The Poetry Foundation recently named American poet Jack Prelutsky as the nation's first children's poet laureate (桂冠诗人) .The group created the award as a way to increase children's love of poetry.

  As children's poet laureate,Jack Prelutsky will give two public readings in the next two years. He will also advise the Poetry Foundation about children's literature and take part in projects concerning children and poetry.

  Jack Prelutsky has been writing poetry for children for almost forty years. He has written more than thirtyfive books of poems. His first book was called A Gopher in the Garden. It was published in 1967. His latest is called Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems.

  Jack Prelutsky is wellknown for creating new words by combining two words to create a new kind of creature. For example,he combined "radish" with "shark" to get "radishark". "Lion" and "broccoli" became "broccolion". He also created "umbrellaphant", a mixture of the words "umbrella" and "ele?phant".

  Jack Prelutsky says that children like his poems because he writes about things they care about. Poetry researchers say that Jack Prelutsky's poems rec?ognize children's feelings. An example 'of this is the poem My Sister Is a Werewolf which is about how it feels to be different.

  Jack Prelutsky also writes poems about American holidays. His poem It's Halloween is a very famous one about the holiday celebrated at the end of October.

1. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

   A. Poems with new words grow popular

   B. First children's poet laureate named

   C. Children's love for poetry increased ,

   D. Jack Prelutsky awarded nationwide

2. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. It was A Gopher in the Garden that brought him fame.

   B. The poet will be kept busy over a lot of activities.

   C. Jack Prelutsky will no longer write about American holidays.

   D. The poem It's Hallouueen must have been written for adults.

3. What is Jack Prelutsky famous for?

   A. Creating new words in his poems.

   B. His productivity.

   C. His long time of writing.

   D. His poems about American holidays.

4. Put the following items in right order according to the passage.

   a. two public readings

   b. A Gopher in the Garden

   c. Behold the Bold Umbrella phant and Other Poems

   d. My Sister Is a Werewolf

   A. b-c-d-a   B. d-a-c-b

   C. b-d-c-a   D. a-b-c-d

  A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill but he had no money. He had to sell some cabbage and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was rai?ning hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out,it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village.

  On his way home he saw a person lying on the ground. He placed his bas?kets on the ground and was going to help the person get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body.  He was so afraid that he ran away quickly,without taking the baskets with him.

  The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets,an officer asked? "Are these yours?" "Yes,sir," the farmer answered timidly (胆怯地) ."Have you killed the man?" " No,no, sir," the farmer said in a hurry. "When did you see the dead man?" "About seven last evening. ” "Did you see who killed the man?" "No,sir. " The officer brought out a knife and asked, "Have you seen it yet?" "No,sir. ” The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up and send him into prison.

  That evening the officer went on trying. Pointing to the knife,he asked again,"Have you seen it yet?"" Yes,sir. ” The officer was happy and asked, "When and where?" "I saw it here this afternoon,sir."

1. The farmer decided to sell the vegetables to       .

   A. buy some food for his family

   B. buy some medicine for his wife

   C. go to see a doctor

   D. go to the cinema

2. The farmer didn't sell out his vegetables until the evening because       .

   A. they were too bad

   B. they were very expensive

   C. it rained hard that morning

   D. few people liked to go out on such a bad day

3. As         , the farmer decided to help the person to stand up.

   A. he was ready to help others

   B. the person was one of his friends

   C. he thought the person would thank him

   D. he thought the person had drunk too much

4. The farmer ran away quickly because         .

   A. the policemen were coming towards him

   B. his wife was waiting for him at home

   C. he was afraid to see a dead man

   D. it was so late that he couldn't stay there any longer

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