flush (冲洗) your toilet.
2. Don’t keep the water running while you’re brushing your teeth or washing your face and hands.
3. Use low-flow(低流量) shower heads .
4. Use a bucket to collect shower water while you wait for it to warm up.
5. Make your shower time shorter.
6. Set up a rain bucket to collect rainwater for watering plants or flowers.
小题1: What is the problem in Sun’s village?
A.They don’t have enough food.
B.They don’t have enough water.
C.They have to walk far away to go to school.
D.There are fewer and fewer villagers.
小题2: What does the underlined word drought mean in the second paragraph?
A.饥饿B.干旱C.水灾D.贫穷
小题3: According to the report, __________________________________.
A. China has just 28 percent of the world’s available water.
Each Chinese person can use more water than the world’s average person.
There is not enough water in two thirds of China’s cities.
D. There are about 300 million people in China’s cities who don’t have enough water.
小题4:Which of the following would lead to a waste of water?
A.Using low-flow shower heads.
B.Collecting shower water while waiting for it to warm up.
C.Taking a quick shower.
D.Keeping the water running while brushing one’s teeth.

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C
“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me.
After I graduated form college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire(雇佣) a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I wanted this job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt so frustrated. “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”
小题1:Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?
A.Because he never graduated from college.
B.Because he didn’t work hard in college.
C.Because he didn’t have much experience.
D.Because he didn’t know about sports.
小题2:Which of the following is the correct order of events?
a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.
b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.
c. The writer graduated from college.
d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.
A.cbdaB.cbadC.bcdaD.bcad
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The writer’s parents didn’t want him to be a sports announcer.
B.There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown.
C.The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer.
D.The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.
小题4: According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?
A.He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.
B.Disappointment leads to failure.
C.He should be proud of himself.
D.Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.

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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A
In today’s world, pollution has become a serious problem.  51.  we know, air pollution is harmful to our health. However, not all people know that noise    52  also a kind of pollution and is harmful to human health.
People who work and live in noisy conditions may become   53  . For example,  many of the workers who   54. newspapers and books become deaf. Quite a few people living near   55 also have hearing lose. Recently it was reported that many teenagers in America  56 hear better than the old do, because these young people always listen to  57 pop music.  Making a loud noise in public is also a kind of pollution, it not only  58  others but also does great harm to hearing. Cars and machines also produce 59 noise. It makes people feel uncomfortable and unpleasant.  60  , it can cause them to be sick or deaf.Nowadays many countries are trying to solve all sorts of environmental problems, including noise pollution.
小题1:
A.SoB.WhileC.AsD.And
小题2:
A.areB.isC.wasD.were
小题3:
A.excitedB.deadC.thinD.deaf
小题4:
A.makeB.printC.catchD.take
小题5:
A.factoriesB.airportsC.schoolsD.gyms
小题6:
A.canB.mayC.can’tD.mustn’t
小题7:
A.slowB.lightC.fastD.loud
小题8:
A.helpsB.disturbsC.causesD.makes
小题9:
A.much tooB.lots ofC.a littleD.too many
小题10:
A.By the wayB.we knowC.For exampleD.What’s more

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D
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.
I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.
小题1: We know from the reading the doctor _________.
A.didn’t know how to plant trees at all
B.wasn’t good at his own medical job
C.had his own ways of planting trees
D.had nothing to do but plant trees
小题2: When Dr. Gibbs said, “...pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ______.
A.some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning
B.he would choose the weak trees to water earlier
C.the weak trees would be sent to his patients later
D.he would not plant weak trees so early anymore
小题3:The passage tells us that the writer _______.
A.should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper
B.didn’t often water his trees
C.didn’t have a large field
D.took too much care of his tree
小题4: The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________.
A.his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs
B.his trees will not be beaten down
C.his sons will be better at planting trees
D.his sons will be able to face difficulties
小题5:Which can be the best title of the reading?
A.Watering TreesB.Growing Roots
C.Doctors and his NeighborD.Father and his Children

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