16．One day when I was 12，my mother gave me an order：I was to walk to the public library，and borrow at least one book for the summer．This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem-inability to read．
In the library，I found my way into the"Children's Room．"I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random．The cover of a book caught my eye．It presented a picture of a beagle．I had recently had a beagle，the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child．He was my secret sharer，but one morning，he was gone，given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him．I never forgot my beagle．
There on the book's cover was a beagle which looked identical to my dog．I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover．My eyes ran across the title，Amos，the Beagle with a Plan．Unknowingly，I had read the title．Without opening the book，I borrowed it from the library for the summer．
Under the shade of a bush，I started to read about Amos．I read very，very slowly with difficulty．Though pages were turned slowly，I got the main idea of the story about a dog who，like mine，had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home．That dog was my dog，and I was the little boy in the book．At the end of the story，my mind continued the final scene of reunion，on and on，until my own lost dog and I were，in my mind，running together．
My mother's call returned me to the real world．I suddenly realized something：I had read a book，and I had loved reading that book．Everyone knew I could not read．But I had read it．Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them．
I never told my mother about my"miraculous"（奇跡般地） experience that summer，but she saw a slow but remarkable improvement in my classroom performance during the next year．And years later，she was proud that her son had read thousands of books，was awarded a PhD in literature，and authored his own books，articles，poetry and fiction．The power of the words has held．
24．The author's mother told him to borrow a book in order toA．
A．help cure him of his reading problem
B．let him spend a meaningful summer
C．encourage him to do more walking
D．make him learn more about weapons
25．The book caught the author's eye becauseC．
A．it contained pretty pictures of animals
B．he found its title easy to understand
C．it reminded him of his own dog
D．he liked children's stories very much
26．Why could the author manage to read the book through？B
A．He was forced by his mother to read it．
B．He identified with the story in the book．
C．The book told the story of his pet dog．
D．The happy ending of the story attracted him．
27．What can be inferred from the last paragraph？D
A．The author has had happy summers ever since．
B．The author's mother read the same book．
C．The author's mother rewarded him with books．
D．The author has become a successful writer．
分析 文章講述了作者從一名閱讀困難的孩子到最終成為一名成功的作家的故事，從而告訴我們書本的魅力．
解答 AC BD
24．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem-inability to read．可知母親讓他借書看是為了治愈他的閱讀問題．故答案為A
25．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段The cover of a book caught my eye．It presented a picture of a beagle．I had recently had a beagle，the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child．可知此本書引起作者注意的原因是這本書封面的比格犬圖片使作者想起了自己擁有過的比格犬．故答案為C
26．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第四段That dog was my dog，and I was the little boy in the book．At the end of the story，my mind continued the final scene of reunion，on and on，until my own lost dog and I were，in my mind，running together．可知作者感同身受地把自己與書本的主人公聯(lián)系在一起．故答案為B
27．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第二句話And years later，she was proud that her son had read thousands of books，was awarded a PhD in literature，and authored his own books，articles，poetry and fiction．可以判斷出作者最終成為一名成功的作家．故答案為D
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