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(出版). Since then, he has written forty-five books that have been 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 early drawings and some of his writings.
Most of Doctor Strong's books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in McElligot's Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race(军备竞赛) in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eighty-four.
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.
1.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. nineteen eighty-four when his book McElligot's Pool was publishe
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D. his thirties when his first book was published
2.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 colourful pictures
C. he organized the art show in California
D. they are written in a funny way
3.His purpose in writing many such books is_______.
A. to show his early 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 to show some serious social problems up
It was a quiet village in which there was a military(军队的) camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.
Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn't work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening to the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was angry.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the first soldier. "I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back."
And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reason. It was the last soldier's turn. He said, "I'm sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but…"
Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, "If you say something was wrong with your bus, I'll punish you at once!"
"No, no, sir," said the young man. "My bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!"
1.The military camp was built in the village to _______.
A. stop the soldiers going to towns
B. stop the soldiers meeting their friends
C. train the new soldiers
D. make the young men live quietly
2.The young officer was worried because _______.
A. a traffic accident had happened
B. he was afraid something happened to the nine soldiers
C. the nine soldiers disappeared
D. the nine soldiers drank too much in the town
3.The nine soldiers returned to the camp late because _______.
A. some
thing was wrong with their buses
B. their horses died on the way back
C. it took them much time to run back
D. they all had drunk much in the town
A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other's language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist(拳头) and pointed at the Italian's watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian's.
1.The Frenchman went to a small Italian town _______.
A. alone B. with his wife C. with his friend D. with an Italian
2.The Italian gave up his watch to him at last because ________.
A. he had stolen the watch from the Frenchman.
B. he understood what the Frenchman wanted
C. he had picked up the watch on his w ay from work
D. he was afraid of the Frenchman
3.Who was robbed of the watch on earth?
A. The Frenchman was.B. The Italian was.
C. Both of them were. D. Neither of them was.
In Britain, people have different attitudes(态度) to the police. Most people generally appreciate(欣赏) them and the job they do—although there are some people who do not believe that the police _ have the power that they do.
What does a policeman do in fact? It is not _ job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in one. A policeman often has to control traffic, either on foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time driving up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop _ motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the peace, too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance(动乱), we _ _ the police to come and keep order. And they often have to _ the situation at great risk to their own _.
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary(普通) policeman, even if he is not a detective, will often have to help _ _ and arrest criminals.
And _ __ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a _ , a road 
accident, or a robbery? We call the police. So a policeman has to be _ to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the modern world.
The police do a necessary job, and they do it very well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could ever do the job of a policeman.
1.A. shouldB. would C. could D. must
2.A. a funny B. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an easy
3.A. resting B. tired C. speeding D. drinking
4.A. wait for B. believeC. think of D. expect
5.A. turn to B. stop C. deal with D. treat
6.A. safety B. families C. future D. friends
7.A. remove B. question C. look for D. sentence
8.A. how B. where C. what D. who
9.A. power failure B. fire C. thunder stormD. thief
10.A. provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented
--How long have you been in London? ---_________.
A. Three timesB. I was there for a week
C. I’ve just arrivedD. I’d been there for a month
My hand ________ and I will have my clothes ________.
A. hurt; to washB. is hurt; washC. hurts; washedD. is hurt; washing
