Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield,...

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinions.

Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it. 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 liked helping children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said that 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 is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.

1.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children.

B. What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about?

C. Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books.

D. Why are Dr Seuss’ books different?

2.What do we know about Dr Seuss’s first book for children?

A. It was Dr Seuss’ worst book.

B. It dealt with a very serious subject.

C. Neither children nor adults like it.

D. Many publishers didn’t accept his book at first.

3.How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?

A. By asking others to help them in magazines.

B. By writing interesting and simple books.

C. By changing his old books into simpler ones.

D. By giving them books for free.

4.Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________

A. interesting        B. serious       C. difficult       D. boring

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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinion.

Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it. 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 strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published 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 is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.

1.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children.

B. What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about?

C. Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books.

D. Why are Dr Seuss’ books different?

2.How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?

A. By asking others to help them in magazines.

B. By writing interesting and simple books.

C. By changing his old books into simpler ones.

D. By giving them books for free.

3.Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________

A. interesting　　 B. serious

C. difficult　　 D. boring

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Doctor Seuss was the name used by Theodor Seuss Geisel, who was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, funny pictures, and social opinion.

Theodor Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1924, he spent a year studying literature(文学) at Oxford University in England. When he returned to the United States in 1927, he hoped to become a writer of serious literature. But the economic depression(经济萧条) in the United States delayed his dreams of becoming a serious writer. In 1937, he wrote his first book for children, which is called “And To Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street.” However, a number of publishers refused to accept it. They said it was too different from ordinary books. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years he wrote more than forty children’s books, which were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects including equality, responsibility and protecting the environment.

Doctor Seuss had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Reading the report, Doctor Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. To make his book easy to read, he used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish.

In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote “The Cat in the Hat”, in which he used less than two hundred twenty-five words. This was the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read. The book was an immediate success. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of the book made him want to write more books for children. He started a series called Beginner Books, which remain well liked among children today.

In 1984, Mr. Geisel won a Pulitzer Prize for children’s literature. At that time he had been writing children’s books for almost fifty years. He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents, and his influence remains through the books he wrote.　 Experts say his books helped change the way American children learned to read.

1.What was Theodor Geisel’s dream when he returned from England?

2.What did Theodor Geisel decide to do after he read the report published in Life magazine?

3.Why did Theodor Geisel finally set his simple writing style?

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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where was the man born?

A. In Philadelphia.　　 B. In Springfield.　　 C. In Kansas.

2.What did the man like doing when he was a child?

A. Drawing.　　 B. Traveling.　　 C. Reading.

3.What inspires the man most in his work?

A. Education.　　 B. Family love.　　 C. Nature.

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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 six­year­old 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 American children and their parents.

He died at the age of 87, but his influence 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.”

1.Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _________.

A. some school children could not read with interest.

B. many children's books were interesting

C. children wanted to learn to read

D. a writer for children was wanted

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

3.He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of ________.

A. 50　　 B. 53

C. 56　　 D. 87

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 six­year­old children.

D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

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Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family, Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. She studied at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before1.______(return) to her family’s house in Amherst where she lived2.______ peaceful life. She kept in touch with her friends by writing letters and was 3._____(willing) to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room.

Dickinson’s poems are unique(独一无二的) for the time she lived in; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use half rhyme. Many of her poems deal 4.______ themes(主题) of death and immortality(永生). Dickinson wrote about 1,800 poems during her lifetime, but few of 5. _______ were published. Although most of her friends probably knew about Dickinson’s writing, they didn’t know 6._____ she had produced so many poems until after her death in 1886, when her younger sister Lavinia discovered the place where the poems were hidden. 7.______ her sister had not discovered them, the broadness of Dickinson’s work wouldn’t have become known.

Dickinson’s first collection of poetry was published in 1890, the content(内容) of 8._______was heavily edited(编辑) by the publishers 9. ______ (fit) the conventional poetic rules of the time. A complete and mostly unedited collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955. Now Dickinson 10. _______ (consider) to be one of the most important American poets.

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Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880. Everything was all right when she was born. But when she was 19 months old, an attack of fever left her blind and deaf for the rest of her life. She was so young when she became blind that as she grew older she did not remember being able to see; and she became deaf before she had any idea of the importance of human speech. She lived in darkness and silence.

