On the New York set of the film Hide and Seek, ten-year-old Dakota Fanning spends her time playing a deeply disturbed girl who deals with her mother's suicide (自杀) by creating an imaginary friend, who may not frighten her family.
Today, though, she has the day off. "This week I only worked two days,"says Fanning, sitting in a sofa in her hotel's library, "but I get bored when I'm not working. Especially because it's cold here and I can't do anything, you know? So, I've been knitting (编织) --- all day, every day."The actress, who's held her own opposite Oscar winners such as Sean Penn and Denzel Washington, recently mastered the fine art of scarves (围巾). Though she's about ready to move on to hats, she first plans to make a souvenir (纪念品) scarf for Robert De Niro, who plays her father in the film. "He's the nicest guy you'd ever meet in your entire life,"she says, her voice dropping to a whisper. "I would make him a brown one.”
Like any other fifth-grader, Fanning spends several hours a day going to school. In addition to her personal trailer (活动住房) --- which is kept well-supplied with hot chocolate packets, lemon Gatorade, and a TV that doesn't always work --- she has another trailer where her teacher, Jan, conducts classes in history, spelling, reading, math, science and health. "We have this big board where we have a calendar (日历),"Fanning says. "When we were here in January, I wrote the calendar in all blue. February was red, and March was green.”
On this particular morning, she had a spelling test. "There was a topic for each of the word lists,"she says, sitting on her knees. "This one was flowers --- they were all names like oxygen, carbon dioxide, chrysanthemum (菊花)..."Chrysanthemum? "Well, they didn't make me spell that one. They just had me fill in the ‘e'. But I can spell it: c-h-r-y-s-a-n-t-h-e-m-u-m.”

1. 1.

   Which of the following is NOT true?

   1. A.
      Dakota Fanning is a young gifted actress.
   2. B.
      Dakota Fanning is a lonely orphan.
   3. C.
      Dakota Fanning is a creative pupil.
   4. D.
      Dakota Fanning has many interests.
2. 2.

   Dakota Fanning has to knit all day in order to _____.

   1. A.
      kill time
   2. B.
      make money
   3. C.
      master a skill
   4. D.
      make a scarf for her boyfriend
3. 3.

   By saying that "He's the nicest guy you'd ever meet in your entire life”, Dakota Fanning really means that _____.

   1. A.
      she is the daughter of Robert De Niro
   2. B.
      she has fallen in love with Robert De Niro
   3. C.
      she is in love with Robert De Niro
   4. D.
      she admires Robert De Niro very much
4. 4.

   What would be the best title for the text?

   1. A.
      Dakota Fanning's Role
   2. B.
      Dakota Fanning's Knitting Art
   3. C.
      Dakota Fanning's Day Off
   4. D.
      Dakota Fanning's Spelling Test

It was 1961 and was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t really care. My older brother and I lived with Mom in a small multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night for hours.

But one day Mom changed our world forever. She came home, turned off the TV, sat us down and said: “You boys are going to read two books every week. And you’re going to write me a report on what you read.” We complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained: “I’ll drive you to the library.” So pretty soon the two boys were driven to Detroit Public Library in her white 1950 old car. I wandered reluctantly among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.

The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers(海狸). For the first time I was lost in another world. The experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. Soon I began to look forward to visiting the library. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them.

Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery(神经外科) at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing student to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.

But I know when the journey began—the day Mom turned off the TV set and put us in her old car for that drive to the library.　

61. What changes the writer’s life according to the passage?

A. Watching TV.　　　　　　　 B. Reading a lot.　　　　　 C. Books on animals.　　 D. Writing reports.

62. What did the mother request her sons to do?

A. The boys couldn’t watch TV before finishing their homework.

B. The boys should read two books with reports every week.

C. The boys should read and recite the Bible every day.

D. The boys could drive to the public library to read on weekends.

63. What’s the meaning of the underlined words at the end of Paragraph 2?

A. Reading rather carelessly.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Reading very carefully.　　

C. Tearing the leaves off the book.　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Looking over the book slowly.

64. How was reading different from watching TV for the writer?

A. It was easier to finish a story by watching TV.

　B. Animals on TV looked more vivid than in books.

C. By reading images formed in mind instead of before the eyes.

D. Reading meant costing more time than watching TV.

65. What else do we know from the passage?

A. The writer was born in a wealthy family.　　　　　 B. The writer’s mother was a good teacher.

C. Both boys are unsuccessful in their career.　　　　 D. The writer is rather world famous now.

B
It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in a dingy multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’ hoofs from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d sprawl on Mon’s bed and stare for hours at the tube.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses she cleaned books. So she came home one day, snapped off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this verbal visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this hushed sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom snapped off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.
46. We can learn form the beginning of the passage that ___________.
A. the author and his brother had done well in school
B. the author had been very concerned about his school work
C. the author had spent much time watching TV after school
D. the author had realized how important schooling was
47. Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?
A. He came from a middle-class family.
B. He came from a single-parent family.
C. His mother worked as a cleaner.
D. His mother had received little education.
48. The mother was ____________ to make her two sons switch to reading books.
A. hesitant               B. unprepared        C. reluctant                   D. determined
49. How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?
A. They were afraid                                    B. They were reluctant.
C. They were impatient.                               D. They were eager to go.
50. The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.
A. he began to see something in his mind
B. he could visualize what he read in his mind
C. he could go back to read the books again
D. he realized that books offered him new experience

It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in an ugly multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’  hoofs(马蹄) from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d lie on Mom’s bed and stare for hours at the TV screen.

But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses where she cleaned books. So she came home one day, switched off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”

We moaned（不满,发牢骚） and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”

So pretty soon there were these two peevish（坏脾气的）boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly（不情愿） among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.

The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers（河狸）. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this virtue visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.

It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip（快速翻动）of a page.

Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.

Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery(儿童神经外科)at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.

But I know when the journey began the day Mom switched off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.

1.We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ___________.

2.Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?

3.How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?

4.The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.

It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in a dingy multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’ hoofs from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d sprawl on Mon’s bed and stare for hours at the tube.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses she cleaned books. So she came home one day, snapped off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this verbal visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this hushed sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom snapped off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.

1. 1.

   We can learn form the beginning of the passage that ___________.
   

   1. A.
      the author and his brother had done well in school
   2. B.
      the author had been very concerned about his school work
   3. C.
      the author had spent much time watching TV after school
   4. D.
      the author had realized how important schooling was
2. 2.

   Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?
   

   1. A.
      He came from a middle-class family.
   2. B.
      He came from a single-parent family.
   3. C.
      His mother worked as a cleaner.
   4. D.
      His mother had received little education.
3. 3.

   The mother was ____________ to make her two sons switch to reading books.
   

   1. A.
      hesitant              
   2. B.
      unprepared       
   3. C.
      reluctant                  
   4. D.
      determined
4. 4.

   How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?
   

   1. A.
      They were afraid                                   
   2. B.
      They were reluctant.
   3. C.
      They were impatient.                              
   4. D.
      They were eager to go.
5. 5.

   The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.
   

   1. A.
      he began to see something in his mind
   2. B.
      he could visualize what he read in his mind
   3. C.
      he could go back to read the books again
   4. D.
      he realized that books offered him new experience