Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided(提供) American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence(影响) remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
【小题1】Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.
A.some school children could not read
B.many children's books were interesting
C.children wanted to learn to read
D.a writer for children was wanted
【小题2】People like his books because the books ______.
A.are cheap and easy to get
B.were written in different languages
C.are easy and interesting to read
D.were written with invented words
【小题3】He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
A.50B.53C.56D.87
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.
B.Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.
C.The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.
D.His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.
【小题5】From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.
A.won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death
B.sold millions of his books himself worldwide
C.changed American children's way of reading
D.wrote the largest number of books in the world

A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

“If you want to know, I make $20 an hour.”

“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”

The father was furious, “If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish!”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.

“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man. “Here’s $10.”

“Oh, thank you, Daddy!” the boy said gladly. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.

“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1.How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

A. $20.                               B.$50.          C. $100.                       D. $200.

2.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ___________.

A. very angry        B. quite happy        C. too excited        D. a little tired

3.The boy wanted to buy ___________ with twenty dollars.

A. a new book for himself                             B. a nice present for his father

C. a toy for his own birthday                           D. an hour of his father’s time

4.From this passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy’s father __________.

A. often played with his son                                    B. spent little time with his son

C. didn’t love his son at all                             D. often came back home early

 

Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May.

The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.

The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former(前任的)teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary(中等的)school. The new teacher, Ms. Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen(再次打开)the school.

But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.

“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my child would not be going to school.”

The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.

1.The reading is about          .

A. the smallest school that was closed down

B. the only pupil in the smallest school

C. the new teacher and her teaching

D. the old teacher who just retired

2.“Turn up”in the reading means “         ”。

A.pass an exam           B. go to school

C. pay money              D. hand in homework

3.From the reading we can know that the school          .

A. is too far for the students

B. does not have enough teachers

C. does not have many pupils

D. is new but small

4.Before the school was closed down,          .

A. the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home

B. the only pupil had to move to a secondary school

C. a famous newspaper had written something about it

D. the girl’s mother had a talk with the former teacher

5.The reading does not say but we can infer          .

A. the girl’s mother had only one child

B. the new teacher was not kind to the girl

C. the old teacher was fit to teach the girl

D. the parents were unhappy with the school

 

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