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School Life

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1.All the information about the writer must be included EXCEPT the

A. school name B. e-mail address C. year of birth D. telephone number

2.What is required for the articles wanted according to the passage?

A. They must be fully created by the writers themselves.

B. They must be typed in single space and on both sides.

C. They must be provided with photos and descriptions.

D. They must be sent with the copies of texts and pictures.

3.According to the passage,you can send your articles

A. within 3 weeks B. during the summer

C. all the year round D. during the whole term

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A. making a phone call

B. sending an e-mail

C. visiting in person.

D. writing a letter

5.Who do you think will write articles for SCHOOL LIFE?_______

A. Students who are interested in writing.

B. Teachers who love writing and taking photos.

C. Parents who wish their kids to be popular writers.

D. Readers who had a happy time in their childhood.

Kwame Alexander is an American writer of children's fiction. His novel The Crossover was written in poetic (诗歌的) form and won several awards in 2015. Alexander's most recent novel Booked is about a middle school student Nick Hall, whose love for soccer helps him deal with the challenges of growing up. Recently, a reporter had an interview with Alexander about his books.

(R=Reporter, A= Alexander)

R: 1.

A: It has to do with my love of sports. As a kid, I loved to play sports. I was a tennis player. I love to watch sports and to get excited about what happens on the field. Why not use sports as a way to tell these stories? I know kids are going to get into it. What kid doesn't love tennis or swimming or soccer?

R: 2.

A: I've always been interested in the power of poetry. I've been trying to write my feelings and ideas about the world we live in and poetry allows me to talk about some heavy and deep things in a pleasant way. I love poetry and for me, it's so cool.

R: 3.

A: Video games and television mostly offer fantasy (幻想). They offer interesting and unrealistic fantasy. Literature (文学) opens up a world of possibility to readers. As a writer for kids, I want to help readers imagine what's possible in the world — how to make it better and how to make themselves better in it.

R: 4.

A: Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings — those are the main ones. It's the things they wrote about, the way they played with language and held the readers' attention.

R: Are you planning a new novel?  5. 

A: It will be. I'm writing a prequel (前传) to The Crossover. It's about the father, Chuck Bell, when he was 12 years old.

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

“Cool”is a word with many meanings.Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meaning.

“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street,maybe you will say,“It’s cool.”You may think,“He’s so cool,”when you see your favorite footballer.We all maximize(扩大) the meaning of“cool”.You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”.Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used.A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall(瀑布)they had visited.On one student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool.Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words.Without “cool”,some people have no words to show the same meaning.So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性).Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can.And I think they are also very cool.

1.We know that the word“cool” has had ______.

A. only one meaning B. no meanings

C. many different meanings D. the same meaning

2.In the passage,the word“express”means“______”.

A. see B. show C. know D. feel

3.If you are ______ something,you may say,“It’s cool.”

A. interested in B. angry with C. afraid of D. unhappy with

4.The writer takes an example to show he is ______ the way the word is used.

A. pleased with B. strange to C. worried about D. careful with

5.In the last paragraph,the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”______.

A. can be used instead of many words B. usually means something interesting

C. can make your life colorful D. may not(可能不)be as cool as it seems

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