“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right” says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh，Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie’s opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story，which is what every writer should be doing. “If you aren’t telling a story, you’re a very dead writer indeed.” She says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain，Mollie is indeed an entertainer. “I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,” she says. “This love goes back to early childhood. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and，because my family always had dogs，and I was very good at handling them，I said I wanted to work with dogs，and the teacher always said ‘Nonsense，Mollie；dear，you’ll be a writer.’ So finally I thought that this woman must have something，since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.”
This childhood intention is described in her novel，A Sound of Chariots，which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie’s ambition and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably (不可避免地) brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields—sadly now covered with modern houses. “I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I’ll never go back，”she said “Never. When I set one of my books in Scotland” she said “I can recall my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields，or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that’s important because children now know so much so early that romance can’t exist for them, as it did for us.”
小题1:What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?| A．It should not aim at a narrow audience. | | B．It should be attractive to young readers. | | C．It should be based on original ideas. | | D．It should not include too much conversation. |
小题2:In Mollie Hunter’s opinion，which of the following is one sign of a poor writer?| A．Being poor in life experience. | | B．Being short of writing skills. | | C．The weakness of description. | | D．The absence of a story. |
小题3:What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child?| A．She didn’t expect to become a writer. | | B．She didn’t enjoy writing stories. | | C．She didn’t have any particular ambitions. | | D．She didn’t respect her teacher’s views. |
小题4:What’s the writer’s purpose in this text?| A．To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter’s books. | | B．To introduce Mollie Hunter’s work to a wider audience. | | C．To provide information for Mollie Hunter’s existing readers. | | D．To describe Mollie Hunter’s most successful books. |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B |
试题分析：.文章介绍Mollie Hunter对于好书的理解，讲述她童年的故事，介绍她的写作风格和著名的作品。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：She firmly believes that there is and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is.可知Mollie Hunter 认为一本好书的读者不应该太狭窄，选A
小题2:细节题：从第一段的句子：“If you aren’t telling a story, you’re a very dead writer indeed.” 可知Mollie Hunter 认为没有故事的作家是不好的作家，选D
小题3:细节题：从第一段的句子：I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and，because my family always had dogs，and I was very good at handling them，I said I wanted to work with dogs，.可知Mollie Hunter 在小的时候没有想到会当作家，选A
小题4:写作意图题：纵观全文，这篇文章介绍了Mollie Hunter 的童年，写作风格和她的作品，所以选B |
核心考点
试题【“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right” says Mo】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at __. As for me, I __ both well before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really __ . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and __ Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the __ __ lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything well with the tiller（舵柄）in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a wind came all of a sudden. The boat was _ _ violently(猛烈地). Dad was always at his best in any __, but at this moment he __ .
“John! __ !” he shouted in a trembling(颤抖的) voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any __. He was the one I always __ __ for strength and security. Before I could respond, a _ of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller it was too late. Anther huge wall of water the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely of him.
I swam to Dad and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was still a little frightened. “It’s all right, Dad. We are __ __ now,” I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency(紧急情况). More importantly, I found it was my turn to start __ of my father.
| 小题1: | | A．boating | B．running | C．swimming | D．teaching |
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| 小题2: | | A．enjoyed | B．desired | C．hated | D．learned |
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| 小题3: | | A．unforgivable | B．unforgettable | C．cheerful | D．regretful |
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| 小题4: | | A．sent | B．ordered | C．invited | D．allowed |
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| 小题5: | | A．calm | B．icy | C．stormy | D．thundery |
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| 小题6: | | A．finished | B．went | C．seemed | D．sounded |
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| 小题7: | | A．strong | B．gentle | C．cold | D．hot |
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| 小题8: | | A．pulled | B．broken | C．sailed | D．hit |
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| 小题9: | | A．danger | B．place | C．sport | D．job |
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| 小题10: | | A．suffered | B．fell | C．froze | D．forgot |
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| 小题12: | | A．problem | B．relationship | C．machine | D．boat |
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| 小题13: | | A．turned to | B．lived with | C．argued with | D．objected to |
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| 小题14: | | A．fountain | B．stream | C．shower | D．wave |
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| 小题16: | | A．turned on | B．turned into | C．turned over | D．turned up |
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| 小题17: | | A．ashamed | B．protective | C．tired | D．afraid |
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| 小题18: | | A．hopelessly | B．quickly | C．slowly | D．helplessly |
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| 小题19: | | A．painful | B．dangerous | C．safe | D．tired |
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| 小题20: | | A．catching sight | B．getting fond | C．getting tired | D．taking care |
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When Pat Jones finished college, she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job as an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English.
