Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策獎(jiǎng)). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
【小題1】 Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

A．some school children could not read

B．many children's books were interesting

C．children wanted to learn to read

D．a(chǎn) writer for children was wanted

【小題2】People like his books because the books ______.

A．a(chǎn)re cheap and easy to get

B．were written in different languages

C．a(chǎn)re easy and interesting to read

D．were written with invented words

【小題3】He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

A．50

B．53

C．56

D．87

【小題4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B．Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C．The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D．His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

【小題5】From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

A．won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B．sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C．changed American children's way of reading

D．wrote the largest number of books in the world

根據(jù)首字母及漢語提示，完成下列單詞的拼寫，使句意通順。
【小題1】Do you think this kind of water is s_____(安全) for drinking?
【小題2】He is writing on the blackboard with a piece of c_____ (粉筆).
【小題3】Our teachers are all very s_____ (嚴(yán)格) with us students.
【小題4】Tom i_____ (邀請(qǐng)) all his best friends to his birthday party last Sunday.
【小題5】We have to d_____ (攜帶) a lot of books in our school bags every day.

假定你叫張華，最近從報(bào)紙上得知美國某公司將在你的家鄉(xiāng)建一座工廠，請(qǐng)給該公司寫封電子郵件。要點(diǎn)如下：
●表示歡迎：有利于家鄉(xiāng)發(fā)展等；
●感到擔(dān)憂：造成環(huán)境污染等；
●希望了解有關(guān)環(huán)保措施及更多信息。
注意：1．詞數(shù)80—100；
2．請(qǐng)不要逐句翻譯，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮以使行文連貫；
3．郵件的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

Last week Lily's father bought her_________MP4 as_________birthday present.

A．a(chǎn); a

B．a(chǎn)n; an

C．a(chǎn); an

D．a(chǎn)n; a

—Do you like_________English teacher Miss Wang?
—Yes,  we like_________very much.

A．our; him

B．our; her

C．us; he

D．ours; she

John is much shorter than his sister,  but he jumps_________she does.

A．a(chǎn)s good as

B．a(chǎn)s best as

C．a(chǎn)s high as

D．a(chǎn)s higher as

This_________woman has devoted all her life_________caring for the poor.

A．modest; with

B．kind; to

C．selfish; for

D．unfair; at

—Mum, _________shall we have lunch?
—We will have it when your dad_________.

A．when; returns

B．where; returns

C．where, will return

D．when; will return

It 's our duty to_________people_________too many trees.

A．stop; cutting down	B．prevent, to cut down
C．keep; cutting down	D．make; cut down

After eight hours' hard work,  the firemen finally_________the forest fire.

A．put away

B．put out

C．put down

D．put in