Autumn de Forest is an American painter. She ...

1.Autumn de Forest is especially good at ________．

A. selling　　 B. teaching　　 C. acting　　 D. painting

2.How long has Autumn de Forest painted?

A. About 5 years.　　 B. About 16 years.

C. About 13 years.　　 D. About 17 years.

3.What is Wu Yishu?

A. A painter.　　 B. A student.　　 C. An actress.　　 D. A model.

4.Why could Wu Yishu win the competition?

A. Because she paid little attention to the result.

B. Because she recited the most poems.

C. Because she looked at sand pictures carefully.

D. Because of her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works.

5.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Wu Yishu doesn't care much about her competition result.

B. Autumn de Forest never goes to school but studies at home.

C. Autumn de Forest is the same age as Wu Yishu.

D. Wu Yishu did very well in the final of the competition.

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Willow Shields is an American film and television actress. She was born on June 1st, 2000 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has a twin sister and an elder brother. Willow is a very beautiful girl. She has golden hair, big eyes and sweet smiles.

Willow got her first job in 2008 and she acted in a 7-minute r short film with her sister. In it, she plays the role of a little girl watching a gun fight. Her most famous role is Prim in the movie Hunger Games. She worked hard for the movie and she read the book carefully before acting. Willow did so well that the director said, “It’s so exciting to find an amazing young actress like her.” We’re very lucky to have her.” Shields will continue in her role until November, 2015, when the final of four movies in The Hunger Games series come out.

Because Willow is always busy, she is home schooled （家庭学校）. She makes use of every chance to enrich herself. She especially loves reading. Besides, she is warm-hearted. In her free time, she often volunteers to send out food to homeless families.

1.Willow Shields is ______ years old now.

A. 6　　 B. 10　　 C. 12　　 D. 17

2.Willow Shields acted in her first film with _______.

A. her twin sister　　 B. her director　　 C. her brother　　 D. her best friend

3.From the director’s words, we know that _______.

A. Willow Shields is a lucky girl

B. the director is pleased with Willow

C. Willow Shields is a television actress

D. Willow Shields is a girl from New Mexico

4.Willow Shields often________ in her free time.

A. goes to an amusement park　　 B. goes abroad with her friends

C. helps some homeless families　　 D. hangs out in a shopping mall

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Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989. She is an American singer and song-writer. At the age of 14, Swift moved to Tennessee to pursue(从事) a career(生涯) in country music. "Our Song", her third single（单曲）， made her the youngest country music star. She also received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Her next album, Fearless, was released（发行） in 2008.With the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the U.S.　 Swift's third album, 2010's Speak Now, sold over one million copies within the first week. In 2012, Swift released her next album, Red, which sold over one million copies in its first week. Her newest album,1989, was released in 2014. It sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the past twelve years, and made Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one million copies in a week.

Swift is known for writing songs about her personal experiences. Today, she has sold over 30 million albums and 80 million digital single downloads. Swift has also appeared as an actress in the comedy Valentines Day. She gives away money to support arts education, natural disaster relief and charities for sick children.

1.Was she born in Tennessee?

2.How many albums have Swift released?

3. What film has Swift appeared in as an actress?

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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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Connie Talbot was born on November 20th, 2000. She is an English child singer from Streetly, West Midlands. She is best known for being on “Britain’s Got Talent”（《英国达人》）when she was just six. She has been singing since she was 19 months old. The song she is most known for is Somewhere over the Rainbow. And now she is touring the country with the UK’s biggest children’s choir—Young Voices.

Do you know what the Young Voices Tour is? Well, it’s a great event for children. It is great for them to sing on a big stage with thousands of other children. Everyone waits for the parents to arrive in the evening to watch the children put on a great show. There is so much fun. When the lights turn on, everyone sings together at the same time as one. It’s so loud and powerful(有力的). Connie loves looking around at the choir and seeing everyone so happy when she was performing.

“We’ve heard you got a new Guinness world record!” I asked her. “Yes! I am very proud. It was amazing to get the Guinness world record for the biggest choir at the back of a singer. I am glad to share that world record with more than 6000 other children present that day,” she answered.

1.Connie has been famous _______.

A. since she was only 6 months old

B. since she was 6 years old

C. ever since she was 12 years old

D. since she was 18 months old

2.From the second paragraph, we can infer(推断) that ______.

A. when Connie was performing, she was very happy

B. in fact, Connie didn’t want to perform any more

C. it is difficult to perform with so many children

D. she likes singing and dancing alone

3.What makes Connie so proud?

A. Owning so many prizes for a child.

B. Getting a new Guinness world record.

C. Getting a chance to talk to a famous reporter.

D. Getting many gifts from children all over the world.

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Connie Talbot was born on November 20th, 2000. She is an English child singer from Streetly, West Midlands. She is best known for being on "Britain's Got Talent"(《英国达人》) when she was just six. She has been singing since she was 18 months old. The song she is most known for is Somewhere over the Rainbow. And now she is touring the country with the UK's biggest children's choir-Young Voices.

Do you know what the Young Voices Tour is? Well, it's a great event for children. It is great for them to sing on a big stage with thousands of other children. Everyone waits for the parents to arrive in the evening to watch the children put on a great show. There is so much fun. When the lights turn on, everyone sings together at the same time as one. It's so loud and powerful(有力的). Connie loves looking around at the choir and seeing everyone so happy when she was performing.

"We've heard you got a new Guinness world record!" I asked her. "Yes! I am very proud. It was amazing to get the Guinness world record for the biggest choir at the back of a singer. I am glad to share that world record with more than 6 000 other children present that day," she answered.

