Former National Football League player and children’s author Tim Green has added another book to his list of accomplishments: Unstoppable. The book tells the story of a 12-year –old boy named Harrison, who survives life in a cruel foster home before he finally finds a loving family. Once he settles in and realizes his natural football ability, tragedy strikes again and he loses his leg to a deadly bone cancer. Unstoppable follows Harrison’s incredible journey as he faces many challenges in his life.
Tim Green says he decided to write a novel about a kid facing cancer after watching how his wife fought to survive her own illness. “Her mental and physical toughness were more heroic to me than anything I’d ever seen in the national sports leagues,” Green told TFK Kid Reporter Zachary J. Lewis.
After watching his wife’s battle, Green said, he knew he needed to write about a person who struggled through a serious illness. But because the target age for his books is teen, he needed to tell the story through the eyes of someone that age.
When friends introduced Green to Jeffrey Keith, Green knew he had found the right person to help him“ capture the heroism that it takes to fight cancer”. Cancer-survivor Jeffrey Keith lost his leg to disease at age twelve, but went on to be the goalie （守門員）for the Boston College Division 1 Lacrosse（長曲棍球）Team and was also the first amputee to run 3,300 miles across the country. When Green heard Jeffrey Keith’s story, he knew it was the perfect narrative on which to base his next book.
TFK asked Keith what it felt like to read Unstoppable for the first time. “Tim captured what it felt like for me to go through this experience and battle back,” Keith said. “After I read the book, Tim asked me to describe it in one word, and I said ‘a(chǎn)wesome’. Tim’s work sends a message to all the kids across the country that are facing obstacles that can have nothing to do with cancer: you are all unstoppable, as long as you believe it.”
【小題1】Who inspires Tim Green to write the novel Unstoppable?

A．A boy named Harrison. B．His wife.
C．Zachary J. Lewis. . D．Jeffrey Keith
【小題2】The underlined word “amputee” in Paragraph 4 most probably means________
A．a(chǎn) person who has survived cancer
B．a(chǎn) person who has had a leg or an arm cut off
C．a(chǎn) person who looks different from others
D．a(chǎn) person who has no arms or legs
【小題3】What do we know from the last paragraph?
A．Jeffrey Keith thinks highly of Unstoppable.
B．Jeffrey Keith has read Unstoppable many times.
C．Unstoppable will be one the best-sellers this year.
D．Jeffrey Keith is fond of reading Tim Green’s novels.
【小題4】The novel Unstoppable intends to inspire kids that ________.
A．they should fight against disease fearlessly
B．they should pursue their dreams
C．they can become a writer if they want
D．they can overcome any obstacles ahead


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文講述了一個兒童作家根據(jù)與癌癥抗?fàn)幍钠拮雍鸵晃粴埣策\(yùn)動員的故事創(chuàng)作了一部勵志小說Unstoppable的情況。
【小題1】考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段Tim Green says he decided to write a novel about a kid facing cancer after watching how his wife fought to survive her own illness.可知，Tim Cteen目睹了妻子與疾病作斗爭的過程，她所表現(xiàn)出來的精神，給了Tim創(chuàng)作的靈感。選B
【小題2】考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第四段可知，Jeffrey Keith因患癌癥，在l2歲時(shí)失去了一條腿。但是，他在一個曲棍球隊(duì)繼續(xù)擔(dān)任守門員，并成為第一個跑遍了全國的截肢者。上文說他失去了一條腿，因此可推測畫線詞意為：被截肢的人。選B
【小題3】考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段“After I read the book, Tim asked me to describe it in one word, and I said ‘a(chǎn)wesome’.尤其是”awesome”可知，Jeffrey Keith對Tim Green的這部小說Unstoppable評價(jià)很高。選A
【小題4】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章的最后一段Tim’s work sends a message to all the kids across the country that are facing obstacles that can have nothing to do with cancer: you are all unstoppable, as long as you believe it.”可知，這部小說向那些面臨可能和癌癥無關(guān)的挑戰(zhàn)的青少年傳遞了一種信息：只要你相信你能行，你就是不可阻擋的。選D
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B．her parents and children are still alive
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B．parents should not give their children too much freedom
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D．parents are not the center of their children's universe when children grow up
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【小題5】What will the author probably tell about after the last paragraph?
A．She'll tell the reader about her mother's present situation.
B．She'll recall how her mother educated and cared for her.
C．She'll describe the reunion of her family on Mother's Day.
D．She'll tell the reader about her mother's achievements in her career.

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