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?
根据汉语提示完成句子，一空一词（包括缩写词）
1.艾伦18岁时上了大学。
Alan ___________ ___________ at the age of 18.
2.里克长大了，他可以自己做决定了。
Rick has grown up. He can ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.
3.抱歉，你不应该把你的书放在书桌上。
Sorry, your book ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ on the desk.
4.父母必须让孩子们远离危险。
Parents must ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ danger.
5.当妈妈叫萨拉停止看电视时她和妈妈顶嘴了。
Sarah ___________ ___________ to her mom when Mom told her to stop watching TV.
下面是Learning English杂志社发给全国中学生的一封电子邮件。假如你叫李华，你对该邮件中的问题很感兴趣，请你给该杂志社的编辑回一封电子邮件，参与此次活动。
Dear students,
There must be some rules in your family, right? How do you like them? What's the best rule and what's the worst rule? Please e-mail us and share your thoughts with our readers.
Learning English
要求：词数90左右，电子邮件的格式和开头已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Editor,
There are many rules in my family, some good and some bad.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
根据所给音标写出相应字母的大小写形式。
1.
2.
3.
4.
填入所缺的字母，并翻译成中文。
1.g___od ___
2.m___rning ___
3.h___ll___ ___
4.___ft___ _r__noon ___
5.___v___ning ___
6.h___w ___
7.th___nks ___
8.f___n_e__ ___
9.___re ___
10.BB___ ___
根据所给汉语情景提示完成句子。
1.朋友早晨见面时打招呼： Good ____！
2.朋友之间见面时询问对方身体状况： ____are you?
3.下午见面时的问候语： Good ____！
4.听见对方说“Fine, thank you. And you？”后，你的回答可能是： I am ____， too.
5.傍晚见面时的问候语： Good ____！
比较下列每组字母或单词所含元音音素的发音，相同的用“S”表示，不同的用“D”表示。
1.F—G ____
2.I—fine ____
3.Dale—Grace ____
4.C—E ____
5.A—thanks ____
6.E—Frank ____
7.F—B ____
8.D—Helen ____
9.B—evening ____
10.A—H ____
将方框中所给的词按不同元音音素归类。
B C D F G H
Alice Dale Eric Grace evening thanks
A /eI/
1.1.
Frank /?/
2.2.
E /i?/
3.3.
Helen /e/
4.4.
Hello, My name is Dale. _____ are you? I am from the UK. There are _____ people in my family. They are my parents, my sister and me. My father is a worker. My mother is a teacher. She is in a middle _____. My sister and I are students. My sister _____ 15 and I am 12. This is a picture of my home. There is a big tree near my house. Can you _____ a cat in the picture, too? It is Mimi. I like my family, my home and _____ cat.
1.A. How B. What C. Who D. When
2.A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
3.A. book B. school C. name D. evening
4.A. is B. are C. am D. be
5.A. know B. say C. listen D. see
6.A. your B. my C. his D. her
What's this? It's the letter “P”. What color is it? It's green. What's this and what color is it? This is the letter “E”. It's yellow. What's this letter? It's the letter “N”. It's red.P－E－N. Is it a “pen”？ Yes, it is. I have a blue pen in my pencil box. My pencil box is orange. My Chinese book is in my bag. My bag is black. Look, the bag is in the brown desk. The chair is yellow. It's nice. I like it.
1.What color is the letter “P”？
A. Green.
B. Yellow.
C. Red.
D. Blue.
2.The letter “________” is red.
A. P
B. E
C. N
D. M
3.What's in the pencil box?
A. An orange case.
B. A blue pen.
C. A black bag.
D. A yellow chair.
4.Where is my Chinese book?
A. It's in my bag.
B. It's in my desk.
C. It's on my chair.
D. Sorry, I don't know.
