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【題目】 World Book Day has arrived! It is celebrated on April 23 in most countries, but in the UK, it is usually in March. This year, our school invited a writer to talk to us about her life as an author.

The author’s name is Jo Cotterill. She is an English author who lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and daughters. She has won many awards for writing books for children and teenagers.

In her speech, Cotterill told us a lot about her childhood, as well as her love for unicorns (獨(dú)角獸), her previous job as an actress and, of course, her books. She also showed us some of her award-winning books and described their plots (情節(jié)) for us. I was fascinated by her book A Library of Lemons. It is a story about a girl, Calypso, whose father stops believing in friendship and love after his wife dies. All he believes in are books – he teaches his daughter to close her heart and only love books as well.

As you can see from the book’s title, Cotterill likes to play with words and invent new titles for her books. In fact, her writing career started with inventive (別出心裁的) titles. She said that sometimes she would read in bed on a Sunday and think about interesting titles for new books. She has another book called A Storm of Strawberries. Do you think this title is creative? I simply loved Cotterill’s talk. It inspired me to take up my pen again and keep writing.

【1】Which of the following is NOT true about Jo Cotterill?

A.She gave a speech at the author’s school this year.

B.She has written books for children and teenagers.

C.She told the students a lot about herself during her speech.

D.She has won many awards for acting.

【2】What did Jo Cotterill do before she became a writer?

A.A teacher.B.A doctorC.An actressD.A housewife.

【3】The book A Library of Lemons is about _____.

A.friendship and love

B.Calypso and her father

C.the loss of a family member

D.advice for choosing books

【4】What is special about Cotterill as a writer?

A.She writes books that are based on real stories.

B.She likes to give creative titles to her books.

C.She enjoys giving speeches about her books.

D.She has a special interest in fruit.

【5】Which do you think is the best title of the passage?

A.Keep reading.

B.World Book Day

C.Celebrating reading with famed author.

D.Reading is interesting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

大多數(shù)國家在4月23日慶�！笆澜缱x書日”，但是在英國，人們在三月份慶祝它。今年的“世界讀書日”，作者的學(xué)校邀請知名作家到他們學(xué)校與學(xué)生近距離對話，從而讓孩子們更了解自己喜愛的作家，愛上閱讀和寫作。

【1】推理判斷題，根據(jù)“This year, our school invited a writer to talk to us about her life as an author. The author’s name is Jo Cotterill.今年，我們學(xué)校邀請了一位作家給我們講講她的作家生涯。作者的名字是喬·科特里爾�！边x項(xiàng)A正確；根據(jù)“She has won many awards for writing books for children and teenagers.她因?yàn)閮和�和青少年寫書而多次獲獎�！边x項(xiàng)B正確，選項(xiàng)D錯誤；根據(jù)“In her speech, Cotterill told us a lot about her childhood, as well as her love for unicorns (獨(dú)角獸), her previous job as an actress and, of course, her books.在演講中，科特里爾向我們講述了很多她的童年，以及她對獨(dú)角獸的熱愛，她之前的演員工作，當(dāng)然還有她的書�！边x項(xiàng)C正確，故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“In her speech, Cotterill told us a lot about her childhood, as well as her love for unicorns (獨(dú)角獸), her previous job as an actress and, of course, her books.在演講中，科特里爾向我們講述了很多她的童年，以及她對獨(dú)角獸的熱愛，她之前的演員工作，當(dāng)然還有她的書�！笨芍�之前是演員，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“I was fascinated by her book A Library of Lemons. It is a story about a girl, Calypso, whose father stops believing in friendship and love after his wife dies.我被她的書“檸檬圖書館”迷住了。這是一個關(guān)于一個女孩卡里普索的故事，她的父親在妻子去世后不再相信友誼和愛情�！保�故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“As you can see from the book’s title, Cotterill likes to play with words and invent new titles for her books. In fact, her writing career started with inventive (別出心裁的) titles.正如你可以從書名中看到的那樣，科特里爾喜歡玩弄文字，為她的書發(fā)明新的書名。事實(shí)上，她的寫作生涯是從發(fā)明(別出心裁的)書名開始的�！保�故選B，

【5】最佳標(biāo)題，短文講述的是今年的“世界讀書日”，作者的學(xué)校邀請知名作家到他們學(xué)校與學(xué)生近距離對話，一起慶祝讀書日，A. Keep reading.繼續(xù)閱讀；B. World Book Day世界圖書日；C. Celebrating reading with famed author. 與著名作家一起慶祝閱讀；D. Reading is interesting.閱讀是有趣的，故選C。