16.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"20Teens 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."
29.What can we learn about Amelia Atwater-Rhodes?A
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.
30.What do we know about Amelia's parents?B
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.
31.The underlined word"them"in Paragraph 4refers toA..
A.VampiresB.different stylesC.Teenagers D.characters in her novel
32.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?D
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.
分析 本文屬于人物傳記類閱讀,主要介紹了著名的吸血鬼系列作品的作者-美國著名的青年作家Amelia Atwater-Rhodes以及她童年時期的閱讀經歷和創(chuàng)作文學作品的過程.
解答 29.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)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'.說明她小時候閱讀了大量的書籍,這給她以后的寫作打下來堅實的基礎.故A正確.
30.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)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."說明她的父母親一直很支持她的閱讀和寫作,從來不會批評或阻止她寫作.故B正確.
31.A.詞義猜測題.本題考查的詞義猜測題中的代詞指代題.根據(jù)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.說明在她的作品中,吸血鬼是非常重要的角色,她寫的書中很多都是和吸血鬼有關的.所以說從吸血鬼的身上她形成了一整個的故事世界.故本句中的them就是指前面一句中的vampires.故A正確.
32.D.標題概括題.本文主要介紹了著名的吸血鬼系列作品的作者-美國著名的青年作家Amelia Atwater-Rhodes以及她童年時期的閱讀經歷和創(chuàng)作文學作品的過程故D項內容與文章主題內容相一致.故D正確.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.