Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. He was a great w 1   and his books are popular with children all over the world. Young r 2   like his books because they tell wonderful stories and they are full of pictures of unusual animals and plants.

    In 1954,Life Magazine published a r 3   about school children who could not read or had no interest in reading. It said many children disliked reading because most books were b 4  . When Doctor Seuss learnt about it,he strongly

h 5   to help children and decided to write interesting and easy books for children. He used w 6   with the same ending sound,like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. H 7 , 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 could read it. And it was a great s 8   Both children and parents loved it. This encouraged Doctor Seuss to c 9   to write more books for children.

He died at the age of 87  ,but his books donH die. People say his books helped c 10   the way American children learned to read.

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8. The parrot knocks at the cage door  (每次)

it is hungry.

7. You should keep your bedroom  (干凈且整

潔) .

6. Do you know how to write a   (讀書報(bào)告)

5. Can you  (歸還) my money,Simon?

4. If you want to keep this book longer,you may  (續(xù)

借) it.

3. You should read some (評論) about the film before

watching it.

2. Could you  (解釋) it to me again,Mr Green?

1. I'm  (想知道) where he is from.

5. (2015 山東泰安中考) Nowadays all passengers  go through safety check before they take a train.

   A. can   B. may

    C.must   D. will