Our Web Editor Jan Fields has always loved two things----writing and teaching, so she’s done both throughout her professional career. After graduating from college with a BA in Journalism, shequickly found that writing for newspapers didn’t fulfill her dream. So she switched to magazines andsoon began teaching magazine writing. Still, something didn’t feel quite right. She wanted more challenges and creativity.

In the 1980s, Jan answered a call to rewrite a year’s children’s church lesson. She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired. She dove in and has never looked back. Her work has appeared in Ladybug, Shining Star and many others.

As Jan continued building credits in children’s magazines, educational magazines, and parentingMagazines, she looked for opportunities to pass along what she had learned to other writers. Soon, teaching small community college classes wasn’t enough---she wanted to help other writers to find success in creating material for children.

In 2001, she discovered the Institute of Children’s Literature and she’s been happily instructingstudents here ever since. To best meet her students’ needs, she’s constantly searching out new information. As a web editor, Jan looks after the needs of all the visitors to this site. She moderates the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writer’s Retreat forum, writes for the Writer’s Support Room, and edits the Writer’s Support Room and Writing Tips articles.

Jan is always open to suggestions for new ways to meet the needs of the writing community. Feel free to email her. She’s eager to hear from you.

1.Jan Fields finds_________ what she really wants most.

A. writing for newspapers.

B. teaching magazine writing.

C. writing stories and activities for children.

D. teaching small community college classes.

2.Jan Fields gave up her first two jobs mainly because___________.

A. she was badly paid as a journalist

B. the job didn’t seem challenging or creative

C. she was not good at writing at college

D. she likes teaching better than writing.

3.It can be inferred that the Institute of Children’s Literature is________.

A. where Jan Fields graduated

B. where she cooperates with other writers.

C. where writing materials are on sale

D. children are taught writing by Jan Fields.

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage ?

A. Jan fields is now working for magazines like Scheduled Events, and Writer’s Retreat.

B. Jan has stopped writing for magazines related to children, education and parenting.

C. Jan works for web sections like Writer’s Support Room and Writing Tips.

D. The passage is an advertisement to sell a children’s church curricula.

練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年甘肅甘谷一中高二上第二次月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：單項(xiàng)填空

In America, it is often the judges, rather than the politicians __________ make the big decision __________ will effect people’s life.

A. which; that B. which; which

C. that; who D. who; that

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年遼寧省協(xié)作校2高二下學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Last August, I traveled with a group of volunteers to Tres de Mayo, a small community near Tela, Honduras to help renovate (整修) a community centre. During my stay there, I learned many things and I also had plenty of opportunity to interact (互動) and work with local children, and I often could not help but think about the hardships they faced day to day, all factors considered to place children at-risk for problems later in life.

One young boy in particular, Javier, 16, stood out for me. Javier’s father had left a year earlier for the U. S., and the family had not heard from him since. This put his mother in a difficult position, stay in Tres de Mayo with no job and no source of income. In the end she decided to move to another province to find work. Javier with his little brother had to stay to live with their grandfather in a small house. Many of the children we met in Tres de Mayo were in similar situations.

As our last day approached, I remember the look in Javier’s eyes, as they welled up(涌出) with tears when we told him we were leaving. One of the volunteers held him close, but it did little to console him. He had already experienced so much loss, his father abandoning him, his mother leaving to find work, and it was hard to realize that our departure(離開) was adding to the list.

As I looked beyond Javier, I could see the many men and women whom Javier looked up to, depended on, and gathered strength from. I did know that without parents to raise him, he was not left alone. Instead, the adults in the community took responsibility for the care of their collective young.

1.Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. Javier established good relationship with the author and his team.

B. Javier faced a number of challenges that put him at some risks.

C. Javier shared the same sufferings with other kids in Tres de Mayo.

D. Javier had to learn to be independent even since he was a little boy.

2.We can replace the underlined word “console ” in the third paragraph with ________.

A. affect

B. inspire

C. comfort

D. protect

3.According to the author, what plays an important part in the growth of Javier?

A. The united effort from the whole global village.

B. The good quality from the foreign volunteers.

C. The great care from the adults in his community.

D. The positive support from some of his family.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年遼寧省大石橋市高二6月月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of “grey matter” .

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.

There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空間的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!

The differences begin when fetuses(胎兒) are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children and young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier (障礙物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors(祖先) ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.

If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist.

1.Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

A. Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s.

B. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter.

C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.

D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter.

2.What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

A. Women prefer doing many things at a time.

B. Men do better dealing with one job at a time.

C. Women do not need to tell directions.

D. Men have weaker spatial abilities.

3.Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?

A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls.

B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills

C. Women may have stronger feelings than men.

D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills.

