Children’s Storybooks and Tales: This site is dedicated to Children’s Story Books and how to tell Children’s Stories. If you enjoy a child’s story or have kids of your own then please browse (瀏覽) this site to find some great stories and how to read them.
The Cat in the Hat---Dr. Seuss
In the first book featuring the character (The Cat in the Hat, 1957), the Cat brings chaos (混亂) to a household of two young children on one rainy day while their mother is out. Bringing with him two creatures appropriately named Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat performs all sorts of tricks to amuse the children, with mixed results. The Cat’s tricks are vainly opposed by the family pet, who is a conscious goldfish. The children (Sally and her older brother) finally prove good ones, capturing the Things and bringing the Cat under control. He cleans up the house on his way out, disappearing seconds before the mother comes back.
The Famous Fire---Enid Blyton
The Famous Fire is Enid Blyton’s most popular and celebrated series of children’s books. The sequence (順序) began life in 1942, when the first book, Fire on a Treasure Island was published and it has won great praise from both fans and critics. The series has gone on to become amongst the best-loved stories ever to have been written for children.
Tom and Pippo in the Garden---Helen Oxenbury
In 1988 Helen Oxenbury created a series of books featuring Tom, a naughty young boy, and his beloved stuffed monkey, Pippo. Ms. Oxenbury remarked that Tom was very much like her son “when he was a little boy”. Like Tom, her son would often blame his misdeeds on his trusted buddy, the friendly family dog.
The BFG---Roald Dahl
The story is about an orphan girl named Sophie. One night when Sophie cannot sleep during the “witching hour” and sees a giant blowing something into bedroom windows down the street. The giant sees her, and although she tries to hide in the bed, he reaches through the window and carries her away to his home.
小題1:It can be inferred from the The Cat in the Hat that ________.
A．the goldfish likes to keep company with the cat
B．a(chǎn)ll tricks performed by the cat are not amusing
C．Sally has to clean up the house before her mother comes back
D．the cat finally takes control of the Things
小題2:From the book Tom and Pippo in the Garden, we know ________.
A．Pippo is a naughty dog causing trouble in the family
B．Tom likes to keep a pet dog at home
C．Ms. Oxenbury complained about her son’s dishonesty
D．Pippo always gets the blame for everything that goes wrong
小題3:According to the book The BFG, “the witching hour” may refer to a time ________.
A．when magic things can happenB．when a girl can’t fall asleep
C．when a person dreams a nightmareD．when a child can be taken away
小題4:For whom is the passage most likely intended?
A．Children.B．Parents.C．Teachers.D．Writers.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B
文章介紹了適合兒童讀的幾本書！
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一行the Cat brings chaos (混亂) to a household of two young children可知貓的小把戲帶來的是混亂。
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句話Like Tom, her son would often blame his misdeeds on his trusted buddy, the friendly family dog.可知Pippo經(jīng)常為Tom受過。
小題3:推理題。由本段內(nèi)容可知the “witching hour”就是那件奇怪的事情發(fā)生的時候！
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章第二行If you enjoy a child’s story or have kids of your own可知文章是寫給父母的。
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Destination: Cooktown
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