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【题目】Chinese writers seldom win a big prize in the world. One of those prizes is the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, the highest honor in the world that can be given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. No Chinese writer had ever won it, until April 4, 2016, when 62-year-old Cao Wenxuan received the prize. Cao received the honor at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy.

Patricia Aldana praised Cao’s “deeply humanistic” books. These novels admit that life can be sad for children.

Instilling children with good virtues for the sake of humankind is something that Cao stresses. He said, “It’s time for us to alter our understanding of reading. Books should bring not only joy to young readers, but also have their ideas about life.”

That feature of his works has touched many adults too. “The common choice of the judges, Cao writes beautifully about the lives of children facing great challenges,” said Aldana.

After his success, Cao praised good translation for bringing attention to his work. Chinese children's literature could get high honor in the world if it were correctly translated in a style that could be easily understood, he said.

Other writers, including Jin Bo, have also blamed poor translation as the reason why Chinese literature fails to get honor in the world. Jin was named for the Hans Christian Andersen Prize in 1992, but at that time, he had to translate, in a hurry, several paragraphs from his book to give to the judges. "On one hand, the jury has little knowledge of Chinese authors. On the other hand, it is we ourselves who didn't introduce our work and promote (促进) ourselves enough," he said in a class in 2013.

1According to the passage, Cao was awarded, because ________.

A. the children in his books are poor

B. he wrote books for children

C. his books are about human kindness

D. he came to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair

2According to Cao, reading should ________.

A. change the ideas of children on books

B. help kids kill time gladly

C. bring more joy to children

D. make children think actively about life

3The last paragraph suggests that most Chinese writers ________.

A. poorly translate their books into English

B. failed to get to know the judges

C. didn’t try to introduce their books to foreigners

D. didn’t know how to introduce themselves

【答案】

1C

2D

3A

【解析】本文通过中国作家曹文轩首次为中国获得the Hans Christian Andersen Prize和曾被提名该奖的作家金波指出中国儿童文学未能在国际上获奖的原因是翻译质量不好,如果中国儿童文学作家的作品能够被正确地翻译成一种易于理解的风格,那么它将在世界上获得很高的荣誉。

1C

细节理解题。根据第二段第一句Patricia Aldana praised Cao’s “deeply humanistic” books.和第三段第一句Instilling children with good virtues for the sake of humankind is something that Cao stresses.可知,Cao之所以获奖是因为他的书是关于人性的善良。故选C。

2D

推理判断题。根据第三段中Books should bring not only joy to young readers, but also have their ideas about life.”(书籍不仅能给年轻读者带来快乐,也能让他们对生活有自己的想法。)可知,阅读应该使得孩子们积极思考生活。故答案为D。

3A

细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句Other writers, including Jin Bo, have also blamed poor translation as the reason why Chinese literature fails to get honor in the world.(包括金波在内的其他作家也将翻译不当作为中国文学未能在世界上获得荣誉的理由。)可知,最后一段表明,大多数中国作家没能很好地把他们的书翻译成英语。故答案为A。

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I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣) with Lisa, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing(追溯) _______ memory for me. Lisa was one of the mobile children, _______ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of _______, and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors _______ for 200 years.

We soon _______ by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories _______ back, swift as the tide (潮水).

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1A. appearing B. moving C. exposing D. expanding

2A. referring B. travelling C. pointing D. coming

3A. shared B. short C. fresh D. treasured

4A. passed B. raised C. moved D. sent

5A. home B. duty C. reality D. relief

6A. built B. lived C. remained D. explored

7A. catch up B. pull up C. live on D. settle down

8A. falling B. turning C. rushing D. taking

9A. yard B. village C. room D. house

10A. adapts to B. appeals to C. belongs to D. occurs to

11A. across B. through C. along D. past

12A. lay B. played C. stood D. sat

13A. marching B. looking C. breaking D. pouring

14A. between B. with C. near D. behind

15A. wonders B. listens C. reacts D. agrees

16A. began B. grew C. studied D. stayed

17A. deepened B. recognized C. accepted D. found

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It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog's legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn't last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
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A.The crops didn't do well
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C.The visitors brought in diseases.
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【题目】Welcome to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Windsor is one of the official residences (住所) of the Queen, who sometimes stays here.

Audio tours

Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit. There is a descriptive audio tour for blind and poor-sighted visitors.

Guided tours

Visitors can explore the history of the Castle through a tour of the Precincts with an expert guide. Tours depart at regular intervals throughout the day from the Courtyard and finish at the entrance to the State Apartments.

For those visiting with children, a special family tour and various activities are offered during school holidays and at weekends. Please note that, for safe reasons, pushchairs are not permitted in the State Apartments. However, baby carriers are available to borrow.

St George’s Chapel (小教堂)

Visitors arriving at the Castle after 15:00 from March to October are advised to visit St George’s Chapel first before it closes.

Shopping

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Refreshments (点心)

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Security

As Windsor Castle is a working royal palace, visitors and their belongings should get through airport-style security checks. For safety and security reasons a one-way system operates along the visitor route.

1What is specially offered to visitors with kids?

A. A free toy. B. A pushchair.

C. A baby carrier. D. A security guard.

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A. Visitors buying gifts in the castle shops.

B. Visitors wishing to eat outside the Castle.

C. Visitors buying water from the Courtyard.

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For anyone still doubting the belief that our emotions influence our physical health, a new study from New Zealand should be able to settle the matter. It reports that the physical wounds of healthy seniors healed more quickly if they wrote about their most upsetting experiences.
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