5．When I was growing up，I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl，a spy or a great actress．Not a dentist，like my father，or a homemaker，like my mother-certainly not a writer，although I always loved to read．I didn't know anything abut writers，even though I loved to make up stories inside my head．
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When I grew up，my need for story telling didn't go away．So when my own two children started pre-school I began to write and I've been writing ever since!My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start to write a book about them．Then，they become so real to me that I talk about them at the dinner table as if they were real．Some people consider this weird．But my family understand．
Many of my books are set in New Jersey because that's where I was born and raised．I lived there until my kids finished elementary school．Then we moved to New Mexico，the setting for Tiger Eyes．I also spent two years in Connecticut，where Just As Long As We're Together and Here's To You，Rachel Robinson are set．I don't think I could set a book in a place without knowing it really well．
Now I live in New York City with my husband，George Cooper．Between us we have three grown children and one grandchild．Our lives are busy，sometimes too much so，but never dull．And yes，I'm still writing．
25．When the writer was young sheC．
A．heard many love stories     
B．enjoyed writing story books
C．never thought of becoming a writer   
D．could make up stories of different people
26．The writer always had a gift forB．
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B．creating all kinds of stories
C．a(chǎn)ttracting other's attention     
D．solving problems by herself
27The writer started to write whenC．
A．she began primary school     
B．her first grandchild was born
C．her children started preschool    
D．she got married to George Cooper
28．What can be conclude from the text？A
A．It is never too late to learn．
B．Well begun is half done．
C．Actions speak louder than words．
D．Interest is the best teacher．

分析 本文通過講述作者成長為一名作家的過程（由小時(shí)候熱愛閱讀，喜歡編各種故事---作者的兩個(gè)孩子上學(xué)前班的時(shí)候開始從事寫作---以生活過的地方為背景，寫了大量的書籍---年老了以后一直堅(jiān)持寫作），旨在說明學(xué)習(xí)永遠(yuǎn)不嫌晚，要活到老，學(xué)到老．

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25．C   細(xì)節(jié)理解題    根據(jù)第一段中的"When I was growing up，I dreamed…Not a dentist，like my father，or a homemaker，like my mother-certainly not a writer，although I always loved to read．"可知，盡管作者小時(shí)候非常喜愛閱讀，但她也沒想過要當(dāng)一名作家；故選C．
26．B   細(xì)節(jié)推理題    根據(jù)第二段中的"I made up stories while I bounced （反彈） a ball against the side of our house…I always had an active imagination．"作者無論是在對著房子打球，玩紙娃娃，還是在彈鋼琴的時(shí)候，總是在用她豐富的想象力編著一些故事，可知：作家總是有著創(chuàng)作各種故事的天賦；故選B．
27．C   細(xì)節(jié)理解題    根據(jù)第三段中的"So when my own two children started pre-school I began to write and I've been writing ever since!"可知，作者是在她的兩個(gè)孩子上學(xué)前班的時(shí)候，才開始從事寫作的；故選C．
28．A  主旨大意題    A．學(xué)習(xí)永遠(yuǎn)不嫌晚；活到老，學(xué)到老．B．好的開端是成功的一半． C．行動(dòng)勝于雄辯．D．興趣是最好的老師． 通讀全文可知，本文通過講述作者成長為一名作家的過程；其中提到作者是在自己的兩個(gè)孩子上學(xué)前班的時(shí)候才開始從事寫作的，并且后來還以生活過的地方為背景，寫了大量的書籍；直到自己有了孫子以后，還在繁忙的生活中一直堅(jiān)持寫作，旨在說明學(xué)習(xí)永遠(yuǎn)不嫌晚，要活到老，學(xué)到老；故選A．

點(diǎn)評 做本題時(shí)，首先應(yīng)快速瀏覽全文，掌握文章大意，并且把握作者的寫作思路以及寫作意圖；其次結(jié)合問題，可在文中相應(yīng)位置通過細(xì)節(jié)理解，或概括大意找出最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢�；另外，平時(shí)需要豐富課外閱讀，擴(kuò)大自己的知識面．

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