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A
DoctorSeusswasbornin1904.Bythemiddle1950s,hehadbecomeoneofthe
best-lovedandmostsuccessfulchildren’sbookwritersintheworld.Hisbooksarevery
popularwithyoungreaders.Theyenjoytheinventedwordsandthepicturesofunusual
funnyanimalsandplants.
In1954,lifemagazinepublishedareportaboutschoolchildrenwhocouldnotread.
Thereportsaidmanychildren’sbookswerenotinteresting.DoctorSeussstronglyhoped
tohelpchildrenanddecidedtowritebooksthatwereinterestingandeasytoread.He
udwordswiththesameendingsound,likefishandwish.Hedidnotreceivetraining
inart.Yet,hedrewthepicturesformostofhisbooks.
In1957,Dr.SeusswroteTheCatintheHat.Heudlessthan230wordstowrite
thebookandevenasix-year-oldshouldbeabletoreadit.Itwasafunstoryandeasy
toread.Childrenlovedit.Theirparentslovedit,too.Todayitisstilloneofthe
storiestheylikebest.ThesuccessofTheCatintheHatmadehimwanttowritemore
booksforchildren.In1960,hewroteabookusinglessthanfiftywords.Thebookis
calledGreenEggsandHam.
In1984,DoctorSeusswonaPulitzerPrize.Hewashonoredfortheeducationand
enjoymenthisbooksprovidedAmericanchildrenandtheirparents.Hediedattheage
of87,buthisinfluenceremains.Millionsofhisbookshavebeensoldworldwide.People
sayhisbookshelpedchangethewayAmericanchildrenlearnedtoread.Yet,hisbooks
arelovedbypeopleofallages.DoctorSeussoncesaid,"Idonotwriteforchildren.
Iwriteforpeople.
1.DoctorSeusslearnedfromthemagazinethat__________.
A.someschoolchildrencouldnotreadB.manychildren’sbookswere
interesting
C.childrenwantedtolearntoreadD.awriterforchildrenwaswanted
2.Peoplelikehisbooksbecauthebooks__________.
A.arecheapandeasytogetB.werewrittenindifferent
languages
C.areeasyandinterestingtoreadD.werewrittenwithinventedwords
3.HewrotethebookTheCatintheHatattheageof__________.
A.50B.53C.56

D.87
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WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage
DoctorSeusswroteGreenEggsandHamwithover230words
DoctorSeusswrotebooksonlyforchildrenintheUnitedStates
TheCatintheHatwaswrittenonlyforsix-year-oldchildren
HisbooksprovidededucationandenjoymentforAmericans
FromthetextweknowthatDoctorSeuss__________.
wonaPulitzerPrizesoonafterhisdeath
soldmillionsofhisbookshimlfworldwide
C.changedAmericanchildren’swayofreading
D.wrotethelargestnumberofbooksintheworld
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B
Patti
Page,thetop-lling
femaleartist
ofthe1950swith
morethan100million
records
sold,
diedonJanuary
2nd,
2013,
whenshewas85.
Shewasoneofthe
mostbeloved
singers
ofthepost-war
era.
Takeher
Tennese
Waltz
for
example,
it
sold
morethan
10
million
copiesandwasherbiggesthit.
BorninClaremore,
Oklahoma,
asmalltown
near
Tulsa,
Pageoriginally
dreamedof
acareer
incommercialart.Herfirstjobintheartdepartmentatalocalradiostationsoon
ledtoperformingonherown15-minuteprogramme.
Attheageof20,Pagewasdiscoveredbybig-bandleaderJackRael,whoquithisjob
tobecomehermanager.In1948,shesignedherfirstrecordingcontractwithMercury
Recordsandtwoyearslaterenjoyedherfirsthitrecord.ShestayedwithMercuryfor
thenext14yearsandrecordedhitafterhitincluding:WithMyEyesWideOpen,I'm
Dreaming,andOldCapeCod.
HerlasthitwasHushHush,SweetCharlotte,recordedfortheBetteDavismovieofthe
samename.Andthen,therewasDoggieintheWindow.Thecreativetunewasahugehit,
butwithitsrepeatedbarkingsoundsandsillylyrics(
歌词),thesonghasbeenudby
manypeopleasanexampleofallthatwaswrongwithpopmusicintheearly1950s.
Throughoutthe1950s,PattiPagemaderegularappearancesontelevisionvarietyshows
andin1957she
waschon
to
hostthemusical
programme,
TheBig
Record.
Thefollowing
year,
Pageappearedinher
ownCBStelevision
ries,
ThePatti
PageShow.Shecontinued
torecordandperformintothe21stcentury,mostrecentlyreleasinganalbumofsongs
forchildren,aChristmasrecord,anda
new“bestof”collection.
Besidesmusic,PattiPagedidabitofacting.Sheco-starredwiththeOscar-winning
Burt
Lancaster
in
ElmerGantry,
andalso
starred
onstage
in
themusical
play
AnnieGet
YourGun.
(
)6.Accordingtothepassage,PattiPage________
.
A.wantedtobeasingerasachild
B.wasborninasmalltownin1927
C.wasknownmainlyforheractingskills
D.startedherworkasaTVprogrammehostess
(
)whichorderdidthefollowingthingshappeninPattiPage
’slife
PattiPagehostedamusicalprogramcalledTheBigRecord.
PattiPageworkedintheartdepartmentatalocalradiostation.
Pattirecorded“I’mdreaming”anditbecameabighit.
PattiPagemadeherfirstrecord.
JackRaeldiscoveredPattiPageandbecamehermanager.
A.d-c-b-e-aB.d-e-a-b-cC.b-e-c-d-aD.b-e-d-c-a
()“TenneseWaltz”ismentionedinthepassageinordertoshowthat.
A.PattiPagewasabelovedsinger
B.PattiPagehadtalentsforsinging
C.PattiPage’ssongsarepleasanttohear
D.PattiPagewasgoodatrecordingsongs
()canknowfromthepassagethatPattiPage.
A.signedherfirstrecordingcontractwithMarsRecords
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B.leftMercuryRecordsattheageof35
C.appearedin“ThePattiPageShow”in1957
D.wroteallsongsforchildreninherlatelife
(
)canbelearnedfromthepassagethat
.
A.PattiPagegaveupsinginginpublicinherlatelife
B.PattiPage
‘sgiftformusi
cbegantobeshowninherchildhood
C.PattiPage
’sgreatsuccesswasjustbecauofherluckandothers
’help
D.PattiPagewasnotonlyasuccessfulsingerbutalsoanactress
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