首先请阅读下列儿童读物的封面及基本信息:

A. I Heard It from Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden

Juanita Havill

Illustrated by Chirstine Davenier

2006, Chronicle Books, $15.95. Ages 4 to 8. Reviewers: Jean Borren, Ph.D.

B. Busy in the Garden

George Shannon

Pictures by Sam Williams

2006, Greenwillow/ HarperCollins, $15.99 and $16.89.

Ages 3 – 5. Reviewers: Sheilah Egan.

C. The Biggest Fish in the Lake

Margaret Carney

Illustrated by Janet Wilson

2001, Kids Can Press, $15.95. Ages 4 to 8. Reviewers: Sue Reichard.

D. The Little Fish that Got Away

Bernadine Cook

Illustrations by Crockett Johnson

2005(org.1956), Harper Collins, $14.99. Ages 3 to 7. Reviewer: Barbara I Taleroft

E. A Grand Old Tree

Mary Newell Depalma

2006, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, $16.99. Ages 2 to 5.

F. Tree of life: the incredible biodiversity of life on earth

Roebelle Strauss

Illustrated by Margot Thompson

2004, Toronto. Kids Can Press, $16.95. Grades 3 – 6

下面是这些书的简要内容。请把相关的内容与它们的书名匹配起来。

1.This picture book explores the life of a tree that has deep roots,long arms,and many children. She provides shelter for many animals and bears fruit. The author uses colorful, simple,yet detailed watercolor illustrations to convey her words. The charming pictures show the many aspects in the life of a tree down to the caterpillars that eat the leaves. It is good for pre-school children.

2.This charming picture book highlights the life of a garden,from planting seeds to harvesting. With the narrator as guide,the reader is led through a variety of free verse and occasionally rhymed poems that fill in the story of a garden and its inhabitants. The pictures. delightful watercolors in bright pastels,add to the whimsical feel of the poems. Young readers will certainly enjoy this fun and fanciful text.

3.This is a story from 1956 which introduces a little boy who likes to go fishing with a tree limb,a woman,and a pin. Although he never catches anything,on this particular day he finally does hook three big ones,but the little one gets away. The boy pulls them home in his wagon and his mother cooks them for supper. The swinging rhythms of the text and the good humor evident in the illustrations remain fun for the youngest readers.

4.This useful,attractive,oversize volume uses its height well,employing a tree metaphor to show the earth’s various kinds of life and how all living things. from bacteria to the largest mammals,are related. Each spread covers one branch of the animal kingdom. To make the enormity of species understandable. Strauss equates individual species(e. g. ,1 0,000 bacteria)with one leaf on the tree.

5.This is a story about how a grandfather teaches his eager granddaughter to catch speckled trout from the stream in springtime. After a whole day on the lake,only Grandpa is lucky. The next morning the young fisherman hurries to the dock alone,and soon she hooks the catch of a lifetime. Young readers will appreciate this story that celebrates the special bond between the older and younger generation,while brilliant watercolor illustrations capture the beauty of the natural world

One Bite at a Time

Stephen was on campus(校园)to register when I first met him.

One summer day I was headed over to the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my , Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”. Would he be able to pass? I he was concerned about failing before the day of classes. We talked about what the class would and I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with .

Then I remembered a bit of classical dialog:

Question: “How do you eat an elephant?”

Answer: “One bite at a time.”

I told him to his work that way. To do his assignment(作业), all of them, and to get them in on time. I added that most students I knew made a timetable of all the assignment so they could their workload.

As time went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a . Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much .

Stephen didn’t become an “A” student. He didn’t make any honor rolls. Still, he managed to most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignment on time and breaking down his studying into digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was the school’s cross-country team.

Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, “One bite at a time.” Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was when he was supposed to be failing. His , he said, was that he was what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.”

1.A. after B. when C. until D. once

2.A. turned B. sat C. moved D. went

3.A. jobs B. tests C. classes D. projects

4.A. innocent B. angry C. inspired D. pained

5.A. sensed B. imagined C. heard D. admitted

6.A. gathering B. parting C. closing D. opening

7.A. change B. adjust C. cover D. produce

8.A. interest B. anger C. fear D. excitement

9.A. avoid B. continue C. present D. approach

10.A. quiet B. optimistic C. energetic D. successful

11.A. plan B. increase C. reduce D. measure

12.A. fitted B. hesitated C. struggled D. progressed

13.A. cheat B. failure C. winner D. leader

14.A.experience B. information C. potential D. honor

15.A. pass B. begin C. take D. design

16.A. full-sized B. bite-sized C. pocket-sized D. medium-sized

17.A. in B. on C. at D. of

18.A. changing B. recovering C. concentrating D. succeeding

19.A. secret B. skill C. reply D. theory

20.A. spreading B. considering C. practicing D. expressing

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