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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(出版) 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.
小题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?

小题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 take it seriously at first.

小题3:How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3&4?

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.

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

A．interesting

B．serious

C．difficult

D．boring

小题5:What does the underlined word “combine” mean?

A．like very much	B．fall in love with
C．bring something together	D．pay attention to

答案

小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:C

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A famous doctor once received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.
The child’s mother was very much obliged to the doctor, and she called on him to thank him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor,” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don’t know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made

this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?”“Fifty pounds”, he answered.
The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.
小题1:The doctor refused the lady’s purse because he thought ______.

A．the purse should be given between friends

B．the purse was too small

C．the lady was not kind to him

D．the lady just gave him that purse and wouldn’t give him the medical fee

小题2:What the doctor said ______ the lady.

A．worried

B．interested

C．frightened

D．hurt

小题3:The money in the purse _______.

A．was only 150 pounds	B．was less than 200 pounds
C．was much more than the medical fee	D．was not enough for the medical fee

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Mr. Jackson lived in the center of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn’t know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the gesture to talk with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who taught a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn’t very easy to remember the words and expressions. His friend advised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening there were plenty of people in the dining-room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was wandering (徘徊) there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr. Jackson thought to himself, “ The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.”
As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry.”
The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.
小题1:Mr. Jackson knew only English because .

A．he was an English student

B．he had never been abroad

C．he couldn’t learn by himself

D．he hadn’t studied any foreign languages

小题2: Mr. Jackson had to use the gesture because .

A．he wanted the foreign visitors to understand him

B．he wanted to learn the foreign languages from the visitors

C．he hoped to know the foreign visitors’ custom

D．he hoped more foreign visitors would stay for night in his hotel

小题3:As not all foreign visitors understand his gesture, sometimes Mr. Jackson to communicate with them.

A．succeeded

B．lost heart

C．failed

D．gave up

小题4: , so he decided to help the man.

A．Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese wanted to stay for night

B．Mr. Jackson thought the Japanese was not hungry

C．Mr. Jackson knew the Japanese was waiting for his wife.

D．Mr. Jackson was sure the Japanese couldn’t speak English

小题5: The Japanese thought , so he gave him two pounds.

A．Mr. Jackson was a beggar.	B．Mr. Jackson was a translator.
C．Mr. Jackson could help him.	D．Mr. Jackson could ring his wife up.

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One day a rabbit ran into an elephant. "Hello," said the rabbit. "Fine day, isn’t it?" The elephant stopped to look down at the tiny(

小的) creature and shouted. "Leave me alone. I don’t have the time to waste on someone so small." The rabbit was shocked by the elephant’s words. Then he decided to ask the whale(鲸鱼) what she thought about the elephant’s rudeness. But the whale laughed at this tiny animal. The rabbit said, "You think that I am weak, but in fact, I am strong! I can beat you at Tug-of-War (拔河比赛)."

The whale looked at him for a moment before bursting into laughter. "Very well, little one. Go and get a rope," she said.

The rabbit ran off to find a strong and thick rope. Then he went to the elephant, "Elephant, I will beat you at a game of Tug-of-War." The elephant laughed loudly, but agreed to challenge the tiny animal. He tied the rope around his huge waist. The rabbit took the other end and ran away. He called back to the elephant, "When I say "pull’, you start pulling. "The rabbit took the other end of the rope to the whale, "Tie this to your tail and when I say "pull’

，you swim." The whale tied the rope to her tail after laughing at the rabbit’s foolishness. Then the rabbit called out "PULL!" The elephant and the whale began pulling. After a while, they were too tired to continue. The elephant and the whale never knew how such a tiny creature could beat them. But from that day on, they said "hello" to the little rabbit with great respect whenever they met.

小题1:Why did the rabbit want a game of Tug-of-War?

　  A．He wanted to show he was the best.
B．He knew that he could do well in this game.
　 C．He wanted to get respect from the elephant and the whale.
D．He wanted to prove he wasn’t the tiniest animal.
小题2:What do you think of the rabbit according to the story?
  A．Smart and brave. B．Tiny and stupid.
C．Pride and naughty. D．Poor and weak.
小题3:Why did the elephant and the whale lose the game?
A．They didn’t prepare for it.
B．They were not as strong as the rabbit.
C．They were too impolite to the little rabbit.
D．They actually fought with each other but not the rabbit.
小题4:Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The elephant was pleased to talk to the rabbit at first.
B．It was the whale who suggested having a game of Tug-of-War.
C．The rabbit was stronger than both the whale and the elephant.
D．The whale and the elephant began to respect the rabbit from then on.

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There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a busy road,but from time to time,cars passed the farm.
　　Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. this hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably not deep.So when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.
　　The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most time watching the hole. Whenever a car drove into it, he would pull the car out with his tractor and he would charge the drivers for much more money than they had expected.
　　One day, a driver of a car said to him, "You must have made a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."
　　"Oh no," the farmer said, "I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."
小题1:Many cars went into the hole because the drivers_____.

A．were going too fast to stop their cars	B．did not see the hole ahead of them
C．did not know the hole was very deep	D．liked very much driving through water

小题2:The drivers were _____ to pay the farmer for pulling their cars out of the hole.

A．glad

B．forced

C．ready

D．anxious

小题3:Why did the farmer fill the hole with water at night?

A．He was busy working on the farm during the day.

B．He spent much time watching the hole by day.

C．Some cars had driven into the hole at night.

D．Nobody would be able to find the secret out.

小题4:What did the writer think of the farmer?

A．He was selfish(自私).	B．He was clever.
C．He was foolish.	D．He was kind.

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When Elizabeth Kenny was a little girl, she fell off a horse and hurt her arm. Mrs. Kenny took her to a doctor in Toowoomba, Queensland. In the doctor’s, Elizabeth saw many bottles of medicine standing in a row. Since then, she wanted to be a nurse. As soon as she was old enough, Elizabeth was trained in a hospital. After working for some time, she made a surprising discovery. Among her patients were some children who had lost the use of their legs because of polio ( 小儿麻痹症) . Kenny tried putting hot cloth on their legs and washing them in a special way. The results were great. The children were able to use their legs again.
　　Most doctors would not believe that children could get well in such a simple way. Gradually, however, she became famous. From 1993 on people from many parts of the world brought their children to Australia to receive treatment by this wonderful nurse. She was invited to America where her methods were used in many hospitals. Money was collected to build Kenny foundations which were for polio patients. Kenny died in 1952, but she will long be remembered for her fight against polio.
小题1:Toowoomba is the name of _____.

A．a famous doctor	B．a kind of disease
C．an Australian city	D．an Australian school

小题2:The children who suffered from polio ____.

A．couldn’t walk

B．couldn‘t work

C．couldn’t speak

D．lost their legs

小题3:What was Kenny‘s surprising discovery?

A．there were so many polio patients around her.

B．Polio children could recover in a simple way.

C．Children suffering from polio had refused to use arms

D．Among the children some of them suffered from polio.

小题4:The best title (标题) of the text is most likely to be ____.

A．Methods of Treating Polio	B．Kenny Foundations for Children
C．Elizabeth Kenny, the Wonderful Nurse	D．Hospitals for Polio Patients

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