Question

    Suzie goes to her art class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do creative things all afternoon. She loves making bowls and cups out of clay（粘土）.

Last month she learned to put pottery(陶器) into a hot oven（炉子）, called a kiln, to make it hard and strong. What Suzie likes best about art is the good feeling she gets when she has finished working on a piece of art. And then when she takes it home to show her parents she feels so proud of what she has made.

On Wednesday Suzie wrote an article about why she thought the school should have two short breaks a day rather than one long break. Lots of her friends thought that this would be a good idea too. Many teachers also agreed with Suzie’s suggestion.

The head teacher of the school asked everyone in the school to vote（表决）on Suzie’s suggestion. During the vote, each person in the school had one vote. Together, the school decided that two short breaks would be better than one long break. All of this happened because Suzie wrote about her idea in the school newspaper.

On the day the newspaper comes out, the first thing Suzie does is to check where her article is in the newspaper. And each month, at the beginning of her article, are the words: By Suzanne Jefferson.

On the way home from school yesterday, Suzie got to think about how much art and writing are the same. In art class she thinks of creative things to make, and then spends a lot of time making it look just right.

And when she writes articles for the school newspaper, she thinks of creative things to say, and then spends a lot of time making it sound just right. And when she has finished writing a really good sentence, she feels almost as if she has made a beautiful piece of art.

Suzie rushed home so she could write something shortly before dinner. She already had lots of ideas for next month’s newspaper. And she wanted to make sure that none of her creative ideas floated away before she wrote them down on paper

1.What does Suzie like making ____out of clay?

A.plates B.ovens C.bowls and cups D.newspaper

2.The article that Suzie has written is about ____.

A.creative things should be learned

B.the school should have two short breaks a day

C.everyone in the school to vote on Suzie’s suggestion

D.students should write something

3.The underlined word”it” refer to ____

A.writing articles B.making pottery C.a piece of art D.creative things

4.According to Suzie, what’s the same thing between making pottery and writing articles?

A.They are both done easily. B.They are both done difficultly.

C.They both need to be shown. D.They both need creative ideas

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

这篇短文苏西在星期二和星期四下午上美术课，她喜欢上美术课，她也喜欢写作，她给学校提出了一些关于休息的建议，学校也接受了她的建议。

1.细节理解。plates盘子；ovens烤箱； bowls and cups碗和杯子； newspaper报纸。根据文中“She loves making bowls and cups out of clay（粘土）.” 她喜欢用粘土做碗和杯子。故选C。

2.细节理解。creative things should be learned要学习有创意的东西；the school should have two short breaks a day学校一天应该休息两次；everyone in the school to vote on Suzie’s suggestion学校里每个人都投票赞成苏西的建议；students should write something学生应该写点东西。根据文中“On Wednesday Suzie wrote an article about why she thought the school should have two short breaks a day rather than one long break.” 星期三，苏西写了一篇文章，阐述了她为什么认为学校应该每天有两次短暂的休息，而不是一次长时间的休息。故选B。

3.词句猜测。Writing articles写文章； making pottery做陶器； a piece of art 一件艺术品； creative things创造性的东西。根据上文“And when she writes articles for the school newspaper, she thinks of creative things to say, and then spends a lot of time” 当她为校报写文章时，她会想一些有创意的话，然后花很多时间让它听起来恰到好处。可知，这里的it指的是“写文章”。故选A。

4.推理判断。根据文中“On the way home from school yesterday, Suzie got to think about how much art and writing are the same. In art class she thinks of creative things to make, and then spends a lot of time making it look just right.” 昨天放学回家的路上，苏西想了想，艺术和写作有多少相似之处。在美术课上，她想到要创作的东西，然后花很多时间让它看起来恰到好处。可知，做陶器和写文章都需要创意。故选D。