Once, A sentence she had read somewhere struck her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.
One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had gone to bed early and had slept badly.
“What does this have to do with your homework?” Pat asked.
“I dreamed all night, Miss Jones. And my dream was in English.”
“In English?” Pat was very surprised, since he was such a bad student. She was even secretly jealous (嫉妒的). Her dream was still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, tell me about your dream.”
“All the people in my dream spoke English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”
“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?”
“I am sorry, Miss Jones. That’s why I slept so badly. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare (噩梦)”.
小题1:Pat believed that ______. | A．people can learn foreign languages in their dreams | | B．she already dreamed in Spanish so she has mastered Spanish | | C．one of her worst students had already mastered English | | D．dreaming in a foreign language means a good command of it |
小题2:Pat’s student didn’t finish his home work because______. | A．the home work was too difficult | | B．the student dreamed in English | | C．the student didn’t sleep well | | D．the student didn’t know much English |
小题3:The writer wrote this story ______. | A．to show us how to learn a foreign language | | B．to show us how to teach a foreign language | | C．to amuse us with an interesting story | | D．to encourage us to travel to foreign countries |
小题4:From the passage we can infer that ______. | A．in Bolivia, people speak Spanish | | B．Pat’s student who dreamed in English was actually good at English | | C．Pat has already learned much Spanish | | D．in Latin America, the newspapers and magazines are in English |
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On a flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged rich white South African lady had found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to complain(抱怨) about her seat. “What seems to be the problem, Madam?” asked the attendant.
“Can’t you see?” She said, “You have seated me next to a black person! I can’t possibly sit next to this kind of person. Find me another seat!”
“Please calm down, Madam,” the stewardess replied. “The flight is very full today, but I will tell you what I will do---- I will go and check to see if we have any seats available(可利用的) in club or first class.”
The woman glanced at the angry black man beside her. A few minutes later, the stewardess returned with the good news, which she delivered to the lady.
“Madam, unfortunately, as I expected, economy is full. I have spoken to the cabin services director, and club is also full. However, we do have one seat in first class.”
Before the lady had a chance to answer, the stewardess continued, “It is most extraordinary to make this kind of upgrade, however, and I have had to get special permission from the captain. But, learning this condition, the captain felt that it was shocking that someone should be forced to sit next to such a tiring person.”
Having said that, the stewardess turned to the black man sitting next to the lady, and said, “So if you’d like to get you things, sir, I have your seat ready for you…”
At this point, obviously the surrounding passengers stood and gave an applause while the black man walked up to the front of the plane.
小题1:Why did the lady complain about her seating?| A．Because she didn’t want to sit in economy. | | B．Because she would like a seat in first class. | | C．Because she didn’t want to sit next to a black man. | | D．Because she didn’t want to sit in club. |
小题2:What was the good news for the lady?| A．The black man would have to change for another seat. | | B．The captain understood her situation. | | C．The cabin director was sparing no effort to help her. | | D．They have one seat in first class. |
小题3:What was the other passengers’ attitude towards the lady?| A．They liked her very much because she was a rich lady. | | B．They disliked her because she looked down upon the black man. | | C．They applauded for her when she moved to another seat. | | D．They disliked her because she was not polite to the stewardess. |
小题4:What was unexpected to the lady?| A．The plane was so full that day. | | B．They found a seat for her in club. | | C．The captain himself was concerned about her problem. | | D．They found another seat for the black man. |
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Bowen was grown-up, and for his birthday that year his father gave him a without any pictures in it!
