Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an English writer and author of two of the best loved children’s books in English literature — Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The characters and phrases from these books have entered and become part of the English lexicon (词典) in a way that was comparable to those from Shakespeare’s works.
Charles Dodgson was born on January 27, 1832 and spent the first eleven years of his life at Warrington. Dodgson was educated first by homeschooling, then at boarding schools in Richmond and at Rugby, and finally at Charist Church College, Oxford. In later life, he remembered his boarding school experience with no fondness. Still, he was an excellent student and did very well academically throughout. For all his brilliance or perhaps because of it, he couldn’t be bothered to spend long hours studying and so he didn’t. If things came easily, that was fine; if they didn’t, well, that doesn’t seem to have bothered him very much.
His book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland first came into being in 1862 as a story he made up for Alice Liddell, the ten-year-old daughter of his friend Dean Henry Liddell. Later he wrote it down and showed the book, illustrated with his own drawings, to another friend, the fairy tale writer George Macdonald and his children. They loved it and enthusiastically urged him to get it published. Accordingly, Dodgson revised it for publication. And in 1865, with illustrations more professionally done by Sir John Tenniel, it became an immediate bestseller. Its sequel(续集)Through the Looking-Glass proved equally popular.
1. What does paragraph 1 intend to tell us?| A．Charles Dodgson was more famous than Shakespeare. |
| B．Charles Dodgson had great achievements in literature. |
| C．Charles Dodgson once worked on the English lexicon. |
| D．Charles Dodgson was a writer with only two works. |
| A．He was a hard-working student. | B．He struggled with his studies. |
| C．He received very little schooling. | D．He performed high study efficiency. |
| A．The persuasion from George Macdonald. | B．The help from Dean Henry Liddell. |
| C．The guidance of Sir John Tenniel. | D．The demand of a publisher. |
| A．had a little boy as its main character | B．wrote it just for his children |
| C．was sure it could be popular | D．didn’t expect it to be published |
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【推荐1】A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She didn’t know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one would pop up.
Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire, and soon the pots came to boil. In the first pot she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.
She let them boil, without saying a word. In about 20 minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and asked her granddaughter to feel the carrots they were soft. She pulled the eggs out and break it. After pulling off the shell, the granddaughter found the hard boiled egg. Then she spooned up the coffee, placed it in a bowl, and invited the granddaughter to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted its rich smell then asked, “What does it mean, grandmother?”
“Carrots, eggs and coffee.”
Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in the pot strong and hard. However, after suffering the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg used to be breakable. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid inner part, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were amazing, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
“Which are you?” the grandmother asked .
1. What was wrong with the young woman?| A．She is poor in cook. | B．She found life too difficult for her. |
| C．She could not solve a problem. | D．She had a fight with her husband. |
| A．The granddaughter loved the coffee most. |
| B．The grandmother asked her granddaughter to take an egg. |
| C．The granddaughter chose to be someone like the coffee beans. |
| D．One can decides what kind of person he will be. |
| A．situation | B．misfortune |
| C．adventure | D．advantage |
| A．Life Is Hard | B．Change the World |
| C．Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee Beans | D．To Be Yourself |
【推荐2】Helping voters out
The US 2020 presidential election has captured people's hearts around the world. In order to allow voters to vote in person, poll (投票站) workers need to work at different vote centers. In past elections, most poll workers were elderly, but now that they are more at risk of severe symptoms from COVID - 19, there was a growing need for young people to serve as poll workers.
I first became aware of the opportunity to become a poll worker from a story on an Instagram account called “Poll Hero?”. It mentioned the effort to recruit young poll workers on a large - scale, and I immediately became interested in participating. I signed up to be a poll worker from the website, and a few days later, I registered through the High School Student Election Worker Program with the assistance of a Poll Hero volunteer.
After registering, there were two steps I had to take in order to become certified (认证的) to serve in this election. The first was an online training course, which takes around three hours. It covers the different roles workers have, different procedures workers must follow and provides information on how to use tools such as the electronic pollbook. The session is interactive, and I often engaged in simulated (模拟的) situations and knowledge checks to ensure that I understood each lesson. After taking the online course, I had to pass an exam with an 80 percent score or higher to complete that part of my certification. On my first attempt, I passed with a score of exactly 80 percent.
After passing the online course, I attended a two - hour in - person training session where I worked with a real electronic pollbook to practice what I would do on Election Day. The instructor took us through many different scenarios (场景) where we practiced assisting different types of voters. I was pleased to see many young people attend the session! In total, I spent 37 hours helping voters vote during this election. With my mask on the entire time, I checked in voters and helped them use the ballot (投票) marking devices where they could cast their vote. I also loved meeting fellow workers who are passionate about being engaged and helping our community. Taking part in this historic election is something I will never forget.
1. Which of the following statements is true according to paragraph 1 and 2?| A．The author considered it his duty to help his community |
| B．A Poll Hero volunteer asked the author to serve as a poll worker |
| C．Young poll workers were in huge demand |
| D．Serving as a poll worker was one of the author's school volunteering programs |
| A．This course must be completed at once | B．It uses a lecture - style teaching method |
| C．Those who pass the exam get a service certification | D．To pass the exam, one has to score at least 80 percent |
| A．What difficulties the author ran into |
| B．What the author learned from the in - person training session |
| C．How the author cooperated with other young poll workers |
| D．How the author assisted different types of voters on Election Day |
| A．Exhausted | B．Proud | C．Bored | D．Nervous |
【推荐3】The scars that Pat Pribble carried through life were formed nearly 50 years ago, caused by fellow students, who picked on him because he was different.
