Liz Moore is a writer of novels. Her first no...

Liz Moore is a writer of novels. Her first novel, The Words of Every Song (Broadway Books,2007), centers on a fictional record company in New York City. It draws partly on Liz’s own unhappy experiences as a musician. It was selected for Border’s Original Voice program. Roddy Doyle wrote of it. “This is an excellent novel and beautifully constructed (构想). I loved the book.”

After the publication (出版) of her debut novel, Liz got her Master of Fine Arts in novel from Hunter College. In 2009, she moved to Philadelphia. Her second novel, Heft, was published by W.W. Norton in January 2012. Of Heft, The New Yorker wrote, “Moore’s characters are lovingly drawn... a truly unusual voice.” The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “Few novelists of recent memory have put our unwelcoming loneliness into words as clearly as Liz Moore does in her new novel”, and editor Sara Nelson wrote, “Beautiful… Superbly sad and heroically hopeful.” The novel was published in five countries and it was included on several “Best of 2012”lists, including the Apple iBookstore.

Moore’s short novels have appeared in places such as Tin House and New York Times. After winning a 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, she spent 2014-15 at the American Academy in Rome, completing her third novel.

The Unseen World, was published by W.W. Norton in July of 2016. It is about a moving story of a daughter's search to discover the truth about her beloved father’s hidden past. Louisa Hall called it “petty intelligent” in her review in The New York Times; The Unseen World was included on “Best of 2016” lists by The New Yorker, the BBC, Google Play, and Audible.com.

Moore's fourth novel, Long Bright River, was published by Riverhead Books in January 2020. She lives with her family in Philadelphia and is a talented member of the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing at Temple University.

1.The underlined word “debut” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.

A.first B.second C.third D.last

2.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A.Liz Moore was born and brought up in Philadelphia.

B.Liz Moore had successful experiences of being a musician.

C.Liz Moore expressed some sad and lonely feelings in Heft.

D.Liz Moore told her own moving story in The Unseen World.

3.The writer organizes Paragraph 3 by ________.

A.asking questions B.using numbers C.telling stories D.listing opinions

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Liz Moore’s Plan as a Famous Writer

B.Liz Moore’s Three Important Prizes

C.Liz Moore and Her Published Novels

D.Liz Moore’s Four Favorite Novels

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Liz Moore was born early in the morning on May 25, 1983. She is an American writer of fiction novels. She is the author of four novels: The Words of Every Song, Heft, The Unseen World, and Long Bright River. A lot of people like to read her novels. Her short novels have appeared in places such as Tin House and New York Times.

Her first novel, The Words of Every Song, centers on a fictional record company in New York City. It draws partly on Liz's own unhappy experiences as a musician. It was chosen for Border's Original Voice program. Roddy Doyle wrote of it. “This is an excellent novel and beautifully constructed (构想). I loved the book.” After the publication (出版) of her first novel, Liz got her Master of Fine Arts in novel from Hunter College. In 2009, she moved to Philadelphia.

Her second novel, Heft, was published by W.W. Norton in January 2012. Of Heft, The New Yorker wrote, "Moore's characters are lovingly drawn...a truly unusual voice." The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "Few novelists of recent memory have put our unwelcoming loneliness into words as clearly as Liz Moore does in her new novel". and editor Sara Nelson wrote, " Beautiful...sad and hopeful." The novel was published in five countries and it was included on several “Best of 2012” lists, including the Apple iBookstore.

Her third novel, The Unseen World, was published by W.W. Norton in July of 2016. It is about a moving story of a daughter's search to discover the truth about her beloved father's hidden past. Louisa Hall called it　 "petty intelligent" in her review in The New York Times; The Unseen World was included on "Best of 2016" lists by The New Yorker, the BBC, Google Play, and Audible.com.

Her fourth novel, Long Bright River, was published by Riverhead Books in January 2020. Over the past few years, she has spent a lot of time in Kensington, the Philadelphia neighborhood in which Long Bright River is set.

Now she lives with her family in Philadelphia and is a talented member of the Master of Fine Arts program Creative Writing at Temple University. Although she is famous around the world, she will never stop writing novels.

1.According to the passage, Liz Moore ______.

A.had happy experiences as a musician in The Words of Every Song

B.expressed some sad and lonely feelings in Heft

C.told her own moving story in The Unseen World

D.Long Bright River came out in January 2016

2.The writer develops Paragraph 3 by ______.