4.What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

A. Defensive. B. Persuasive.

C. Supportive. D. Objective.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年江西省高二下學(xué)期期未考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：語法填空

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng) 中有構(gòu)項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Smiles and tears are part of life. But do you find enough time for laughing? I’m not asking if you experience lots of good times. Of course, we should laugh during the happy times. ___1.___

__2.___ But she wrote one about a more serious subject — cancer in children. The book is titled I WANT TO GROW HAIR, I WANT TO GROW UP. Erma talks with many children who have cancer and learns important lessons from them. She learns, for example, that cancer survivors know how they should smile at life, though they are receiving chemotherapy(化療).

__3.___ Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to wear a prosthesis(假肢). Jessica told about playing soccer. She hit the ball hard with her foot. The ball flew off in one direction while her man-made leg flew another way. Then the brave girl lay on the floor, laughing happily.

As the saying goes, “___4.___” Do you find plenty of time to laugh?

You can, if you find reasons to laugh during the difficult times. Survivors know how to laugh. If you can laugh even when you’re in trouble, you will make it. Remember, laugh and the whole world laughs with you. __5.______

A. We just laugh about it.

B. Cry and you cry alone!

C. There’s a time to cry and a time to laugh.

D. Erma Bombeck is known for her funny books.

E. But do you also laugh during the difficult times?

F. She tells about the experience of 15-year-old Jessica.

G. I still remember those happy days when we were at college.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年湖南省張家界市高一上學(xué)期期末聯(lián)考英語（A）試卷（解析版） 題型：語法填空

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Going to a British high school for one year was a very 1.________(enjoy) and exciting experience for me.

School life in Britain is quite different from2.__________ in China. British high schools have shorter school hours and 3._________ (small) class sizes. Besides, the homework was not as heavy as 4.________I used to get in my old days. Students there have to move to different classrooms 5._______ different classes. They have to study Maths, English and science, but can drop some subjects6.______ they don’t like them.

7._______, there is something that is quite like the school in China---if you want to earn respect, you must work hard and achieve high 8._______ (grade).

I felt lucky as all my teachers gave me encouragement, 9._________ helped me overcome all the challenges I met with. I look back on my time in the UK with 10.___________ (satisfy), and I really hope to go back and study in Manchester again.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年黑龍江省肇東市高二下學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達(dá)

書面表達(dá)

假設(shè)你是星光中學(xué)的李華，將參加主題為“Let's Ride Bicycles”的英語演講比賽。請撰寫一份演講稿，主要內(nèi)容包括：

1．目前汽車帶來的空氣污染和交通堵塞等問題；

2．騎自行車的益處，如節(jié)能環(huán)保、有利健康等。

參考詞匯：低碳生活(low­carbon life)；節(jié)能(energy saving)

注意：1.詞數(shù)：120詞左右；2．演講稿開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Good morning, everyone，

I am Li Hua from Xingguang Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Let's Ride Bicycles.”

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you！

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年遼寧省錦州市高一下學(xué)期期末考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages. The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.

The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing (沖突) with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in, but by the fifth time round, they develop a rhythm (節(jié)奏).The message: give other people space but also confidently claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.

The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course.

It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.

“The course isn’t there to make you happy,” Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, “but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy.”

Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises. Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.

The course is taught for three periods a week. Although it’s the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.

“In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people,” said Fanny, 17.

Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also exist at some US universities, mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression.

1.What’s the writing purpose of this passage?

A. To describe all the traditional courses.

B. To introduce the happiness course.

C. To develop the readers’ interest in happiness.

D. To help students struggle against being sad.

2.According to the passage, the happiness course is ________.

A. created by the Willy Hellpach School

B. to make all the students happy all the time

C. required to be taken by the first year students

D. to help students discover the way to happiness

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. the students’ self-respect can also improve happiness

B. the students just took the course as a laughing matter

C. the students can certainly become happy after the course

D. the students waste time learning something without value

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2017屆湖南衡陽八中等校新高三實(shí)驗(yàn)班暑期第一次聯(lián)考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達(dá)

書面表達(dá)

某英語刊物正在進(jìn)行有關(guān)旅游的征文活動，請根據(jù)以下提示，以Travelling為題目，用英語寫一篇短文，以便向該刊投稿。

1．旅游好處很多：領(lǐng)略大自然以及其他城市的美麗風(fēng)景；呼吸新鮮空氣；結(jié)交新朋友；放松自己，強(qiáng)身健體；

2．旅游常見問題：天氣因素；被人偷；可能受傷；

3．旅游的準(zhǔn)備工作：了解天氣情況；找個旅伴(travelling companion)相互照應(yīng)；小心謹(jǐn)慎；避免意外。

注意：

1.內(nèi)容必須包括以上所有要點(diǎn)；

2.可適當(dāng)增加內(nèi)容，以使行文連貫；

3.詞數(shù)：120左右。

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案