吉林省长春市第二中学2022-2023学年高一暑假作业英语试题五

第一部分 阅读理解 2023 高一年级暑假作业英语科（五） 第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出最佳选项。 A “A person’s a person, no matter how small,” Theodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Seuss, would say. “Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted.” Outstanding, humorous, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness (意识) of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped millions of kids learn to read. Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1925, he went to Oxford University, intending to acquire a doctor’s degree in literature. At Oxford, Geisel met Helen Palmer, whom he married in 1927. Upon his return to America later that year, Geisel published cartoons and humorous articles in Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at that time. His cartoons also appeared in major magazines such as Life, Vanity fair, and Liberty. Geisel gained national exposure when he won an advertising contract for an insecticide (杀虫剂) called Flit. He coined the phrase, “Quick, Henry, the Flit!” which became a popular expression. Geisel published his first children’s book, And to Think That I saw It on Mulberry Street, in 1937 after 27 publishers rejected it. He began to work as Dr. Seuss on illustrated literature, mostly of which were children’s literature, in the late 1930s, publishing the books And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street(1937), The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins(1938), The King’s Stilts(1939), The seven Lady Godivas(1939), and Horton Hatches the Egg(1940). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Peabody award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, Geisel wrote and illustrated 44 books. While Theodor Geisel died on September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of children of all ages to explore the joys of reading. 21. From t