1 . Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Saint Maybe is an example of how one small mistake can result in tragedy (悲剧) for a family with lives changed forever. The true strength of the novel lies in the author’s ability to write with sincerity and understanding. I’ve read this book many times over and always find it inspirational when it comes to writing my own novels about the complexities of family life.
— Eric James
Silly Verse For Kids by Spike Milligan
This book is so tiny and thin, but I loved all these funny poems inside-and it made me want to write rhymes. After reading this, I started writing my own poetry. I like including silly poems and lyrics in my books, which is definitely down to the influence of this book. It’s a book that you would read as a kid and it would really stimulate your imagination.
— Liz Pichon
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
A book read at my father’s knee and one that inspired my imagination and shaped my writing life. My desire to fall down a rabbit hole that might take me to Wonderland surpassed (胜过) my other childhood wishes. Wonderland with its Cheshire Cat and never-ending tea parties, which were reflected in a life-long love of cats and cakes, suited me best.
— Menna van Praag
Bambi by Felix Salten
My mum read this to me before I could read, and later I read it to myself again and again. In the Suffolk countryside where I grew up, I would often spot deer in the fields. This book made me stop and study the animal tracks on the ground and made me think about the world around me in a different way, setting me on the path to being a writer.
— Polly Crosby
1. What is the advantage of Saint Maybe?A.The content of the book. | B.The example in this novel. |
C.The complexities of life. | D.The author’s writing abilities. |
A.Saint Maybe | B.Silly Verse For Kids | C.Alice in Wonderland | D.Bambi |
A.They influence the four readers greatly. | B.They are mainly recommended for kids. |
C.They can stimulate readers’ imagination. | D.They allow readers to see the world differently. |
2 . Every year, Barnes & Noble picks the 10 best books of the year, covering all genres and age groups. If you’re looking for an amazing book to grab before the end of 2021, here are some of the best books of the year.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
This novel is both a historical and futuristic science fiction story that connects five characters across hundreds of years through their relationship to a book: “Cloud Cuckoo Land.” The book they find is about a shepherd named Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird, so he can live a carefree life forever. As each character finds this book, from a l5th century kid to a young teen on a futuristic interstellar ship, their stories meet in this complex yet fascinating read.
Crying in H Mart
When Michelle Zauner was 25, her mother s cancer changed her life forever and forced her to accept her Korean American identity in a desperate attempt to stay connected to her mother. As a talented musician, Michelle had previously been divorced from her cultural roots, but quickly turned to food to keep her mother's memory alive in this powerful and heartbreaking memoir.
Pony
It is a historical, middle-grade adventure novel intended for adolescents. It talks about a 12-year-old boy named Silas who is woken in the middle of the night to see his father being taken away by three horsemen. With only his horse named Pony by his side, Silas sets off on a life-changing mission to find his father.
You Will Get Through This Night
It is a nonfiction read about mental health that offers both a personal and professional outlook on how to survive the hardest mental health days. Dividing the book into three chapters — This Night, Tomorrow, and The Days After — Daniel Howell wants readers to not just survive the hard nights but properly care for our mental health.
1. What do Cloud Cuckoo Land and Pony have in common?A.Plot. | B.Literary form. | C.Characters. | D.Writing background. |
A.Cloud Cuckoo Land. | B.Crying in H Mart. |
C.Pony. | D.You Will Get Through This Night. |
A.It is about psychological health. | B.It helps cure physical disabilities. |
C.It is a collection of personal stories. | D.It mainly solves sleeping problems. |
There are several qualities of literature. One of them is its description of
4 . A lost poem by Anne Frank that she wrote shortly before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis has been unearthed (找到) more than 70 years later. The previously-unseen eight-line poem was penned (写) by the Jewish schoolgirl for the sister of her closest friend on March 28, 1942. She wrote it, aged 12, in a book belonging to Christiane ‘Cri-cri’ Van Maarsen, the younger sister of her best friend Jacqueline.
Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, but her family fled the Nazis in 1933, moving to Amsterdam where her father worked in the fruit extract business. But in 1940, Holland was occupied by the Nazis and the family were once again under threat because they were Jews.
The newly found poem was written in Dutch, begins Dear Cri-Cri, and seems to be giving homely advice to the younger girl. It reads:
If you did not finish your work properly,
And lost precious time,
Then once again take up your task
And try harder than before.
If others have reproached you
For what you have done wrong,
Then be sure to amend your mistake.
That is the best memory one can make.
Cri - cri died 10 years ago and her sister has now put the poem up for auction (拍卖), where it is expected to fetch around 50, 000 euros (£ 42, 000).
Her diary was left behind when the hiding place was eventually discovered by Dutch collaborators (通敌者) in August 1944, who handed them over to the occupying German Army in 1944.
The family ended up in a concentration camp and Anne died in February or March 1945. But her father Otto, who survived the camps, returned to the house in Amsterdam and found Anne's diary, which had been kept by a Dutch friend, Miep Gies.
Anne Frank's diary, an account of her life in hiding, was published in 1947 and became a global sensation, being translated into 67 languages. Thijs Blankevoort, director of Dutch auction house Bubb Kuyper Auctions, which is selling the poem this week, said: “The poem is very simple but very significant because it is very rare.”
1. Who was the poem written for by Anne?A.Her good friend living in Amsterdam. | B.A Dutch friend living in Frankfurt. |
C.Cri - cri's sister Jacqueline. | D.Jacqueline's younger sister. |
A.finishing homework as early as possible |
B.controlling the temper faced with blame |
C.valuing time and correcting mistakes once told |
D.remembering to correct mistakes in life and study |
A.bury | B.sell | C.blame | D.examine |
A.A Lost Poem by Anne Frank Unearthed. | B.Anne Frank's Another Famous Poem. |
C.Approaching to Anne Frank's Poems. | D.Welcome to Anne Frank's New Poetry. |
A yellow teddy bear, found in a dustbin half a century ago,
Along with the museum opening its doors in 2017, people were delighted to see the book
6 . From the ancient Chinese stories, to the stories in the medieval cathedrals(中世纪的教堂)in the west, it is perfectly clear that there is strong pleasure and meaning to gain from stories told through images or pictures. People are lucky enough to have had books with both pictures and words when they were children.
After the world wars, the cheap books without pictures were everywhere and it made reading books illustrated with pictures for adults a very luxurious thing. Somehow, pictures had also come to seem childish or strange.
What is the use of a book without pictures? Very little, it turns out, particularly if we consider that pictures are buried within the very symbols used to write words. As for a picture book for adults, author Tokarczuk sweeps away all doubts. She adores the picture book.
A.Because it is hard to read books with pictures. |
B.And yet readers love stories told through pictures. |
C.However, words and pictures are not always connected. |
D.Text and picture, after all, are not so far apart. |
E.For her it is a powerful, old way of telling a story. |
F.Adults are thought foolish to read such books. |
G.They often remember the pictures as clearly as the words. |
While English speakers look back to the time of Shakespeare and Milton 400 years ago as a Golden age, Chinese look back far
A key feature of Chinese poetry is
Amazing 48, 000 poems have survived from the many Tang dynasty poets. After the Tang, poets struggled
Many poems contain specific events from Chinese history, and that makes understanding these poems