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【题目】My name is Kenn Nesbitt and I’m a poet. I started writing poems as a hobby in 1994. At the time, I never gave any thought to publishing them; I just wrote for my own amusement. But it was so much fun that I ended up writing a lot of poems, which led me to the idea of creating a website, and at last writing books. If you want to write poems, I have some advice for you.

My ideas mostly come from my imagination. That is, I like to sit and daydream, and see what kinds of crazy things I can think up. For kids, I suggest that whenever you think of an idea, you should write it down, even if you don’t have time write them to create a whole poem from your idea. I have notebooks full of ideas that I haven’t written poems about yet. So I can always look through my notebooks and find something fun to write about.

One way to make poems interesting is to write about things readers can understand: school, family, food, pets, games, sports, and so on. To make a poem funny, I often ask myself, “What kinds of funny things might happen at school, or over dinner? What funny things might your pets do?” and it’s OK to make things up, such as having a pet elephant, or a pet that plays video games. Use your imagination and see where it leads. But the best advice I can give kids is not to just write one poem, it might be a great one, or maybe not so good. But if you write ten poems, you’ll probably find that, even though they aren’t all perfect, a few of them are much better than the others.

【1】Why did the author start writing poems at first?

A. To publish them. B. To entertain himself.

C. To contribute to a website. D. To kill time.

【2】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. How to write poems. B. How to think up crazy things.

C. How to get ideas for poems. D. How to become creative.

【3】According to the author, what is the best advice he can give us?

A. Just write great poems. B. Write as many as possible.

C. Make poems as funny as possible. D. Try to make things up in your poems.

【4】Where does the author come from?

A. America B. China C. Germany D. not mentioned

【5】What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A. To suggest some poems written by him.

B. To show writing poems isn’t that hard.

C. To tell readers how to write poems.

D. To explain how he writes poems.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】这篇文章是一位诗人给想写诗的孩子们的几个建议。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段中的句子I just wrote for my own amusement.可知，作者刚开始写诗只是为了自我娱乐，故选B。

【2】主旨大意题。根据第二段的内容，作者建议把想法记下来，以供写诗取材，故第二段的大意是如何获得写诗的材料，选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容But the best advice I can give kids is not to just write one poem, it might be a great one, or maybe not so good. But if you write ten poems, you’ll probably find that, even though they aren’t all perfect, a few of them are much better than the others可知，作者给的最好的建议是尽可能的多写，故选B。

【4】推理判断题。通读全文可知，文章并没有介绍作者来自于哪里，故选D。

【5】推理判断题。根据第一段的最后一句If you want to write poems, I have some advice for you.可知，作者写这篇文章的目的是给想写诗的人一些建议，故选C。