A.asking questions B.listing numbers

C.showing opinions D.telling stories

3.If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

(①=Para.(自然段)1　 ②Para.2　 ③=Para.3　 ④=Para.4　 ⑤=Para.5　 ⑥=Para.6)

A.①;②③;④⑤⑥ B.①②③;④⑤;⑥

C.①②③;④⑤;⑥ D.①;②③④⑤;⑥

4.The best title of the passage may be “______”.

A.Liz Moore's Plan as a Famous Writer B.Liz Moore's Three Important Prizes

C.Liz Moore and Her Published Novels D.Liz Moore's Four Favorite Novels

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Although you may not be familiar with the name Celeste Ng, maybe you 1.(see) her works in bookcases. The Chinese-American writer is actually the novelist of the moment.

Celeste Ng has always loved writing. She kept 2.(write) stories, poems and plays throughout her middle school and high school years. She was also an editor at her high schools literary (文学的) magazine. In her senior year of high school, a play she wrote 3.(perform) at a local theater.

However, Ng didn't believe she 4.(become) a writer until she got her master's degree in writing. She wrote for many famous magazines after graduation. Her works always 5.(deal) with the relationship between mother and daughter and the key roles that race and class play in American society.

Ng made quite a name for herself after her first novel Everything I Never Told You 6.(become) hot in 2014.It took her six years 7.(write) the novel. She had produced four different drafts of the novel before she sent it to a publisher. It was a New York Times bestsellers and reached the top Amazon's best books of the year list in 2014.Ng's second novel, Little Fires Everywhere, was also a bestseller. It was name done of the best books of 2017 by over 25 publishers.

For those who 8.(want) to become a writer in the future, Ng says the best piece of writing advice she knows 9.(be) that sometimes you just have to stop waiting for inspiration and 10.(get) to work.

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Kwame Alexander is an American writer of children's fiction. His novel The Crossover was written in poetic (诗歌的) form and won several awards in 2015. Alexander's most recent novel Booked is about a middle school student Nick Hall, whose love for soccer helps him deal with the challenges of growing up. Recently, a reporter had an interview with Alexander about his books.

(R=Reporter, A= Alexander)

R: 1.

A: It has to do with my love of sports. As a kid, I loved to play sports. I was a tennis player. I love to watch sports and to get excited about what happens on the field. Why not use sports as a way to tell these stories? I know kids are going to get into it. What kid doesn't love tennis or swimming or soccer?

R: 2.

A: I've always been interested in the power of poetry. I've been trying to write my feelings and ideas about the world we live in and poetry allows me to talk about some heavy and deep things in a pleasant way. I love poetry and for me, it's so cool.

R: 3.

A: Video games and television mostly offer fantasy (幻想). They offer interesting and unrealistic fantasy. Literature (文学) opens up a world of possibility to readers. As a writer for kids, I want to help readers imagine what's possible in the world — how to make it better and how to make themselves better in it.

R: 4.

A: Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings — those are the main ones. It's the things they wrote about, the way they played with language and held the readers' attention.

R: Are you planning a new novel?  5.

A: It will be. I'm writing a prequel (前传) to The Crossover. It's about the father, Chuck Bell, when he was 12 years old.

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form?

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form?

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

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This is the adventure novel written ________ my favourite writer.

A. from　　 B. of　　 C. in　　 D. by

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For a Chinese kid,　 publishing (出版) a book in English is quite a big challenge. But Zhang Lu, a 15-year-old student from Beijing, has done so.

She wrote an English-language fantasy novel, The Vampires of Lorania. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has published it. (A)It is their first time to publish a high school students works independently.

In Zhang's 60, 000-word novel, she describes a vampire kingdom called Lorania. A brave girl named Rose and a Chinese boy fight with bad guys to keep Lorania peaceful. It discusses the meaning of heroism (英雄主义) from the view of a teenager. It tells readers "A hero is one who chooses to stay and fight for what is right, even if he is afraid."

Zhang studies at the High School Affiliated with Renmin University of China (人大附中) .She has spent over five years working on the book.

As a big fan of English, Zhang enjoys reading original novels (原版小说) and watching TV series in English. She is especially interested in fantasy novels. When she was in Grade 5, she read The Chronicles of Narnia (《纳尼亚传奇》) by US author C. S. Lewis. It encouraged her to write her own novel.

(B) With little experience, she did run into some problems, like how to design the story.

"I read many other fantasy novels like Twilight and The Lord of the Rings to learn somethings. And I kept changing and improving my draft again and again" she said.

