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【题目】 World Book Day has arrived! It is celebrated on April 23 in most countries, but in the UK, it is usually in March. This year, our school invited a writer to talk to us about her life as an author.

The author’s name is Jo Cotterill. She is an English author who lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and daughters. She has won many awards for writing books for children and teenagers.

In her speech, Cotterill told us a lot about her childhood, as well as her love for unicorns (独角兽), her previous job as an actress and, of course, her books. She also showed us some of her award-winning books and described their plots (情节) for us. I was fascinated by her book A Library of Lemons. It is a story about a girl, Calypso, whose father stops believing in friendship and love after his wife dies. All he believes in are books – he teaches his daughter to close her heart and only love books as well.

As you can see from the book’s title, Cotterill likes to play with words and invent new titles for her books. In fact, her writing career started with inventive (别出心裁的) titles. She said that sometimes she would read in bed on a Sunday and think about interesting titles for new books. She has another book called A Storm of Strawberries. Do you think this title is creative? I simply loved Cotterill’s talk. It inspired me to take up my pen again and keep writing.

【1】Which of the following is NOT true about Jo Cotterill?

A.She gave a speech at the author’s school this year.

B.She has written books for children and teenagers.

C.She told the students a lot about herself during her speech.

D.She has won many awards for acting.

【2】What did Jo Cotterill do before she became a writer?

A.A teacher.B.A doctorC.An actressD.A housewife.

【3】The book A Library of Lemons is about _____.

A.friendship and love

B.Calypso and her father

C.the loss of a family member

D.advice for choosing books

【4】What is special about Cotterill as a writer?

A.She writes books that are based on real stories.

B.She likes to give creative titles to her books.

C.She enjoys giving speeches about her books.

D.She has a special interest in fruit.

【5】Which do you think is the best title of the passage?

A.Keep reading.

B.World Book Day

C.Celebrating reading with famed author.

D.Reading is interesting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

大多数国家在4月23日庆祝“世界读书日”，但是在英国，人们在三月份庆祝它。今年的“世界读书日”，作者的学校邀请知名作家到他们学校与学生近距离对话，从而让孩子们更了解自己喜爱的作家，爱上阅读和写作。

【1】推理判断题，根据“This year, our school invited a writer to talk to us about her life as an author. The author’s name is Jo Cotterill.今年，我们学校邀请了一位作家给我们讲讲她的作家生涯。作者的名字是乔·科特里尔。”选项A正确；根据“She has won many awards for writing books for children and teenagers.她因为儿童和青少年写书而多次获奖。”选项B正确，选项D错误；根据“In her speech, Cotterill told us a lot about her childhood, as well as her love for unicorns (独角兽), her previous job as an actress and, of course, her books.在演讲中，科特里尔向我们讲述了很多她的童年，以及她对独角兽的热爱，她之前的演员工作，当然还有她的书。”选项C正确，故选D。

【2】细节理解题，根据“In her speech, Cotterill told us a lot about her childhood, as well as her love for unicorns (独角兽), her previous job as an actress and, of course, her books.在演讲中，科特里尔向我们讲述了很多她的童年，以及她对独角兽的热爱，她之前的演员工作，当然还有她的书。”可知之前是演员，故选C。

【3】细节理解题，根据“I was fascinated by her book A Library of Lemons. It is a story about a girl, Calypso, whose father stops believing in friendship and love after his wife dies.我被她的书“柠檬图书馆”迷住了。这是一个关于一个女孩卡里普索的故事，她的父亲在妻子去世后不再相信友谊和爱情。”，故选B。

【4】细节理解题，根据“As you can see from the book’s title, Cotterill likes to play with words and invent new titles for her books. In fact, her writing career started with inventive (别出心裁的) titles.正如你可以从书名中看到的那样，科特里尔喜欢玩弄文字，为她的书发明新的书名。事实上，她的写作生涯是从发明(别出心裁的)书名开始的。”，故选B，

【5】最佳标题，短文讲述的是今年的“世界读书日”，作者的学校邀请知名作家到他们学校与学生近距离对话，一起庆祝读书日，A. Keep reading.继续阅读；B. World Book Day世界图书日；C. Celebrating reading with famed author. 与著名作家一起庆祝阅读；D. Reading is interesting.阅读是有趣的，故选C。