Pat’s parents had held him back in the fourth grade, so he ended up in the same class as his younger brother, Leo. Forever the oldest kid in the class, Pat tried to fit in. But he was always just not good enough for this; just not smart enough for that. Pat Pribble was a target. Now 65, he lives in a studio apartment with his dog, getting by on Social Security. From a distance, with his long gray hair and beard, Pat appears tough, the kind of man you might cross the street to avoid.
Last November, as Carey, one of the classmates, planned for the 45th reunion-postponed a year because of the pandemic-he decided to personally invite Pat, who had never been there before. “Even after all these years,” Carey says, “the mind remembers a voice. It was Pat.” With a bit of research, he called Pat and learned that Pat had been putting money aside each week to buy a bus ticket to visit Leo since he had terminal brain cancer with only months to live.
“Never underestimate people,” said Leo in his last moment of life. “We’re all different now than when we were kids.” His former classmates have kept their promise that after he was gone, they wouldn’t lose track of Pat. And they just did. Every week, one or more of them call Pat to see how he’s doing and even send him some “walking around money”.
Healing wounds from the past has allowed Pat to look to the future. “I’ll be at the next reunion,” he says. “These guys . . .” He pauses, stifling tears. “Let’s just say that everyone needs people like these guys in their lives.”
1. What do we know about Pat Pribble from the first two paragraphs?| A．A man who wore scars both mentally and physically. |
| B．A boy who was unique and welcomed in school. |
| C．A person who had no awareness of cleanness. |
| D．A student who felt lower and unconfident. |
| A．To show off his present happy life. |
| B．To let more people participate in the reunion. |
| C．To relieve his guilt towards Pat in school days. |
| D．To call on his classmates to donate money to Pat. |
| A．Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. | B．Life is a process of personal growth. |
| C．Never judge a person by his appearance. | D．Scars can eventually be cured completely. |
| A．With Open Arms, at Last | B．In Different Ways, in Fact |
| C．Being Unforgettable, School Life | D．Looking to the Future, These Guys |
Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children’s book was published. Since then, he has written forty-five books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.
Doctor Strong’s books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, hand-drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others.
The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong’s original(最早的) drawings and some of his writings.
Most of Doctor Strong’s books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in Mc Elligot’s Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in 1984.
Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand.
1. Alfred Strong is a famous _______ in the United States.
| A．doctor | B．artist | C．writer | D．reader |
| A．his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States |
| B．his fifties when his drawings and writings were published |
| C．1984 when his book Mc Elligot’s Pool was published |
| D．his thirties when his first book was published |
| A．they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on |
| B．they are written in easy words with colorful pictures |
| C．he organized the art show in California |
| D．they are written in a funny way |
| A．to show his original pictures and drawings |
| B．to organize a special art show of his own |
| C．to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books |
| D．not only to interest people but also to uncover some serious social problems |
【推荐2】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 sixyearold 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 (普利策奖). 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 with interest |
| B．many children’s books were interesting |
| C．children wanted to learn to read |
| D．a writer for children was wanted |
| 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 |
| A．50 | B．53 |
| C．56 | D．87 |
| 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 sixyearold children. |
| D．His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans. |
【推荐3】Avi Wortis, known simply as Avi, writes historical novels. Historical novels mix historical facts with storytelling skills. These stories take place in the past. The main characters are not always real；they exist only in stories.
Avi decided to become a writer when he was a student in senior high school. This was quite a decision because he did not write well in school. He had a problem called dysgraphia, a writing disability. The problem caused people to spell words wrongly. Avi always enjoyed reading. He read many types of books as a child. Avi believed that reading is the most important activity for a person who wants to be a writer.
Avi also believes that strong characters make strong stories. He creates characters that can help to bring his ideas to life. His books often deal with questions about life. Writing stories lets him explore many sides of a subject. His favorite part is to make improvements in his writing. For him the hardest part is writing the first draft (草稿).
Avi’s first book was published in 1970. He has written more than 45 books ever since. Most of them are for youngadult readers. Besides historical novels, he writes comedies, short stories about adventures, animals and so on. Fighting Ground, which was published in 1984, is an example of Avi’s historical novels. This attractive story takes place during the American Revolutionary War.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2 ?| A．How Avi developed characters. | B．Why Avi liked reading. |
| C．How Avi became a writer. | D．Why Avi decided to become a writer. |
| A．published his first story in 1984 |
| B．thinks reading is not the most important for writers |
| C．seldom changes his first drafts when writing |
| D．believes in the importance of good characters in stories |
| A．Making improvements. | B．Writing the first draft. |
| C．Finding an attractive character. | D．Writing the first part of a novel. |
| A．To discuss how to become a writer. |
| B．To introduce a writer of historical novels. |
| C．To describe an important historical novel. |
| D．To show how a historical novel is written. |
