4.Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books.He sold millions of books all over the world.Many of his books have been made into films and videos.He is so famous that there is even a Roald Dahl Museum you can visit.
Roald Dahl was born in 1916in Wales,Britain.His father was rich but he died when Roald was very young.Roald and his mother lived a hard life.He had to leave school and went to Africa where he worked for an oil company.
In 1939Roald became a pilot,but he had a bad accident.It made him limp(瘸的) for the rest of his life.After this,Roald went to America where he wrote a story about his experience as a pilot.It was so good that it was put in a magazine.
Roald married an American film star.They bought a house in England and had five children.From 1960to 1965,▲:Theo,one of his children,was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt.Olivia,one of Roald's daughters,died of a strange illness.Soon after this,his wife also had a serious illness.It took her years to get completely better.
Gradually Roald became more and more successful.He always did his writing in an old shed(棚) at the back of his house.He always sat in the same old armchair with a wooden board on his lap.
"One of the nice things about being a writer,"he once said,"is that all you need is what you've got in your head and a pencil and a bit of paper."
In 1983Roald won a big prize for his book The BFG.During his life,Roald wrote many famous books,such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,Matilda,F(xiàn)antastic Mr.Fox.
After he died in 1990,Roald left money to help people with serious illnesses and those with problems with reading and writing.
34.Roald Dahl was famous as a (an)D
A.doctor
B.teacher
C.a(chǎn)ctor
D.writer
35.After Roald went to America,heB
A.lost his parents in a plane accident
B.wrote a story about his pilot experience
C.got married with an English film star
D.won a big prize for his book Matilda
36.Which of the following is the best for the blank in Paragraph 4?B
A.they lived a happy life
B.three terrible things happened
C.he went on writing books
D.he created some unlucky characters
37.What Roald said in Paragraph 6mainly showsthat.C
A.being a writer was a popular job at that time
B.one needs to practice a lot if he wants to be a writer
C.Roald loved writing very much and was talented in it
D.though he was successful,Roald lived a simple life.
分析 這是一篇記敘文.
羅爾德•達(dá)爾是最成功的兒童作家之一.他在全世界賣了數(shù)以百萬計的書.他的書被制成電影和錄像帶.他非常著名,甚至有一個你可以參觀的羅爾德•達(dá)爾博物館.
羅爾德•達(dá)爾于1916年出生于威爾士.他的父親很有錢,但在他很小時就去世了.羅爾德和母親過著艱難的生活中,他不得不離開學(xué)校,去非洲一家石油公司工作.1939年,羅爾德成為一名飛行員,但他出了很嚴(yán)重的事故.這使他的余生跛行.在這之后羅爾德去了美國,他寫了關(guān)于他的經(jīng)歷的故事,寫得很好被收入一本雜志.
羅爾德娶了一個美國電影明星.他們在英格蘭買了房子,有了5個孩子.From 1960年到1965年,三件事故發(fā)生了:西奧,他的一個孩子,被出租車撞了,受傷嚴(yán)重.奧利維亞,羅爾德的女兒,死于一個奇怪疾。痪弥,他的妻子也有嚴(yán)重疾。芏嗄晁磐耆茫饾u羅爾德越來越成功.他總是在他的老棚子里寫書.他總是坐在相同的舊扶手椅上,木板放在膝蓋上.
"最好的事情之一就是成為一個作家,"他曾經(jīng)說過,"你所需要的就是你的腦海中的東西,一支鉛筆和紙."1983年羅爾德的《BFG》贏得大獎.在他一生中,羅爾德•寫了許多著名的書籍,如《查理與巧克力工廠》,《瑪?shù)贍栠_(dá)》,《奇妙的Mr.Fox》.在1990年他死后,羅爾德留下錢幫助那些患有嚴(yán)重的疾病和那些有閱讀和寫作的問題的人.
解答 34.D 由文章首句Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books可知,羅爾德是一名作家.故選:B
35.B 由句子Roald went to America where he wrote a story about his experience as a pilot.可知,羅爾的去了美國寫了一本關(guān)于自己經(jīng)歷的書.故選:B
36.B 根據(jù)下文的敘述Theo,one of his children,was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt.Olivia,one of Roald's daughters,died of a strange illness.Soon after this,his wife also had a serious illness.It took her years to get completely better.
可知,三件糟糕的事情發(fā)生了.故選:B
37.C 根據(jù)第六段的文意可知,主要講述了羅爾德很喜歡寫作,很有寫作天賦.故選:C
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