One of the best-known American writers of children’s books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers everywhere. Now, an art show called “Doctor Strong From Then to Now” is travelling around the United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.
Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children’s book was published. Since then, he has written forty-five books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.
Doctor Strong’s books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, hand-drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others.
The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong’s original(最早的) drawings and some of his writings.
Most of Doctor Strong’s books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in Mc Elligot’s Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in 1984.
Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand.
小題1: Alfred Strong is a famous _______ in the United States.
A．doctorB．a(chǎn)rtistC．writerD．reader
小題2: Doctor Strong first became famous in __________.
A．his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States
B．his fifties when his drawings and writings were published
C．1984 when his book Mc Elligot’s Pool was published
D．his thirties when his first book was published
小題3: Doctor Strong’s books are very popular in America because __________.
A．they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on
B．they are written in easy words with colorful pictures
C．he organized the art show in California
D．they are written in a funny way
小題4: His purpose in writing many such books is __________.
A．to show his original pictures and drawings
B．to organize a special art show of his own
C．to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books
D．not only to interest people but also to uncover some serious social problems

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：本文介紹了美國著名作家 Strong 博士及其作品的風格。他的書即可以使人們感興趣也有嚴肅的話題。
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第 1 句 One of the best-known American writers 可推知此題答案為 C。
小題2:推斷題。比較文章第 2 段第 1 句中的 fifty years ago 及最后一段的第 1 句 almosteighty -four years old now 就可推知此題答案為 D。
小題3:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第 3 段第 1 句 known for their easy use of words and colorfulhand-drawn pictures 可推知此題答案為 B。
小題4:推斷題。根據(jù)文章的第 4 段和第 5 段可以推知：他的書即可以使人們感興趣也有嚴肅的話題，此題答案為 D。
點評：這篇文章還是有一定難度的，考查全面，對這篇文章理解要到位，才能做題，考查推理題和句意理解，題目要我們理解有些重點的句子。集中考查了句意理解題，要求考生有較強的細節(jié)理解能力。
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