文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者曾经是一个有阅读障碍的孩子,12岁那年他听从妈妈的命令去图书馆借书,结果看到了一本关于小狗的书,这本书让作者产生了共鸣,此后作者喜欢上了读书,最后获得了文学博士学位并成为一名作家。
One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem-inability read.
In the library, I found my way into the “Children’s Room”. I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle (小猎犬). I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal friend I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.
There on the book’s cover was a beagle which looked identical (相同的) to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.
Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story, about a dog who,like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on until my lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.
My mother’s call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.
I never told my mother about my “miraculous” (奇迹般的) experience that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a Ph.D. in literature and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.
4. What did the mother order the author to do at the age of 12?
A.To borrow books in the library. | B.To defeat his classmates. |
C.To read books in the library. | D.To learn to keep pets. |
5. Why did the author choose the book of the Beagle?
A.Because it was a story of his beagle. |
B.Because it presented a picture of a beagle. |
C.Because he could read the book without difficulties. |
D.Because the beagle on the cover looked the same as his dog. |
6. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?
A.This book’s hero is the author. |
B.The author missed his beagle very much. |
C.The author and his beagle will run together. |
D.The author’s dog returned to the owner’s family. |
7. What does the author want to tell us in the end?
A.He is proud of his dog. |
B.He has owned thousands of books. |
C.We can never ignore the charm of a book. |
D.We should care more about animals forever. |