题目内容
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They have funny words, pictures, and social opinion（观点）. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.
By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine gave a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.
In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read. The story was about a cat who tried to play with two children on a rainy day while their mother was away from home. The cat was very special and it could talk. The book was a great success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults(成年人) say it is still one of the stories they like best.
1.Theodor Seuss Geisel was famous for .
A. his funny words and pictures
B. his social opinion
C. his ideas on serious subjects
D. his books written for children
2.The underlined word desire in the passage probably means “ .”
A. 问题 B. 愿望 C. 感激 D. 标准
3.According to the passage we know that .
A. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children at the age of 33
B. Dr Seuss wrote less than forty children’s books over the years
C. Life magazine gave a report about adults who could not read in 1954
D. And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street was loved by children and parents
4. Why do many adults like reading The Cat in the Hat today?
A. Because Dr Seuss used 225 words to write the book.
B. Because it was about a cat trying to play with two children.
C. Because it was an interesting story and was easy to read.
D. Because the cat was very special and it could talk with children.
Hip-hop Planet
86 1. Countrieslike France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz. 2. And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping（说唱） competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.
3. It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone（话筒） and begantapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I
hated it. I preferred jazz.
4. Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.
The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa. 5. I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist, He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.
A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop. B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go.I was writing a book about African-Americans. C. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children. D. These styles all started in poor African-American areas. E. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA. F. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words. |