Question

I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all – there wouldn’t be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte’s Web? Well, many years ago, I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a mouse. That’s how the story of Stuart Little got started.
As for Charlotte’s Web, I like animals and my farm is very pleasant place to be – at all hours. One day, when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was going to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save his life. Three years after I started writing it, it was published. (I am not a fast worker, as you can see.)
Sometimes I’m asked when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early – as soon as I could spell. Children often find pleasure through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was not good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing could be a way of earning a living.
Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary (虛構(gòu)的) tales. In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn’t write words in her web. Although my stories are imaginary, I like to think that there is some truth in them, too – truth about the way people and animals feel, think and act.
小題1:E.B. White wrote this passage to ______.
A. introduce his new books
B. introduce two funny stories
C. explain why he enjoys writing
D. answer some readers’ questions
小題2:We can know from the passage that E.B. White is a writer who ______.
A. writes very fast
B. works on a friends’ farm
C. mainly writes stories for adults
D. writes imaginary tales for children
小題3:What inspired E.B. White to write Charlotte’s Web?
A. That he wanted children to love animals.
B. That he was deeply impressed by a clever pig.
C. That he wanted to use his own way to save a pig.
D. That he wanted to save the animals on a farm.
小題4: E.B. White started to write because he wanted to ______.
A. improve his spelling
B. express his thoughts
C. show his sadness
D. make a good living
小題5:What is probably the last question?

A．Are your stories true?

B．What is the truth in your stories?

C．Will you write more imaginary tales?

D．Do you know a child looking like a mouse?

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：文章介紹了E.B. White回答讀者的來信中的幾個問題。
小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all – there wouldn’t be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.說明他收到很多來信，但是沒有足夠的時間一一回復(fù)，所以就回復(fù)一下共同的問題，故D正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段2,3行In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn’t write words in her web.說明在他的小說里寫了一些特殊情況的孩子，故最有可能是寫給孩子看的，故D正確。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第三行So I started thinking of ways to save his life.說明他寫這部小說是為了在小說里用自己的方法來挽救豬的性命。故C正確。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段2,3行Children often find pleasure through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures.說明他寫作是為了把自己的思想表達(dá)出來，故B正確。
小題5:A 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段第一行Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary (虛構(gòu)的) tales.中的回答：這些小說都是虛構(gòu)的。說明對方的問題應(yīng)該是. Are your stories true?故A正確。
點評：本大題主要還是考查了細(xì)節(jié)題和推理題，更加注重綜合語言能力的運(yùn)用，需要根上下文，結(jié)合語境，做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。