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DoctorSeusswasbornin1904.Bythemiddle1950s,hehadbecomeoneofthebest-lovedand
mostsuccessfulchildren'sbookwritersintheworld.Hisbooksareverypopularwithyoungreaders.
Theyenjoytheinventedwordsandthepicturesofunusualfunnyanimalsandplants.
In1954, Lifemagazinepublished(刊登)areportaboutschoolchildrenwhocouldnotread.The
reportsaidmanychildren'sbookswerenotinteresting.DoctorSeussstronglyhopedtohelpchildren
anddecidedtowritebooksthatwereinterestingandeasytoread.Heusedwordswiththesameending
sound,likefishandwish.Hedidnotreceivetraininginart.Yet,hedrewthepicturesformostofhis
books.
In1957, Dr.SeusswroteTheCatintheHat.Heusedlessthan230wordstowritethebookandevenasix-year-oldshouldbeabletoreadit.ltwasafunstoryandeasytoread.Childrenlovedit.Their
parentslovedit,too.Todayitisstilloneofthestoriestheylikebest.ThesuccessofTheCatintheHat
madehimwanttowritemorebooksforchildren.In1960,hcwroteabookusinglessthanfiftywords.
ThebookiscalledGreenEggsandHam.In1984,DoctorSeusswonaPulitzerPrize (普利策奖).
HewashonoredfortheeducationandenjoymenthisbooksprovidedAmericanchildrenandtheirparents.Hediedattheageof87,buthisinfluenceremains.Millionsofhisbookshavebeensoldworld-wide.
PeoplesayhisbookshelpedchangethewayAmericanchildrenlearnedtoread.Yet,hisbooksare
lovedbypeopleofallages.DoctorSeussoncesaid,'Idonotwriteforchildren.Iwriteforpeople.'
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 writer for children was wanted
2. People like his books because the books ______.
A. are cheap and easy to get
B. were written in different languages
C. are easy and interesting to read
D. were written with invented words
3. He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of ______.
A. 50
B. 53
C. 56
D. 87
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 inthe 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.
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
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【单选题】D 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...
A.
50
B.
53
C.
56
D.
87
【单选题】D 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...
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.