【题目】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 strongdesireto 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.

1Theodor 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

2The underlined worddesirein the passage probably means “ .”

A. 问题 B. 愿望 C. 感激 D. 标准

3According 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

4Why 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.

【题目】A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I____to go for a look in the country.

On the way back home, my car stopped. It was out of gas(汽油) on a____road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone who could sell some gas. I walked almost a mile before I finally found a____near the road.

I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair____She said, “I’ve waited for you here for a long time. Come in.____is ready.”

“But I only came for some gas.” I answered.

“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You like tea.” said she.

I quickly explained that my car was out of gas, but she didn’t____to listen to me. She just kept calling me Alfred. She was____very strangely. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house quickly.

Luckily, there was another house down the road and I was able to____the gas. When I told the man about my____, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives alone in that big house. She’s____, but she wouldn’t hurt anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The man left home and never came back because of the war.”

1A. walked B. rode C. hurried D. drove

2A. busy B. quiet C. modern D. noisy

3A. hotel B. restaurant C. house D. market

4A. answered B. returned C. noticed D. served

5A. Gas B. Tea C. Juice D. Coffee

6A. promise B. remember C. learn D. seem

7A. shouting B. crying C. acting D. jumping

8A. touch B. buy C. borrow D. sell

9A. experience B. advice C. result D. plan

10A. famous B. strange C. wonderful D. friendly

【题目】When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or____a concert. It shows you may feel uncomfortable when you are called in by your leader to____why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that. If you “face the music”, you are sure to be less unhappy than that.

Every one of us has to “face the music” at some time or another, especially as_____We can all remember father’s____words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a(an)____thing it was!

In the middle or at the end of every____, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will____whether we will face the music or not. If we don’t get good____, that means parents’ cold faces and contempt (轻视) of the teachers and classmates.

“To face the music” is____to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really____that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.

1A. manage B. attend C. miss D. forget

2A. discover B. believe C. explain D. encourage

3A. friends B. teachers C. leaders D. children

4A. angry B. magical C. exciting D. honest

5A. terrible B. important C. interesting D. careful

6A. season B. term C. year D. month

7A. follow B. change C. decide D. realize

8A. chances B. marks C. tools D. choices

9A. known B. strange C. safe D. harmful

10A. discusses B. covers C. develops D. means

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