Question

“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right” says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh，Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie’s opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story，which is what every writer should be doing. “If you aren’t telling a story, you’re a very dead writer indeed.” She says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain，Mollie is indeed an entertainer. “I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,” she says. “This love goes back to early childhood. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and，because my family always had dogs，and I was very good at handling them，I said I wanted to work with dogs，and the teacher always said ‘Nonsense，Mollie；dear，you’ll be a writer.’ So finally I thought that this woman must have something，since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.”

This childhood intention is described in her novel，A Sound of Chariots，which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie’s ambition and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably (不可避免地) brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields—sadly now covered with modern houses. “I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I’ll never go back，”she said “Never. When I set one of my books in Scotland” she said “I can recall my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields，or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that’s important because children now know so much so early that romance can’t exist for them, as it did for us.”

1.What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?

A.It should not aim at a narrow audience.

B.It should be attractive to young readers.

C.It should be based on original ideas.

D.It should not include too much conversation.

2.In Mollie Hunter’s opinion，which of the following is one sign of a poor writer?

A.Being poor in life experience.

B.Being short of writing skills.

C.The weakness of description.

D.The absence of a story.

3.What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child?

A.She didn’t expect to become a writer.

B.She didn’t enjoy writing stories.

C.She didn’t have any particular ambitions.

D.She didn’t respect her teacher’s views.

4.What’s the writer’s purpose in this text?

A.To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter’s books.

B.To introduce Mollie Hunter’s work to a wider audience.

C.To provide information for Mollie Hunter’s existing readers.

D.To describe Mollie Hunter’s most successful books.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍Mollie Hunter对于好书的理解，讲述她童年的故事，介绍她的写作风格和著名的作品。

1.

细节理解题。从第一段的句子She firmly believes that there is and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. 她坚信，任何一本好书，无论其主要市场是什么，都应该有更广泛的读者群体。可知Mollie Hunter 认为一本好书的读者不应该太狭窄，故选A

2.

细节理解题。从第一段的句子“If you aren’t telling a story, you’re a very dead writer indeed.” 如果你不是在讲故事，你确实是一个很糟糕的作家。可知Mollie Hunter 认为没有故事的作家是不好的作家，故选D

3.

细节理解题。从第一段的句子I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and，because my family always had dogs，and I was very good at handling them，I said I wanted to work with dogs，我有一个老师，他曾经问我们长大后想做什么，因为我家一直有狗，而我很擅长驾驭它们，我说我想和狗一起工作，可知Mollie Hunter 在小的时候没有想到会当作家。故选A

4.

推理判断题。纵观全文，这篇文章介绍了Mollie Hunter的童年，写作风格和她的作品，所以文章的目的是向更广泛的受众介绍Mollie Hunter的作品。故选B