题目内容
5．When I was growing up，I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl，a spy or a great actress．Not a dentist，like my father，or a homemaker，like my mother-certainly not a writer，although I always loved to read．I didn't know anything abut writers，even though I loved to make up stories inside my head．I made up stories while I bounced （反弹） a ball against the side of our house．I made up stories playing with paper dolls．And I made them up while I practiced the piano，by pretending to give piano lessons．I always had an active imagination．But I never wrote down any of my stories．
When I grew up，my need for story telling didn't go away．So when my own two children started pre-school I began to write and I've been writing ever since!My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start to write a book about them．Then，they become so real to me that I talk about them at the dinner table as if they were real．Some people consider this weird．But my family understand．
Many of my books are set in New Jersey because that's where I was born and raised．I lived there until my kids finished elementary school．Then we moved to New Mexico，the setting for Tiger Eyes．I also spent two years in Connecticut，where Just As Long As We're Together and Here's To You，Rachel Robinson are set．I don't think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well．
Now I live in New York City with my husband，George Cooper．Between us we have three grown children and one grandchild．Our lives are busy，sometimes too much so，but never dull．And yes，I'm still writing．
25．When the writer was young sheC．
A．heard many love stories
B．enjoyed writing story books
C．never thought of becoming a writer
D．could make up stories of different people
26．The writer always had a gift forB．
A．playing at home alone
B．creating all kinds of stories
C．attracting other's attention
D．solving problems by herself
27The writer started to write whenC．
A．she began primary school
B．her first grandchild was born
C．her children started preschool
D．she got married to George Cooper
28．What can be conclude from the text？A
A．It is never too late to learn．
B．Well begun is half done．
C．Actions speak louder than words．
D．Interest is the best teacher．
分析 本文通过讲述作者成长为一名作家的过程（由小时候热爱阅读，喜欢编各种故事---作者的两个孩子上学前班的时候开始从事写作---以生活过的地方为背景，写了大量的书籍---年老了以后一直坚持写作），旨在说明学习永远不嫌晚，要活到老，学到老．
解答 答案：
25．C 细节理解题 根据第一段中的"When I was growing up，I dreamed…Not a dentist，like my father，or a homemaker，like my mother-certainly not a writer，although I always loved to read．"可知，尽管作者小时候非常喜爱阅读，但她也没想过要当一名作家；故选C．
26．B 细节推理题 根据第二段中的"I made up stories while I bounced （反弹） a ball against the side of our house…I always had an active imagination．"作者无论是在对着房子打球，玩纸娃娃，还是在弹钢琴的时候，总是在用她丰富的想象力编着一些故事，可知：作家总是有着创作各种故事的天赋；故选B．
27．C 细节理解题 根据第三段中的"So when my own two children started pre-school I began to write and I've been writing ever since!"可知，作者是在她的两个孩子上学前班的时候，才开始从事写作的；故选C．
28．A 主旨大意题 A．学习永远不嫌晚；活到老，学到老．B．好的开端是成功的一半． C．行动胜于雄辩．D．兴趣是最好的老师． 通读全文可知，本文通过讲述作者成长为一名作家的过程；其中提到作者是在自己的两个孩子上学前班的时候才开始从事写作的，并且后来还以生活过的地方为背景，写了大量的书籍；直到自己有了孙子以后，还在繁忙的生活中一直坚持写作，旨在说明学习永远不嫌晚，要活到老，学到老；故选A．
点评 做本题时，首先应快速浏览全文，掌握文章大意，并且把握作者的写作思路以及写作意图；其次结合问题，可在文中相应位置通过细节理解，或概括大意找出最恰当的答案；另外，平时需要丰富课外阅读，扩大自己的知识面．
