9.Philip Pullman spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force(皇家空軍).As a child,he went on several long ocean voyages,and he lived in Africa and in Australia."Before I was 11I had been to eight different schools."
"In Australia,I made a great discovery.TV hadn't reached Australia yet,but everyone listened to the radio.I remember listening to gangster serials(黑幫。,and cowboy serials,and best of all-----Superman!When I first saw a superman comic(連環(huán)漫畫),it changed my life.I'd been reading books for a long time,but I'd never known comics before.Soon afterwards,I discovered Batman,too,whom I loved even more."
Pullman started writing his first novel the day after he had finished his final exams at Oxford University."I discovered after about an hour that it was much harder than I'd expected.It still is!I found that the amount I could write comfortably every day was about three pages,so that's what I've done ever since."
Before he became a full-time writer,Pullman had been teaching for many years."What I enjoyed most during that time was telling stories over and over,until I knew them as well as I knew my own life."He had always loved telling stories----as a schoolboy he had entertained his friends by reading stories to them,or by making up his own.
One day he got a letter that had arrived at his door even though the writer of the letter didn't know his address.The envelope(信封) just said,"Philip Pullman,The Storyteller,Oxford."
14.What can we learn about Pullman?D
A.He was a pilot in the Royal Air Force.
B.He went to eight different schools in Africa.
C.He was encouraged to write by his father and stepfather.
D.He traveled a lot when he was a young child.
15.The discovery mentioned in Paragraph 2refers toB.
A.the fact that there was no TV in Australia
B.a(chǎn) Superman comic
C.the popularity of cowboy serials
D.the fact that everyone listened to the radio
16.Receiving the letter,Pullman might feel veryA.
A.happy
B.a(chǎn)ngry
C.calm
D.worried
17.What is mainly described in the text?C
A.Pullman's life at Oxford.
B.Why Pullman chose to be a teacher.
C.How Pullman grew into a storyteller.
D.Pullman's childhood.
分析 文章講述了Pullman無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)連環(huán)漫畫,并且從此開始寫小說講故事,成為了一個著名的故事作者的過程.
解答 DBAC
14 D 細(xì)節(jié)推理題.根據(jù)第一段As a child,he went on several long ocean voyages,and he lived in Africa and in Australia."Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools."可知Pullman小時候經(jīng)常跟隨家人出國,去過許多國家轉(zhuǎn)過許多學(xué)校.故選D.
15 B 細(xì)節(jié)推理題.根據(jù)第二段In Australia,I made a great discovery.When I first saw a superman comic(連環(huán)漫畫),it changed my life.可知他最大的發(fā)現(xiàn)就是連環(huán)漫畫,故選B.
16 A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知Pullman收到了一封沒有詳細(xì)地址的信,只寫到他是故事作者.這說明讀者對他的認(rèn)可,他收到后應(yīng)該是高興,故選A.
17 C 主旨大意題.文章講述了Pullman無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)連環(huán)漫畫,并且從此開始寫小說講故事,成為了一個著名的故事作者的過程.故選C.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.