Zhang is happy about publishing her first book. "It gives me a chance to express my ideas, "she said. She has already started writing a sequel (续集) to her book.

1.根据短文内容简要回答问题。As a 15-year-old student, what makes Zhang Lu special?

_______________________

2.根据短文内容简要回答问题。What's the main idea that Zhang Lu expresses in her book?

_______________________

3.将短文中(A)画线的句子译成汉语。

_______________________

4.将短文中(B)画线的句子译成汉语。

_______________________

5.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

_______________________

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While reading the novel Harry Potter for the first time, take a dictionary with you. It is of great ____________ for you to get to the imaginative storyline and characters.

A.cost B.use C.price D.method

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B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.

I was 23 before my first novel appeared in the bookshops. It had been a challenge to find a publisher who would even look at it. As soon as they heard that it was about teenagers and their problems, they just weren’t interested.

_____ one of them read it and loved the way I try to show the funny side of any difficult situation. I’m quite____ teenagers now, and some even say hello when they see me in the street.

I’m not sure where my stories come from—that’s like asking people to tell you where their dreams come from. Some writers get ____ from other writers’ work they’ve read, but I keep a notebook and I put down interesting things I notice wherever I go. Those things come into my stories.

I write full time now and I love it, but it’s hard work. I write everything out by hand, and after I’ve corrected it, I type it on my computer. I’m OK at ____ and I’ve done some pictures for my books, but one day I met a professional artist, John Brookes, who now does most of them and they’re a great improvement on my efforts.

Recently one of my books was made into a film, which was an exciting experience. I didn’t write the dialogue between the characters—other writers did that very well. I visited while they were filming and I sometimes feel like____ improvement, but in the end I just let them do what they wanted. I must say I was pleased with the book they chose to film, but thought it was a _____ they made so many changes to the story.

1.A. Actually B. Finally C. Especially D. Immediately

2.A. familiar with B. similar to C. popular with D. thankful to

3.A. advice B. news C. reviews D. ideas

4.A. drawing B. acting C. copying D. editing

5.A. showing B. suggesting C. noticing D. achieving

6.A. joke B. chance C. shame D. surprise

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There are plenty of classics, but many kids find reading a boring and hard task. Yes, classic books do look frightening, but there's a lot of fun under the covers. Here are three interesting classic books for teens to enjoy.

1.What is mentioned about classics?

A.They are educational. B.They are boring and hard to get.

C.Most kids love reading them. D.There's something interesting in these books.

2.When was The Time Machine published?

A.In the 1890s B.In the 1930s C.In the 1960s D.In the 1990s

3.To Kill A Mockingbird is told through the eyes of___________.

A.Harper Lee B.Atticus C.Atticus's son D.Atticus's daughter

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Little Women is a novel by an American writer, which was published in 1868 and 1869. The novels follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo , Beth, and Amy March from childhood to womanhood.

These four sisters live with their mother. Meg and Jo March, the eld sister, both work outside the home for money to support the family. Meg teaches four children in a nearby family, while Jo helps her grand-aunt March, who is very rich. Beth helps with the housework, and Amy attends school. Their nearest neighbor is a rich man whose orphaned grandson lives with him. The sisters introduce themselves to the handsome shy boy, Laurie, who is the age of Jo.

Meg is the beautiful sister; Jo is the tomboy(爱打闹的女孩); Beth is the musician; and Amy is the charming artist with the blond curls. Jo is easy to get angry. One of her challenges(挑战) in the growing up is to control her anger. Laurie enjoys his neighbors, joining the family often in play. His grangfather, Mr. Laurence, is charmed (吸引) by Beth, and gives her the piano sued by Laurie’s late sister。

1.Who wrote the novel Little Women?

A.Louisa May Alcott. B.Jo March. C.Laurence. D.Laurie.

2.What does Little Women tell about?

A.About the lives of fours sisters when they are young.

B.About the lives of fours sisters when they are old.

C.About the lives of fours sisters after they get married.

D.About the lives of fours sisters when they grow up.

3.What is Amy and how does the look like?

A.She is an artist and has golden curly hair. B.She is a musician and charming.

C.She is a teacher and has blond curls. D.She is an artist and easy to get angry.

4.Who is Laurence?

A.He is very rich. B.He is an orphan. C.He is Laurie’s grandfather. D.He is Jo’s grandfather.

5.What do we know about Laurie from the passage?

A.He lives with the four sisters. B.He is an orphan.

C.He is easy to get angry. D.He doesn't like his late sister.

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