河北省定州中学2016-2017学年高一下学期周考英语试题（5-7）

百强校河北定州中学2016-2017学年第二学期高一英语周练试题（5.7） 一、阅读理解 Joanna Cole, born on August 11, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey, has been credited to be one of the most popular children’s authors of all time. She has written over 250 books and is famous for writing one of the most popular children’s book series. She knew as early as early as 5th grade that she was interested in writing and science. Cole has owed a large part of her passion to one of her elementary school teachers. Joanna Cole continued her education by attending the University of Massachusetts and Indiana. She would eventually earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the City College of New York in 1967 after graduation, Cole decided to take some education courses to become a librarian at a Brooklyn elementary school in 1967. Eventually, she would take jobs working for Newsweek, Seesaw book club. Cole’s passion for writing and science was still alive and well during this time. In 1971 she decided to write her first book, Cockroaches. She