高中英语真题-2015年2月份百题精练(1)_1.pdfVIP

高中英语真题:2015 年 2 月份百题精练（1 ） 第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Dear Reader, I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all — there wouldn’t be time enough in a day ．That is why I am sen ding you this printed reply to your letter ．I’ll try to answer som e of the questions that are commonly asked. Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for ’s Web? Well, many years ago I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acte d rather like a mouse ．That’s how the story of Stuart Little got started. As for Charlotte’s Web, I like animals and my barn （谷仓） is a very pleasant place to be, at all hours ．One day when I w as on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was doomed to die ．This made me sad ．So I started thinking of ways to save a pig’s life ．I h ad been watching a big grey spider at her work and was impr essed by how clever she was at weaving ．Gradually I worked the spider into the story that you know, a story of friendship a nd salvation （拯救） on a farm ．Three years after I started writing it, it was publish ed ．（I am not a fast worker, as you can see. ） Sometimes I’m asked how old I was when I started to write, a nd what made me want to write ．I started early— as soon as I could spell ．In fact, I can’t remember any time in my life when I wasn’t busy writing ．I don’t know what caused me to do it, or why I enjoyed it, but I think children often find p leasure and satisfaction in trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures ．I was no good at drawin g, so I used words instead ．As I grew older, I found that writin g can be a way of earning a living. Some of my readers want me to visit their school ．Some wan t me to send a picture, or an autograph, or a book ．And some ask questions about my family and my