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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author of 24 books.His novel in verse (诗体) The Crossover won the Newbery Medal in 2015, and was followed by another verse novel in 2016, Booked. In the justreleased The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life, Alexander aims to inspire readers to dream big and reach for their goals.
Time For Kids:
What can you tell us about The Playbook?
Kwame Alexander:
I wanted to write a book about how important it is to persevere (坚持) and accept the challenges that come, because they only make you stronger. And I wanted to do it in a really cool and fun way, using sports as a metaphor (隐喻), so students would be interested in reading a book that is telling them how to make their lives better.
TFK:
Where did you get the idea for the book?
Alexander:
In The Crossover, the father of the main characters, Josh and Jordan, gives them these rules for life, called Basketball Rules. Well, I was having breakfast with a friend of mine in New York City. He said, “Kwame, I love those Basketball Rules you have in The Crossover. You should think about writing a whole book on those.”That's where it all began.
TFK:
Is it hard to mix sports and poetry?
Alexander:
I love sports, and I've been writing poetry since I was a kid. So those two things are as natural to me as breathing,laughing and walking.
TFK:
You've said teachers need to make learning poetry fun.Did you have a teacher like this as a kid?
Alexander:
My mom. She read poetry to my sisters and me when I was a kid, and she would make the words jump off the page!
TFK:
What advice would you give to young writers?
Alexander:
Read everything you can get your hands on. The best way to become a good writer is to read what other people have written.
1.What can we learn about The Playbook?
A.It is a historical novel.
B.It won the Newbery Medal.
C.It is actually about rules for life.
D.It is based on Alexander's true life.
2.Who inspired Alexander to write The Playbook?
A.His mom who read poetry to him.
B.The teacher who taught him poetry.
C.A friend of his who read The Crossover.
D.The two characters in The Crossover.
3.When Alexander was a kid, how did he feel about poetry?
A.It was rather boring.
B.It was quite difficult.
C.It was pretty mysterious.
D.It was very interesting.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇应用文。文章是对畅销书作家Kwame Alexander的采访。
1.C [细节理解题。由The Playbook的副标题52 Rules to Aim,Shoot,and Score in This Game Called Life和文中Alexander解释写这本书的目的a book that is telling them how to make their lives better可知,The Playbook是一本关于人生法则的书。]
2.C [细节理解题。由文中的a friend of mine...love those Basketball Rules...in The Crossover...think about writing a whole book on those可知,一位读过Alexander诗体小说The Crossover的朋友非常喜欢其中的Basketball Rules,因而启发他创作了The Playbook。]
3.D [推理判断题。由文中的I've been writing poetry since I was a kid和“My mom...would make the words jump off the page!”可知,小时候常常给Alexander读诗歌的妈妈能使那些诗词跃然纸上,由此推测在妈妈的影响下,从小就喜欢写诗的Alexander觉得诗歌很有趣。]
B
(2022·北京平台模拟)Beverly Cleary has sold 85 million copies of 41 books and—if those numbers weren't impressive enough—she turns 100 on Tuesday. Though the world was a very different place when Cleary was a child,she has always maintained that kids pretty much stay the same—which explains the ongoing popularity of her beloved characters, like Ramona Quimbyk, Henry Huggins and Ralph S. Mouse.
Cleary was in her early 30s and working part time in a bookstore when she sat down at a typewriter to see if just maybe she could write a book for kids.She had worked as a librarian before World War Ⅱ, and she wished she'd had books for young readers about children living everyday lives.
“I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids,”she told NPR in 1999. “That's what I wanted to read about when I was growing up. I wanted to read about the sort of boys and girls that I knew in my neighborhood and in my school... I think children like to find themselves in books.”
Her first book, Henry Huggins, came out in 1950. Henry had a friend named Beezus, and Beezus had a mischievous (爱恶作剧的) but lovable little sister named Ramona. Over the next five decades, Cleary took Ramona all the way from nursery school to the fourth grade. Cleary says when she was writing Ramona, she took inspiration from a little girl who lived in the house behind her as a child.
Her books have hooked generations of children, including a young Jeff Kinney, who grew up to become the author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”series.
“I must have been about 8 or 9 years old when I first read Beverly Cleary,”Kinney recalls. “The book that really grabbed me was Ramona Quimby, Age 8. She looked feral. I needed to get to know this character.”
“Most kids have parents, teachers, bullies— we all experience these things,”Kinney says. “And Beverly Cleary tapped into that. Her work is still as relevant today as when it first came out.”
Now, generations of children have been fortunate enough to enjoy her stories of Klickitat Street.
4.What can we infer about Beverly Cleary's works?
A.They are about adults' ordinary lives.
B.They interest and delight young readers.
C.They receive much criticism from other writers.
D.They are based on Cleary's childhood experiences.
5.What gave Cleary inspiration for Ramona's stories?
A.A neighborhood girl.
B.Her work as a librarian.
C.Her fourthgrade daughter.
D.Her work experience in a bookstore.