1.How long has Connie been famous?

A．Since she was only 6 months old.

B．Since she was 6 years old.

C．Ever since she was 12 years old.

D．Since she was 18 months old.

2.What do you think Connie is good at?

A．Singing.　　　　　　　　　　 B．Skating.

C．Speaking.　　　　　　　　　 D．Dancing.

3.What does the author mainly tell us in the second paragraph?

A．How Connie became famous.

B．How to practice singing.

C．What the Young Voices Tour is.

D．How to perform better.

4.From the second paragraph, we can infer that .

A．when Connie was performing, she was very happy

B．in fact, Connie didn't want to perform any more

C．it is difficult to perform with so many children

D．she likes singing and dancing alone

5.What makes Connie so proud?

A．Owning so many prizes for a child.

B．Getting a new Guinness world record.

C．Getting a chance to talk to a famous reporter.

D．Getting many gifts from children all over the world.

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Walter Dean Myers, born on August 12, 1937, was an American writer of children's books.

He was known for young adult literature（文学）. He wrote more than 100 books, including picture books and non-fiction. "I care about writing for young people because I remember how much I needed help and guidance（指导）at that time in my life,”Myers said in his book.

Myers loved writing. He got up at five o'clock every morning. He worked at home in a small office that used to be his son's bedroom.

Myers would first write an outline（提纲）for every book. He called this prewriting. He imagined what the story would be and write down ideas in a notebook. To make sure there are enough actions and dialogue for a good story, he thought of 30 scenes. He wrote a short description of each scene in his notebook.

He also cut out pictures of real people and put them on his office walls. He looked at those pictures and came up with ideas. Once he knew what the story would be and who the characters were, he began to write the book. He wrote five pages a day on his computer.

Myers usually worked on three books at a time. When he was not prewriting or writing a book, he might be rewriting something he had already completed. Then he would send the story to his agent（经纪人）. He or she made suggestions for the story. After these final changes were made, the book was published and made its way to bookstores and libraries.

By that time, Myers would begin to write his next book. "I want to do the best that I can do with my writing,”said Myers.

1.From the first paragraph, we know Myers＿·

A.was born in 1973 B.was famous as a writer

C.was born in Britain D.didn't write non-fiction books

2.The underlined word（in Paragraph 3）"this" refers to　　　　 .

A.imagining a story B.describing a scene

C.writing down the idea D.making an outline

3.　　　 helped Myers get ideas for the characters.

A.Children's books B.Other people' books

C.His friends and family D.Pictures of real people

4.Before his books appeared in bookstores and libraries, Myers did many things. The correct order is _____________.

①writing② making them be published ③ prewriting④making changes

⑤sending stories to the agent

A.③①④②⑤ B.③④①②⑤ C.③①⑤④② D.③④⑤①②

5.The passage is mainly about　　　　 ·

A.how Myers wrote his books B.the life story of Myers

C.the main characters in Myers'books D.what Myers was famous for

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Walter Dean Myers, born on August 12, 1937, was an American writer of children’s books. He was known for young adult literature (文学). He wrote more than 100 books, including picture books and non-fiction. “I care about writing for young people because I remember how much I needed help and guidance at that time in my life," Myers said in his book.

Myers loved writing. He got up at five o’clock every morning. He worked at home in a small office that used to be his son’s bedroom.

Myers would first write an outline (提纲) for every book. He called this prewriting. He imagined what the story would be and write down ideas in a notebook. To make sure there are enough actions and dialogues for a good story, he thought of 30 scenes. He wrote a short description of each scene in his notebook.

He also cut down the pictures of real people and put them in his office wall. He looked at those pictures and came up with ideas. Once he knew what the story would be and who the characters were, he began to write the book. He wrote five pages a day on his computer.

Myers usually worked on three books at a time. When he was not prewriting or writing a book, he might rewriting something he had already completed. Then he would send his story to his agent. He or she made suggestion for the story.

After these final changes were made, the book was published and made its way to bookstores and libraries. By that time, Myers would begin to write his next book. “I want to do that I can with my writing” said Myers.

1.From the first paragraph, we know Myers __________.

A.was born in 1973 B.was famous as a writer

C.was born in Britain D.didn’t write non-fiction books

2.The underlined word (in Paragraph 3) “this” refers to __________.

A.imagining a story B.describing scene

C.writing down the idea D.making an outline

3.__________ helped Myers get ideas for the characters.

A.Children’s books B.other people’s stores

C.his friends and family D.pictures of real people

4.The passage is mainly about __________.

A.the life story of Myers B.how Myers wrote Myers’ books

C.the main characters in Myers’ books D.what Myers was famous for

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary “My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（财政的） security(安全，保障). Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

1.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

a. He became addicted to drinking.

b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

e. He failed to reorder his life.

f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

A. f-c-e-a-b-d　　　 B. b-e-a-f-c-d

C. f-d-e-c-b-a 　 　 D. b-f-c-d-e-a

2.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald_______.

A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama

B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

3. The passage is probably followed by a concluding(总结的) paragraph about_____.

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Zelda’s illness and treatment

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary “My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（财政的） security(安全，保障). Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

1.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

a. He became addicted to drinking.

b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

e. He failed to reorder his life.

f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

A. f-c-e-a-b-d　　　 B. b-e-a-f-c-d

C. f-d-e-c-b-a　　 D. b-f-c-d-e-a

2.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald_______.

A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama

B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

3.The passage is probably followed by a concluding(总结的) paragraph about_____.

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Zelda’s illness and treatment

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