Question

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 opinions.

Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published 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 liked helping children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said that 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.

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?

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 accept his book at first.

3.How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?

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.

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

A. interesting        B. serious       C. difficult       D. boring

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：Seuss Geisel出生在麻省的斯普林菲爾德，他因著作兒童書籍而出名。他的書中結合了幽默的語言、圖片和社會觀點。

1.歸納文章標題。文章主要介紹了Seuss Geisel的成長之路，他1937年寫了第一本兒童書籍，到二十世紀四十年代中期，已經成為最成功的兒童作家之一。Dr Seuss—a famous writer of children’s books.一個著名的兒童作家，概括的最全面。故選C。

2.根據第二段“A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it.”可知，許多出版社拒絕出版他的第一本書。故選D。

3.根據第三段最后一句“Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read”可知，他開始通過寫有趣、易懂的書籍，來幫助兒童。故選B。

4.根據最后一段最后一句“Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.”可知，許多成年人也喜歡這本書。故選A。

考點：人物類短文閱讀