As she grew older, she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feelings. But she realized she was cut off from others. Her parents were greatly worried. How could anyone make touch with Helen’s mind and intelligence in darkness and silence without speech? Helen was nearly seven before a teacher was found. Her name was Miss Sullivan.

Miss Sullivan had a lot of difficulties in teaching Helen Keller. As the child could neither see nor hear, she had to use manual alphabet. But Helen’s energy and intelligence and strong spirit as well as Miss Sullivan’s skill and patience, overcame all the difficulties. As Helen grew up, she became an able student, passed examination and finally took a university degree in English literature. She then devoted all herself to helping the blind and the deaf. Her personal success, together with the work she had done for others, made her one of the greatest women in modern times. She wrote many books and “The Story of My Life”is a wonderful one.

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Helen Keller was born blind and deaf.

B．She first became blind and then deaf.

C．She became blind and deaf in 1880.

D．She became blind and deaf sometime about January 1882.

2.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．Helen became blind and deaf because she suffered from a high fever.

B．Helen became blind before she could see anything.

C．Helen became deaf before she realized how important it was to be able to hear and speak.

D．Helen, too, wanted to touch with others with speech.

3.Helen was finally successful mainly because of______.

A．her parents’ help

B．the manual alphabet Miss Sullivan used in teaching her

C．the help she got when she was studying for a university degree

D．her hard work, cleverness and will-power as well as Sullivan’s great efforts

4.Helen Keller finally became______.

A．an able student

B．a writer

C．the greatest woman in modern times

D．a student who took a university degree in English literature

5.Helen Keller’s parents were greatly worried because___.

A．She was growing older

B．She was cut off from others

C．she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feelings but she could not

D．she was almost seven years old and yet they were not sure whether they could find a suitable teacher for her

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I was born _______ 22 October 1983. My little brother was born ____ 1987.

A. in; in     B. on; in     C. in; on　　　　　     D. on; on

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Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was born in Gary, Indiana. He was the seventh child out of nine children in his family. Michael was often physically abused (虐待) by his father, beaten up and also verbally （口头地） abused. But Michael also owed his success to his father’s being strict.

Michael was always an entertainer（艺人）. Even when he just joined school, he would perform in front of friends and classmates. Michael started his professional music career at the age of 11, as a member of the Jackson Five.

He’s well-known for increasing the popularity of MTV through his music videos. Before this, music videos were made just to promote the albums （专辑）. But Michael’s videos managed to change that in videos being made as an art, and for big business. Some of the music videos that are good examples of this fact are Beat It, Billie Jean, and Thriller. Through these works of his, the world got caught onto the idea of music videos and dedicated music video channels.

Michael enthralled his fans and audiences with his style of singing, dressing, and his complex dance moves, especially the “Moonwalk”. The moonwalk is something that people from every part of the globe loved and try to copy People have also done mass moonwalks all around to show their love towards him.

Michael Jackson supported 39 charities （慈善机构）. Through his work and various foundations, he raised and gave millions toward charity, much more than any other showman. He had great love for children, especially the poor ones, and he felt children were the next best thing after God.

Michael planed to start a 50-concert tour in July 2009. Sadly, on 25th June, 2009, Michael passed away at home. Michael Jackson was a great performer, showman, and entertainer, besides the good human and charitable person that he was. It’s very unlikely that there will ever be another entertainer like Michael Jackson ever again.

1.Which of the following topics is Not described about Michael Jackson in the passage?

A. Childhood　　 B. Personal life

C. Music career　 D. Charity

2.According to the passage, Michael Jackson ________.

A. lived a happy life as a child

B. fell in love with music at 11

C. loved performing at school

C. was grateful to his father since his childhood

3.The underlined word “enthralled” in Paragraph 4 most probably means _________.

A. encouraged　　 B. developed

C. attracted　　 D. puzzled

4.The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. call on readers to learn from Michael Jackson

B. show love and respect for Michael Jackson

C. prove Michael Jackson is a great person

D. offer readers some facts about Michael Jackson

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She said her grandmother ______ in 1937.

A. had been born　　　　 B. was born　　　

C. was died　　 　　　　　 D. had died

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