题目内容
5.Our Web Editor Jan Fields has always loved two things----writing and teaching,so she's done both throughout her professional career.After graduating from college with a BA in Journalism,she quickly found that writing for newspapers didn't fulfill her dream.So she switched to magazines and soon began teaching magazine writing.Still,something didn't feel quite right.She wanted more challenges and creativity.In the 1980s,Jan answered a call to rewrite a year's children's church lesson.She quickly found That writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired.She dove in and has never looked back.Her work has appeared in Ladybug,Shining Star and many others.
As Jan continued building credits in children's magazines,educational magazines,and parenting Magazines,she looked for opportunities to pass along what she had learned to other writers.Soon,teaching small community college classes wasn't enough---she wanted to help other writers to find success in creating material for children.
In 2001,she discovered the Institute of Children's Literature and she's been happily instructing students here ever since.To best meet her students'needs,she's constantly searching out new information.As a web editor,Jan looks after the needs of all the visitors to this site.She moderates the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writer's Retreat forum,writes for the Writer's Support Room,and edits the Writer's Support Room and Writing Tips articles.
Jan is always open to suggestions for new ways to meet the needs of the writing community.
Feel free to email her.She's eager to hear from you.
29.Jan Fields findsC what she really wants most.
A.writing for newspapers.
B.teaching magazine writing.
C.writing stories and activities for children.
D.teaching small community college classes.
30.Jan Fields gave up her first two jobs mainly becauseB.
A.she was badly paid as a journalist
B.the job didn't seem challenging or creative
C.she was not good at writing at college
D.she likes teaching better than writing.
31.It can be inferred that the Institute of Children's Literature isD.
A.where Jan Fields graduated
B.where she cooperates with other writers.
C.where writing materials are on sale
D.children are taught writing by Jan Fields.
32.Which of the following is true according to the passage?C
A.Jan fields is now working for magazines like Scheduled Events,and Writer's Retreat.
B.Jan has stopped writing for magazines related to children,education and parenting.
C.Jan works for web sections like Writer's Support Room and Writing Tips.
D.The passage is an advertisement to sell a children's church curricula.
分析 本文为人物介绍文,介绍了儿童作家Jan Fields,讲述了她从毕业以后的事业,同时讲述了她喜爱有创造性的工作以及写一些讲述孩子和孩子的活动的作品的故事.
解答 29----32 CBDC
29.C 考查细节理解.根据第二段中的"She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired."可知,她真正想做的是给孩子们写故事和活动.
30.B 考查推理判断.根据第一段的最后一句"She wanted more challenges and creativity."可推知,她放弃前两份工作是因为她觉得这两份工作没有挑战性和创造性.
31.D 考查细节理解.根据第四段第一句中的"she's been happily instructing students here ever since."可知,她在Institute of Children's Literature教孩子们写作.
32.C 考查细节理解题 根据文中She moderates the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writer's Retreat forum,writes for the Writer's Support Room,and edits the Writer's Support Room and Writing Tips articles.可知选项C是正确的表述,故答案为C
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.
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