7.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."
38.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.
39.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.
40.The underlined word"them"in Paragraph 4refers toA.
A.Vampires
B.different styles
C.Teenagers
D.characters in her novel
41.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 本文主要講述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(shí)期的閱讀經(jīng)歷和創(chuàng)作文學(xué)作品的過程.
解答 38.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'.說明他小時(shí)候閱讀了大量的書籍,這給她以后的寫作打下了堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ).故選A.
39.B推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段后三句"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."說明她的父母親一直很支持她的閱讀和寫作,從來不會批評和阻止她寫作.故選B.
40.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(guān)的.所以說從吸血鬼的身上她形成了一整個(gè)的故事世界.故本句中的them就是指前面一句中的vampires.故選A.
41.D標(biāo)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(shí)期的閱讀經(jīng)歷和創(chuàng)作文學(xué)作品的過程.故D項(xiàng)內(nèi)容與文章的主題內(nèi)容相一致.故選D.
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).