Bowen’s father found he was not about it, and told him, “Son, this isn’t just any book; it’s a magic (有魔力的) book. But to discover its magic you’ll have to it.”
Well, that was better. Bowen liked to do with magic. He started reading it, he wasn’t very willing to.
The next morning, his asked him, “Have you found the magic ?”
So… there was a key to find! Bowen flicked through (快速翻阅) the book, but there was no of the key.
And then his father him, “You won’t find it like that. You have to read the book. ”
Bowen didn’t have much patience (耐心) , thinking his father just told a .A little later, his little sister, Rainer, asked him the book. After several days, she shouted, “I’ve found the key! ” And she wouldn’t stop all the places she had visited using the magic key.
This made Bowen read the book again. At first it was a ; there wasn’t even one single in the book. But, gradually, Bowen became the adventurous (冒险的) prince’s life. Then, suddenly, he was there.
The book was the key!
It was true that every time he it, he felt going to its valleys and seas, and he lived the adventures of the prince.
From then on, with every new book, Bowen never being attracted by the letters and words inside.
| 小题2: | | A．sad | B．surprised | C．happy | D．angry |
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| 小题3: | | A．ordinary | B．special | C．new | D．famous |
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| 小题4: | | A．keep | B．take | C．read | D．value |
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| 小题5: | | A．somebody | B．everything | C．nothing | D．anybody |
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| 小题7: | | A．uncle | B．father | C．mother | D．aunt |
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| 小题9: | | A．mark | B．signal | C．sign | D．way |
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| 小题10: | | A．asked | B．praised | C．told | D．followed |
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| 小题13: | | A．badly | B．happily | C．slowly | D．quickly |
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| 小题14: | | A．working out | B．turning down | C．talking about | D．looking for |
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| 小题15: | | A．pity | B．pleasure | C．success | D．pain |
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| 小题16: | | A．note | B．picture | C．text | D．title |
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| 小题17: | | A．interested in | B．busy with | C．tired of | D．good at |
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| 小题18: | | A．it | B．yourself | C．itself | D．himself |
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| 小题19: | | A．put | B．opened | C．threw | D．covered |
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| 小题20: | | A．stopped | B．tried | C．felt | D．began |
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My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea（杜鹃花）bush. By the time I got outside, he’d broken it. “Can I take this to school today?” he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn’t see the tears gathering in my eyes.
The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If only my husband had just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan.
It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.
Somehow I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. As I finished hanging up the last of my husband’s shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathan’s class let out at 2:15 and I hurriedly drove to the school.
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher’s door and peered through the glass. She rustled through the door and took me aside. “I want to talk to you about Jonathan,” she said.
I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. “Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?” she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. “Let me tell you about yesterday,” the teacher insisted. “See that little girl?” I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture taped to the wall. I nodded.
“Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn’t want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, ‘Nobody loves me.’ I did all I could to comfort her, but it only seemed to make matters worse.” “I thought you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan,” I said.
“I do,” she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. “Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, ‘I love you.’“
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. “Thank you,” I said, reaching for Jonathan’s hand, “you’ve made my day.”
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: “...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband’s brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband’s eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. “I love you,” I said.
小题1:Why did the woman cry when seeing her son had broken the azalea bush?| A．Because she could not tolerate the harm to it. | | B．Because it made her bad mood even worse. | | C．Because her son did not ask her for permission. | | D．Because she wanted to hand it to her husband. |
小题2:The writer wanted to hide in the mountain cave probably for the reason of .| A．feeling fed up with her endless daily housework | | B．her husband’s failing to fix the machine in time | | C．boring daily routine with a feeling of lack of love | | D．her hoping to seek happiness in a brand new place |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that the writer expressed love to her husband in that .| A．she was inspired by her son that love was supposed to be felt and practiced | | B．she felt guilty that she misunderstood her husband and wanted to apologize | | C．she felt it necessary to have a complete family for the happiness of herself | | D．she wanted to prove her love and expected the same words from her husband |
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