Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They have funny words, pictures, and social opinion（觀點(diǎn)）. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. 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 had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine gave a report about school children who could not read. The report said 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 was about a cat who tried to play with two children on a rainy day while their mother was away from home. The cat was very special and it could talk. The book was a great success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults(成年人) say it is still one of the stories they like best.

1.Theodor Seuss Geisel was famous for .

A. his funny words and pictures

B. his social opinion

C. his ideas on serious subjects

D. his books written for children

2.The underlined word desire in the passage probably means “ .”

A. 問題 B. 愿望 C. 感激 D. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

3.According to the passage we know that .

A. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children at the age of 33

B. Dr Seuss wrote less than forty children’s books over the years

C. Life magazine gave a report about adults who could not read in 1954

D. And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street was loved by children and parents

4. Why do many adults like reading The Cat in the Hat today?

A. Because Dr Seuss used 225 words to write the book.

B. Because it was about a cat trying to play with two children.

C. Because it was an interesting story and was easy to read.

D. Because the cat was very special and it could talk with children.

練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：初中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年湖北武漢市七年級5月聯(lián)考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單詞拼寫

We can often 1. s______ the street names and house numbers in America, Canada, England, but in some other 2.c____ we can't. If you take a3. t_____ to Tokyo, the capital city（首都）) of Japan, you will4. f_____ there are few street names and house numbers, but people are still very good at5. g______ directions. Let's look at 6.h_______ this lady gives direction!

"Well, you 7.t______ a walk to Shinjuku Station. Turn right and walk for three blocks. You can see a pay phone. Turn left and8. p_____ a hotel. Turn left9. a______ and walk one more block. Right in front of you, there is a small coffee shop. I will 10. m_____ you there."

Wow! That's really wonderful! Can you believe?

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年江西清江中學(xué)九年級上期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

The aim of students who come to school is to study．But to study needs a right way，or you waste either the time or the money．The following are the ways of studying．

The best time for reading is morning，because in the morning，the air is fresh and the mind is clear．For that reason，we can get good result．

In studying we must have patience．If we have not known a text well，we must read it again．We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one．

When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading．

We must always ask “whys”．If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teachers or our parents，or friends．In any possible way，we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better．

Though there are many ways for studying，yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so．

1.Why is the morning the best time for reading?

A. It’s easy to remember what we have learned.

B. The air is fresh and the mind is clear.

C. It’s difficult to get good results.

D. A and B.

2.Why we must always ask “whys” in studying?

A. To understand the book well.

B. To write down the questions.

C. To do with the new words.

D. To get some questions to ask our teachers.

3.How many ways for studying has the passage taught us ?

A. three B. four C. five D. many

4.What does the passage mainly tells us?

A. The importance of reading.

B. To read in the morning.

C. To pay attention to the ways of studying.

D. To have patience in studying.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：2015年人教版初中英語八年級下冊Unit 3Section B練習(xí)卷（解析版） 題型：補(bǔ)充句子

Don’t w________money to buy something useless．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：2015年人教版初中英語八年級下冊Unit 3Section A練習(xí)卷（解析版） 題型：翻譯

你想和我一起去看電影嗎?

Would you like________ ________ ________the movies with me?

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年浙江平陽昆陽鎮(zhèn)第二中學(xué)七年級上競賽英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項(xiàng)填空

Which form the selection below can replace the question mark? (下列選項(xiàng)中的哪幅圖片能代替圖中的問號？)

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：2014-2015學(xué)年山東聊城文軒中學(xué)八年級下期中英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項(xiàng)填空

I enjoy playing computer games, but I can’t ______ too much time ________ that.

A. take, to do B. spend, to do

C. take, doing D. spend, doing

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：2015年人教版初中英語八年級下冊Unit 2練習(xí)卷（解析版） 題型：單項(xiàng)填空

—I have________red ink．Can you lend me some?

—Sure．Here you are．

A．paid for

B．come up with

C．cleaned up

D．run out of

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：2015年初中畢業(yè)升學(xué)考試（江西南昌卷）英語（解析版） 題型：補(bǔ)充句子

Hip-hop Planet

86 1. Countrieslike France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz. 2. And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping（說唱） competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.

3. It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone（話筒） and begantapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I

hated it. I preferred jazz.

4. Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.

The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa. 5. I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist, He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.

A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop.

B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go.I was writing a book about African-Americans.

C. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children.

D. These styles all started in poor African-American areas.

E. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA.

F. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案