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【题目】 Are you always busy with your studies and forget to read a story?

April 2 is the perfect time for you to enjoy your favorite book It is International Children's Book Day. The day is also the same date as Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. He was the author of many famous children's stories like The LzYtle Mermaid and The Ugly Ducking. Here, we have chose some of the best books for you from the Washington Post and Time magazine. Are you ready to pick up a book and get reading?

Kids Who Are Changing the World by Anne Jankeliowitch, France

Can only scientists and great people change the world? Of course not. As a young adult,you can also make a difference. Kids Who Are Changing the World finds 45 0f these kids and young adults. For example, Felix Finkbeiner is a 15-year-old boy from Germany. At the age of 9, he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases. Other kids in the book have recycled computers and raised money for clean drinking water. They share their success and what role their parents played in their stoW A few also tell us their biggest mistakes and how they learned from them. Who may inspire you most?

All Creatures and Small by James Herriot, UK

For people living in big cities, a busy lifestyle can easily make them forget small beautiesb and touching moments. But James Herriot wants us to remember them and fully enjoy them.In the book he tells us his experience as a vet in the English countryside. Some of bis experiences are fun, such as when he welcomed the birth of little lambs. Some are heartbreaking, such as when he saw the death of a very ill dog that was the only friend of an old man, although he tried his best to save it Herriot shows us the wonderful relationship between man and animal with bis loving eyes.

Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink by Gail Carson Levine, US

Do you love writing? Have you ever wanted to catch readers with great opening, or make vour characters leap off(跃然纸上) the page? If you answered yes to any of these questions,then Writer to Writer: Form Think to Ink can help you achieve your goals, The book tells readers to look deeper at life around you, from watching what people do on a subway train to feel what happens when people have different emotions(情感). For example, fear is a heart heating faster, an open mouth and wide eyes. At the end of many chapters（章节）,there are exercises in which you can test yourself. You will find that writing is difficult but that it should also be enjoyable.

【1】根据短文内容回答问题。

When is Hans Cbristian Andersen's birthday?

【2】根据短文内容回答问题。

What did Felix Finkbeiner do when he was 99

【3】根据短文内容回答问题。

What does the underline word 6Cvet" mean in English?

【4】把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。

【5】根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子（限15个词以内）回答问题。

What is the purpose of the passage?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】April 2

【2】he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases.

【3】A doctor for animals

【4】这本书告诉读者要更深刻地审视你周围的生活，从观察人们地铁里做什么，到当人们有不同情绪的时候，去体会发生什么。

【5】He wants us to read this book.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作为教师的作者迎来了他在新学校第一个学期的圣诞节，他很喜欢他们班的学生也喜欢教他们，别的老师告诉他别指望收到礼物，因为这些孩子都是来自贫民的孩子，但是作者还是收到了很多礼物，作者至今还保存着。

【1】回答问题。根据April 2 is the perfect time for you to enjoy your favorite book It is International Children's Book Day. The day is also the same date as Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's birthday.可知。故答案是April 2

【2】回答问题。根据文中At the age of 9, he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases可知答案是he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases..

【3】回答问题。根据问题谁送了一个可爱的猴子给老师？由文章I got a muchloved stuffed monkey from a shy girl.。可知是一个害羞的女孩故答案为A doctor for animals

【4】汉译英题。根据句意可知，故答案这本书告诉读者要更深刻地审视你周围的生活，从观察人们地铁里做什么，到当人们有不同情绪的时候，去体会发生什么。

【5】回答问题。通读整篇文章可知这篇文章主要是告诉人们要读书。故答案是He wants us to read this book.