6.What does the underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.Described. B.Praised.
C.Surprised. D.Attracted.
7.Which of the following can best describe Beverly Cleary?
A.Brave and patient.
B.Generous and honest.
C.Productive and influential.
D.Considerate and optimistic.
[语篇解读] 本文介绍了女作家Beverly Cleary。她是多产的和具有影响力的作家,她的书已经吸引了几代孩子。
4.B [推理判断题。根据第五段“Her books have hooked generations of children,including a young Jeff Kinney,who grew up to become the author of the‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’series.”可知,Beverly Cleary的作品使年轻读者感兴趣并使他们高兴。]
5.A [推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句“Cleary says when she was writing Ramona,she took inspiration from a little girl who lived in the house behind her as a child.”可知,一个邻家女孩雷蒙娜的故事给了Cleary灵感。]
6.D [词义猜测题。根据第五段中的Her books have hooked generations of children,including a young Jeff Kinney可知,她的书已经吸引了几代孩子,包括年轻的Jeff Kinney。由此推测,该词的意思是“吸引”。]
7.C [推理判断题。根据第一段第一句“Beverly Cleary has sold 85 million copies of 41 books and—if those numbers weren't impressive enough—she turns 100 on Tuesday.”和第五段内容可知,Beverly Cleary是多产的和具有影响力的。]
Ⅱ.完形填空
When Alexis Lewis was 7 years old, she set out with her family on a trip to explore different parts of the country.During their many hours on the road, her grandfather, a rocket scientist, would __1__ cool ideas with Alexis about science. __2__ , everything her grandfather said __3__ Alexis to become an inventor.
Fast forward to the 2017 Kid Inventors' Day event __4__ on January 17 in Brooklyn, New York. Alexis, who is now 17,was one of seven kid inventors who attended the __5__ . With an audience of 50 people in __6__ and more than 100 others tuning in on Facebook Live, Alexis __7__ her awardwinning invention, the Bamboo Travois. It is a lightweight device made of bamboo, a net rope __8__ wheels.A person can use the travois to carry someone else while walking long __9__ .
Alexis also __10__ another one of her inventions: the Emergency Mask Pod. It is a footballshaped canister (小罐)that contains a smoke mask and can be thrown __11__ the window of a burning building. People inside the building can put on the mask to __12__ themselves from smoke inhalation (吸入). Local firefighters helped her test the __13__ by throwing it hundreds of times into windows of secondstorey buildings.
The world needs new thinkers like Alexis and other young inventors who __14__ the event. Kids are the ones who can solve the problems that the older generation creates. It's our job as adults to show kids the possibilities of __15__ they can make and create.
1.A.receive B.reach
C.share D.make
2.A.Immediately B.Eventually
C.Suddenly D.Luckily
3.A.inspired B.suggested
C.persuaded D.praised
4.A.attended B.joined
C.held D.created
5.A.event B.accident
C.organization D.club
6.A.silence B.trouble
C.need D.person
7.A.competed for B.talked about
C.got rid of D.looked into
8.A.as well as B.instead of
C.thanks to D.except for
9.A.highways B.distances
C.blocks D.voyages
10.A.made B.discovered
C.gave D.presented
11.A.above B.over
C.under D.through
12.A.escape B.bring
C.protect D.help
13.A.discovery B.invention
C.examination D.introduction
14.A.organize B.cause
C.arrange D.attend
15.A.what B.how
C.why D.when
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文,亚历克西斯·刘易斯从小就受到科学家爷爷的熏陶,对科学表现出浓厚的兴趣,立志当一个发明家。
1.C [爷爷是火箭科学家,他把一些酷的想法和刘易斯分享。 share sth.with sb.将……与某人分享。由此可知选C。]
2.B [根据上文的“everything her grandfather said...”可知,身为火箭科学家的爷爷多年来对刘易斯的潜移默化的影响最终(eventually)激发她要成为一名发明家。]
3.A [根据上文可知,爷爷的话鼓舞(inspire)刘易斯,所以她想当发明家。故选A。]
4.C [根据前面的event可知,此处应为held。]
5.A [前面的“the 2017 Kid Inventors' Day event”有提示。]
6.D [根据“in on Facebook Live”可知,100多人是在网上,50人是亲自到场,所以选D项。in person亲自。]
7.B [根据前面的“audience”可知,此处应为“谈论” (talk about),所以选B项。]
8.A [根据句意可知,她发明的这个装置是由bamboo,net rope 和wheels组成,所以选as well as。]
9.B [此处指“走很长的距离”,所以选B。]
10.D [前面刘易斯展示了the Bamboo Travois,所以此处应为她展示(present)了另一个发明。]
11.D [根据后面的the window可知,此处应该填through。]
12.C [protect...from...保护……免受……的侵害。]
13.B [此处自然是测试她的发明,所以填invention。]
14.D [根据后面的event可知,此处应为参加,所以填attend。]
15.A [此处引导宾语从句,引导词在从句中作宾语,所以用what。]
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