Question

It was on her 14th birthday that her first book , In the Forest of the Night , was accepted for publication. It was a huge success gaining the attention of millions of young readers. At 16, her second novel, Demon in My View, also reached the bookstores. Several books later , the teenage author still works away in her room, surrounded by shelves full of dark tales about vampires(吸血鬼)and witches. Amelia Atwater – Rhodes is widely seen as America’s finest teen writer and was named one of Teen People’s “20 Teens Who Will Change the World.”

Born in 1984, she began making up stories when she was about three years old. “I never stopped and said, ‘I want to write’,” Amelia remembers. “I loved stories and created stories before I was old enough to know how to write them down.”

In her family, reading was basic and fun. “My parents encouraged me to read---- and to read anything I wanted, so long as I was reading,” she said. “They never restricted what I read. Later, when I started writing, they never criticized what I did or said I was ‘too young’. They never said it was impossible for me to achieve what I have.”

In her short but successful career, Amelia has tried different styles. But vampires were the first characters to really come alive in her work. From them she has developed a whole world, one which she always enjoys learning more about.

As a published teen writer, Amelia’s advice to other teens who dream of being authors is: just do it! “I believe anything is possible. Don’t give up your dreams just because you fear failure. Getting a book published is difficult, but if I can do it, others can too . ”

1.What can we learn about Amelia Atwater – Rhodes?

A. Reading widely helped her a lot in her career.

B. She found getting a book published was easy.

C. Vampires have been the only characters in her books.

D. Her parents began to teach her to make up stories when she was 3.

2.What do we know about Amelia’s parents?

A. They helped her with writing stories.

B. They fully supported her.

C. They thought she was too young to read.

D. They chose what she read.

3.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refers to __________..

A. Vampires B. different styles

C. Teenagers D. characters in her novel

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Good News for Teen Writers

B. Is It Possible for a Teen Writer to Be Published?

C. Advice on Being Teen Writers

D. A Top-selling Teen Writer Pens Vampire Tales

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于人物传记类阅读，主要介绍了著名的吸血鬼系列作品的作者-美国著名的青年作家Amelia Atwater – Rhodes以及她童年时期的阅读经历和创作文学作品的过程。

1.A 推理判断题。根据第三段前三句In her family, reading was basic and fun. “My parents encouraged me to read---- and to read anything I wanted, so long as I was reading,” she said. “They never restricted what I read. Later, when I started writing, they never criticized what I did or said I was ‘too young’.说明她小时候阅读了大量的书籍，这给她以后的写作打下来坚实的基础。故A正确。

2.B 推理判断题。根据第二段后三句“My parents encouraged me to read......They never said it was impossible for me to achieve what I have.”说明她的父母亲一直很支持她的阅读和写作，从来不会批评或阻止她写作。故B正确。

3.A 词义猜测题。本题考查的词义猜测题中的代词指代题。根据第四段二、三句But vampires were the first characters to really come alive in her work. From them she has developed a whole world, one which she always enjoys learning more about.说明在她的作品中，吸血鬼是非常重要的角色，她写的书中很多都是和吸血鬼有关的。所以说从吸血鬼的身上她形成了一整个的故事世界。故本句中的them就是指前面一句中的vampires.故A正确。

4.

【名师点睛】

本文5. that, this, he, him 或them可以指上文提到的人或物，其中it和that还可以指一件事。有时代词指代的对象相隔较远，要认真查找；也有时需要对前面提到的内容进行总结，才能得出代词所指代的事。

在词义猜测题中，我们还可以根据复述或同等关系猜测词义。有时为了强调某个观点或把某事叙述得更明白，作者会运用不同语句来复述同一概念，这时可以利用这些重复和表达形式的变化来猜测词义。虽然复述不如定义那样严谨、详细，但是提供的信息足以使阅读者猜出生词词义。复述部分可以适当词、短语或是从句。 同等关系是指一个词、一个词组或短语在句中作同一成分，而且他们的词义属于同一范畴。只要我们认出其中一个或几个词或短语，即可以确定同等关系中生词的词性，作用和大概的意思。

例题1：（2008年全国高考—江苏卷E篇）

William Shakespeare said, ―The web of our life is of a mingled yarn (纱线), good and ill together.

74.The underlined word "mingled" in the last paragraph most probably means________.

A. simple B. mixed C. sad D. happy

答案与解析：选B。由“a mingled yarn”后文的“good and ill together”重复说明可以 知道mingled含义和mixed（混合的）最接近。

例题2：Capacitance, or the ability to store electric charge, is one of the most common characteristics of electronic circuits.

分析：由同位语我们很快猜出生词capacitance词义---电容量。 需要注意的是：同位语前还常有or, similarly, that is to say, in other words, namely等副词或短语出现。

例题3：Semantics, the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently.

分析：此例逗号中短语意为―对词意义进行研究的学科。该短语与前面生词semantics是同位关系，因此我们不难猜出semantics指―语义学。

在复述中构成同位关系的两部分之间多用逗号连接，有时也使用破折号，冒号，分 号，引号，和括号等。

考点：考查人物传记类阅读