The storytellers’ secrets
Find out how writers and artists create their exciting works.
Great stories don’t just happen. Sometimes they can require years of work and effort. For example, J. K. Rowling first had the idea for the Harry Potter series while stuck on a train in 1990—and the first book didn’t come out until 1997. If you have ever wondered how great story tellers come up with their ideas, now you can find out. From September 24 to September 26, the Stories Festival will bring together lots of interesting people to talk about their work at Picturehouse Central, in London.
One of those, will be the author and illustrator (插画家), Rob Biddulph, who will discuss his new book Peanut Jones and the illustrated City. He says the key to making the most of a story idea is to jot it down. “I find that ideas leave my head almost as quickly as they enter,” says Biddulph. “So I have to make a note of them immediately, otherwise they will be gone forever.”
Some storytellers at the event—such as Holly Smale, Elle McNicoll (she won the Waterstones’ Children’s Book Prize) and the author and illustrator Abigail Balfe—are sharing their thoughts on why it’s important that people with disabilities are represented in fiction. “Every child deserves (应该) to see themselves reflected positively in stories,” says McNicoll.
Finally, if you find it hard to come up with ideas by yourself, you might want to listen to Christ Smith, the bestselling author of the Kid normal series, discussing his new book The Great Dream Robbery. “I love being silly and coming up with ideas together,” he says, “So it is a complete joy to get to write them into a story that will outlive us.”
To find out more about the festival, go to tinyurl. com/TWJ-stories2021.
1. What is the purpose of giving the example of J. K. Rowling in the first paragraph?| A．To introduce the world-famous book—the Harry Potter series. |
| B．To explain that how great writers come up with their ideas. |
| C．To tell the readers that it is not easy to create great stories. |
| D．To show the readers how long it took J. K. Rowling to finish the book. |
| A．The Kid Normal series. | B．Peanut Jones. |
| C．The Great Dream Robbery. | D．The illustrated City. |
| A．Book sellers. | B．Art teachers. | C．Writing beginners. | D．Famous directors. |
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1. We have ________ ways to book the Exciting Forest Trip.
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| A．All of the trips are open for children. |
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| C．People in Exciting Forest Trip don’t work for seven days every year. |
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 The book festival is coming! Do you have some books you don’t want? Your old love may be someone’s new favorite. Bring one book to the Town Library and get another one home for free! *When & How March 2-March 14 Bring one book for one book festival card. March 16-March 31 Bring one card for one book you like to read. *What books We would like many kinds of books, such as science books, story books and magazines. But we don’t need school books and comic books now. *Notice (1) Your book must be in good shape, without any page missing. (2) Your book must be clean. Want to know more? Please call 1234﹣5678. (We don’t open the library on Mondays.) Town Library |
| A．on March 13 | B．on March 16 | C．on March 20 | D．on March 31 |
| A．School books. | B．Comic books. | C．Exercise books. | D．Magazines. |
| A．Mondays | B．Tuesdays | C．Fridays | D．Sundays |
| A．Your book must be in good shape. |
| B．Your book must be clean. |
| C．You must bring books with pictures. |
| D．You must bring books with all pages. |
| A．ask people to throw away books |
| B．invite people to exchange books at the festival |
| C．ask people to sell books at the festival |
| D．ask people to buy books at the festival |
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1. You can buy the winter concert ticket ________.
| A．at the gate of the school | B．from the concert office |
| C．at the door of the theatre | D．from the concert band |
| A．4:30 pm | B．4:20 pm | C．6:30 pm | D．8:00 pm |
| A．the concert lasts one and a half hours |
| B．the door of the theatre will open at 6:30 pm |
| C．parents can take their kids back to school at 8:00 pm |
| D．students can only have dinner brought from their families |
| A．a noticeboard | B．an advertisement | C．a dictionary | D．a storybook |
I like birds. If I have free time, I always like watching birds and reading books about them. Then let me tell you something about owlsand pigeons.
Owls are night animals. They have big eyes. They can see better at night. Owls are quite strange. They sleep in the daytime. At night, they come out to look for food. So owls are called nocturnal birds.
Pigeons are big birds. They like to live in a bird house. Many people like to keep pigeons. They make small houses for them near windows. During the day, the pigeons fly away. But at night they comeback. Sometimes people take a pigeon far away from home, and they tie（绑、系）a letter to one of its legs. The pigeon can take the letter back home.
1. According to the passage,owls ________.| A．have quite small eyes |
| B．come out to look for food in the daytime |
| C．sleep at night |
| D．can see better at night |
| A．meat-eater | B．grass-eater（食草动物) |
| C．night | D．day |
| A．Pigeons often get lost. |
| B．All people like to keep pigeons. |
| C．Pigeons can take letters for people. |
| D．People make small houses for pigeons in trees. |
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Man has been polluting the earth. The more people have, the more pollution becomes. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true.
Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of pollution, it is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must pay attention to the rise in pollution at the same time.
1. According to the passage, ________, our world is becoming much smaller.| A．because of the rise in pollution |
| B．thanks to science development |
| C．because the earth is being polluted day and night |
| D．because the earth is blowing away by the wind every year |
| A．as early as | B．much easier than |
| C．as hard as | D．much harder than |
| A．rubbish | B．noise pollution |
| C．air pollution | D．water pollution |
| A．Many countries are making rules to fight pollution |
| B．The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world pollution does. |
| C．The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth. |
| D．If people could go to work by bus or by bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2. |
| A．Air Pollution | B．Today’s life |
| C．Protect the earth | D．Pollution by SO2 |
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1. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?| A．To ask a question. | B．To lead to the main topic. |
| C．To draw a conclusion. | D．To raise a problem. |
| A．Because it thinks that pre-made food is not safe. |
| B．Because pre-made meals are not so healthy as homemade meals. |
| C．Because no national standards are set for pre-made food. |
| D．Because pre-made meals are too expensive. |
| A．Quick and convenient. | B．Tasty and healthy. |
| C．Tasteless and unsafe. | D．Worrying and unacceptable. |
| A．Not all the companies follow the hygiene rules. |
| B．Pre-made meals are as healthy as freshly cooked food. |
| C．Pre-made meals are all prepared in school kitchens. |
| D．The market of pre-made meals is a success. |
| A．A newspaper. | B．A science magazine. |
| C．A health report. | D．A cookbook. |
