甘肃省天水市2017_2018学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题无答案2.docVIP

甘肃省天水市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题（无答案） 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分100分。考试时间为60分钟。 第I卷（满分50分） 第一部分 阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分； 满分20分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best loved and most successful childrens book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants. In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many childrens books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books. In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham. In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents. He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said，“I do not write for children. I write for people.” 1．Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _________. A. some school children could not read with interest. B. many childrens books were interesting C. children wanted to learn to read D. a writer for children was wanted 2．People like his bo