根据短文内容，从后面七个句子中选择五个正确选项（其中有两项多余）填入文中空缺处，使短文完整、正确。 Mattie Stepanek was born o
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根据短文内容，从后面七个句子中选择五个正确选项（其中有两项多余）填入文中空缺处，
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Mattie Stepanek was born on July 17, 1990 in Maryland, the U.S. The young poet only lived for about
thirteen years, but he lived every moment of his life to the fullest. 1 At the age of three, the disease
killed his brothers. From then on, he began writing poetry (诗) about love, peace and value of life. 2
In 2001, Mattie"s first book of poetry Heartsongs was published. 3 In the next few years he wrote
four other books of poetry Journey Through Heartsongs, Hope Through Heartsongs, Celebrate Through
Heartsongs and Loving Through Heartsongs. And more than one million copies were sold. Mattie became
famous but he was still very sick. He had to spend a lot of time in hospital and use a wheelchair to get around. 4 "We must remember to play after every storm…We must always listen to the song in our heart,
and share that song with others," he wrote.
Mattie passed away on the morning of June 22, 2004. His story has touched millions of lives. 5 |
A. Soon the book become a national best-seller.
B. Although he lived a short life, his poems will continue to reach people of all ages around the world.
C. And soon he became very popular.
D. Mattie and his brothers all had a terrible muscle-weakening (肌肉萎缩的) disease.
E. However, he never seemed sad and angry.
F. He felt worried and sad.
G. To him, poetry is "a way that you can inspire (激励) others while you"re expressing your true feelings." |
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| 1-5: DGAEB |
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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
six-year-old 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
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 six-year-old children.
D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans. |
| 5. From the text we know that Doctor Seuss ______. |
| [ ] |
A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death
B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide
C. changed American children"s way of reading
D. wrote the largest number of books in the world |
| 完形填空。 |
Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. However, Daisy Raffan, an 1 girl in
Britain, hopes to bring the 2 to the young people.
Daisy has 3 an online learning website to teach the language to as 4 people as possible, all over the
world.
With China"s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks 5 important for people to learn the language
sooner rather than later.
Daisy has been learning Putonghua 6 the age of five. Two years ago, 7 she decided to pass on what
she had learned, she 8 the idea for the website, kidschineseclub.com.
She said: "People are afraid to learn Putonghua. One of the main reasons is that they think it"s an 9
language to learn, but I have had fun 10 it. And I hope what I have done is easy and fun."
Her 11 offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from
greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.
Daisy"s website has 12 the support of several important persons-the teenager says she has received a
letter praising (赞扬) her work from Gordon Brown, 13 is the British Prime Minister (首相).
She said: "I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter 14 . He said that what I was doing
was a really good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was excited that 15 was supporting what we"re doing." |
( ) 1. A. 18 years old
( ) 2. A. language
( ) 3. A. put up
( ) 4. A. much
( ) 5. A. that
( ) 6. A. for
( ) 7. A. before
( ) 8. A. came out
( ) 9. A. impossible
( ) 10. A. does
( ) 11. A. e-mail
( ) 12. A. won
( ) 13. A. whom
( ) 14. A. in | B. 18-year-old
B. idea
B. showed up
B. more
B. this
B. at
B. after
B. came on
B. interesting
B. do
B. magazine
B. made
B. which
B. back | C. 18-years-old
C. information
C. set up
C. many
C. them
C. since
C. if
C. came over
C. excellent
C. doing
C. essay
C. given
C. who
C. down | D. 18 year old
D. gift
D. thought up
D. most
D. it
D. in
D. although
D. came up with
D. easy
D. to do
D. website
D. beaten
D. /
D. up | 阅读并排序。下面的短文由六个段落组成，开头和结尾已给出，其余的四个段落均是随机排列的。请根
据段落之间的逻辑关系，重新排列这四个段落的顺序，使短文通顺。 | Samuel Clemens was born in 1835, Missouri. When he was four, his family moved to the town of
Hannibal, a port on the Mississippi River, and Clemens loved to watch the big steamboats going up and
down the river. He said that all the boys in his school had one ambition in life: to work on a steamboat. | | 阅读短文，然后用短文括号中所给词的适当形式填空。 | Climbing the highest mountains in the world is not an 1 (easily) job. You have to fight bad weather,
illness and fear. But Jordan Romero, a thirteen-year-old boy from America, will climb 2 (Asia) highest
mountain, Mount Qomolangma. He will set out this month. 3 (He) parents and helpers will climb with
him. He plans to take 4 (second) months for his climb. "I"m ready. But if I don"t reach the top 5
(successful), I"ll try next time," he said. Jordan has already climbed the highest mountains of six other continents
(洲). If he 6 (get) to the top this time, he will become the youngest person to climb the world"s highest
mountain.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. | | 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 | Science fiction is a popular kind of writing, and many people think of Jules Verne as the father of science
fiction. He was born in France in 1828. His father wanted him to become a lawyer(律师), but when he was
about twenty years old, Verne decided to become a writer. At first he wrote plays for the theater. Then, in 1863,
he wrote a story called Five Weeks in a Balloon. The success of this book encouraged him to write more stories
such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and From the Earth to the Moon (1865).
In the 19th century, many people were interested in science and inventions. Jules Verne wrote about scientific
subjects in his stories and, as a result, they were very popular. Verne"s writing included many predictions (预言)
for the 20th century and many of them came true. He described space flight, movies, and air conditioning, a long
time before they appeared. These books were very successful and they made Verne rich.
Jules Verne"s books have been the subjects for many movies. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was a successful
movie for Walt Disney. It was the first Disney movie to use real actors instead of cartoon drawings. Around the
World in Eighty Days is another famous movie based on one of Verne"s books. The main character is an
Englishman called Phileas Fogg. For him, the most important thing is to be always on time! | | 1. What does the phrase "the father of science fiction" mean? | | [ ] | A. The man who loves science and inventions.
B. The writer whose father wrote science fiction.
C. The man who first started writing science fiction successfully. | | 2. What encouraged Jules Verne to write more stories? | | [ ] | A. The success of Five Weeks in a Balloon.
B. The encouragement from his father.
C. The plays he wrote for the theater. | | 3. Why were Jules Verne"s books very popular in the19th century? | | [ ] | A. Because his books made him rich and famous.
B. Because his books have been the subjects for many movies.
C. Because many people were interested in science and inventions. | | 4. Which of the following has the main character called Phileas Fogg? | | [ ] | A. From the Earth to the Moon
B. Around the World in Eighty Days.
C. A Journey to the Center of the Earth. | | 5. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a ______. | | [ ] | A. cartoon movie
B. movie to use real actors
C. book written by Walt Disney | 最新试题
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