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【題目】 Are you always busy with your studies and forget to read a story?

April 2 is the perfect time for you to enjoy your favorite book It is International Children's Book Day. The day is also the same date as Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. He was the author of many famous children's stories like The LzYtle Mermaid and The Ugly Ducking. Here, we have chose some of the best books for you from the Washington Post and Time magazine. Are you ready to pick up a book and get reading?

Kids Who Are Changing the World by Anne Jankeliowitch, France

Can only scientists and great people change the world? Of course not. As a young adult,you can also make a difference. Kids Who Are Changing the World finds 45 0f these kids and young adults. For example, Felix Finkbeiner is a 15-year-old boy from Germany. At the age of 9, he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases. Other kids in the book have recycled computers and raised money for clean drinking water. They share their success and what role their parents played in their stoW A few also tell us their biggest mistakes and how they learned from them. Who may inspire you most?

All Creatures and Small by James Herriot, UK

For people living in big cities, a busy lifestyle can easily make them forget small beautiesb and touching moments. But James Herriot wants us to remember them and fully enjoy them.In the book he tells us his experience as a vet in the English countryside. Some of bis experiences are fun, such as when he welcomed the birth of little lambs. Some are heartbreaking, such as when he saw the death of a very ill dog that was the only friend of an old man, although he tried his best to save it Herriot shows us the wonderful relationship between man and animal with bis loving eyes.

Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink by Gail Carson Levine, US

Do you love writing? Have you ever wanted to catch readers with great opening, or make vour characters leap off(躍然紙上) the page? If you answered yes to any of these questions,then Writer to Writer: Form Think to Ink can help you achieve your goals, The book tells readers to look deeper at life around you, from watching what people do on a subway train to feel what happens when people have different emotions(情感). For example, fear is a heart heating faster, an open mouth and wide eyes. At the end of many chapters（章節(jié)）,there are exercises in which you can test yourself. You will find that writing is difficult but that it should also be enjoyable.

【1】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

When is Hans Cbristian Andersen's birthday?

【2】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

What did Felix Finkbeiner do when he was 99

【3】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

What does the underline word 6Cvet" mean in English?

【4】把短文中畫底線的句子譯成漢語。

【5】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容用一個完整的英文句子（限15個詞以內(nèi)）回答問題。

What is the purpose of the passage?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】April 2

【2】he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases.

【3】A doctor for animals

【4】這本書告訴讀者要更深刻地審視你周圍的生活，從觀察人們地鐵里做什么，到當人們有不同情緒的時候，去體會發(fā)生什么。

【5】He wants us to read this book.

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了作為教師的作者迎來了他在新學校第一個學期的圣誕節(jié)，他很喜歡他們班的學生也喜歡教他們，別的老師告訴他別指望收到禮物，因為這些孩子都是來自貧民的孩子，但是作者還是收到了很多禮物，作者至今還保存著。

【1】回答問題。根據(jù)April 2 is the perfect time for you to enjoy your favorite book It is International Children's Book Day. The day is also the same date as Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's birthday.可知。故答案是April 2

【2】回答問題。根據(jù)文中At the age of 9, he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases可知答案是he started a website to tell kids that planting trees can reduce greenhouse gases..

【3】回答問題。根據(jù)問題誰送了一個可愛的猴子給老師？由文章I got a muchloved stuffed monkey from a shy girl.�？芍�是一個害羞的女孩故答案為A doctor for animals

【4】漢譯英題。根據(jù)句意可知，故答案這本書告訴讀者要更深刻地審視你周圍的生活，從觀察人們地鐵里做什么，到當人們有不同情緒的時候，去體會發(fā)生什么。

【5】回答問題。通讀整篇文章可知這篇文章主要是告訴人們要讀書。故答案是He wants us to read this book.