1 . 假定你是李华，你的英语笔友Susan来信提到她对文学作品不感兴趣，但她的父母却要求她每周抽出时间阅读文学作品。请按照以下要点给她写一封回信。主要内容如下：
1.列举阅读文学作品的好处；
2.简述阅读文学作品对你的帮助。
注意：
1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：文学作品works of literature
Dear Susan,
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Yours,

Li Hua

2 . When I was eleven, my parents gave me the first book I ever owned--The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. It was written by the famous novelist Edgar Allan Poe. I clearly remember opening it, reading the first lines of the book, and saying to myself, “So this is what reading is!” I was delighted. Little did I know at the time that I was at the beginning of a lifelong journey.

So, if I read my first real book at the age of eleven, what was I reading before then? In a word, these books are relatively plotless and repetitive, and they attempt to teach children to recognize letters and their sounds and to build their vocabulary. But I still had no idea what writing was. In Poe's stories, the sentences were more complex and stylish than anything I had ever read before.

Poe, in short, was a start. My parents gave me that first book, but then I searched for other books. I liked science, which led me to discover Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. Other writers followed in quick one after another, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C. Clarke. But I didn't limit myself to science fiction. Other books that deeply impressed me, and which I have carried on my life's journey, include: The Yearling. Shane, Ivanhoe, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Good Earth.

It went on from there. I became that kid who, long after his parents turned the lights off, hid under the covers with a flashlight, a book, and his greatest fear of being discovered and having his flashlight taken away. I realized that my parents must have known I was defying them. But in their wisdom they pretended to ignore it. And so I owe my start as a reader to my parents.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．The first book the author read was a novel.

B．The author didn't read any books before 11.

C．The author developed an interest in reading.

D．The importance of reading was understood by the author.

2. What is the purpose of plotless books?

A．To broaden children's visions.

B．To teach kids how to write.

C．To arouse kids' interest in novels.

D．To help children learn new words.

3. What did the author do after reading his first real book?

A．He tried doing scientific research.

B．He expanded the range of reading materials.

C．He started to write science fiction.

D．He advised his parents to buy more books.

4. The underlined word “defying” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “________.”

A．disobeying	B．blaming
C．appreciating	D．satisfying