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　　Doctor Seuss was born in 1904．By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world．His books are very popular with young readers．They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants．

　　In 1954, life magazine published(刊登)a report about school children who could not read．The report said many children's books were not interesting．Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read．He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish．He did not receive training in art．Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books．

　　In 1957, Dr．Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat．He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it．It was a fun story and easy to read．Children loved it．Their parents loved it, too．Today it is still one of the stories they like best．The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children．In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words．The book is called Green Eggs and Ham．

　　In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize(普利策獎)．He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents．

　　He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains．Millions of his books have been sold worldwide．People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read．Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages．Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children．I write for people．

(1)

Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that ________．

[　　]

A．

some school children could not read

B．

many children's books were interesting

C．

children wanted to learn to read

D．

a writer for children was wanted

(2)

People like his books because the books ________．

[　　]

A．

are cheap and easy to get

B．

were written in different languages

C．

are easy and interesting to read

D．

were written with invented words

(3)

He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of ________．

[　　]

A．

50

B．

53

C．

56

D．

87

(4)

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words．

B．

Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States．

C．

The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children．

D．

His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans．

(5)

From the text we know that Doctor Seuss ________．

[　　]

A．

won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B．

sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C．

changed American children's way of reading

D．

wrote the largest number of books in the world

答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;4．D;5．C;
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　　Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘書). She worked in an office all his life.
Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And
she left a big surprise-$18 million! She gave the money to a children's hospital.
　　Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked
children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend's daughter was ill in
hospital. Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many
times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears for those children. After that,
people started to call Gladys the "Toy bear Lady."
　　Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one
knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago.
Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family
friend said, "She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn't know she
was rich."
　　How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more
money, and she listened to what he said. She brought the stocks(股票) that he
told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends
about "giving something to the children's hospital." No one knew that the "
something" was $18 million!
1. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because
_____.
A. she had too much money
B. she had a lot of toy bears
C. she had never got married and had no children
D. she liked children very much
2. People started to call Gladys the "Toy Bear Lady"_____.
A. after she visited the children in hospital many times
B. after she died
C. before her friend's daughter was ill
D. before she worked with his boss
3. Everyone was surprised that_____.
A. Gladys lived such a long life
B. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago
C. Gladys had so much money
D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents
4. _____, so she got rich.
A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary
B. Gladys did what the boss told her to do
C. Gladys got the money from the boss
D. Gladys did another job in the hospital
5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,_____.
A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things
B. she stopped working
C. she still lived in the same way
D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family

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