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Name	The Wednesday war	The cat in the Hat	The Alchemist	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Writer	GaryD.Schmisdt (American 1957)	Theodore Geisel (American,19014)	Paulo Coellho (Brazilian,1974)	Kate Wiggin (American, 1856)
Publishing Time	Over 5 years ago	In 1957	In 1988	In 1903
Theme （主题）	Development of a boy’s mind	A natural and easy attitude to life	A boy’s journey of following his dream	A positive attitude to difficulty
Achievment	Winning the Newbery Medal	Attracting readers all over the world	Breaking the Guinness record	Being one of the most popular books

1.______ of the books in the form were written by American writers.

A. Two B. Three C. Four

2.The book that came out in 1957 was written by _________.

A. Cary B. Paulo Coelho

C. Theodore Geisel D. Schmidt

3.If you want to know how a boy’s mind developed, you should choose _______ according to the form above.

A. The Wednesday Wars

B.Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

C. The Alchemist

4.The book that broke the Guinness record came out _________.

A.in 1974 B. in 1988 C. in 1903

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the information above?

A. The theme of the book The cat in the Hat is a natural and easy attitude to life.

B. Only one of the four books won the Newbery Medal.

C. The book with the theme of a positive attitude to difficulty came out when the writer was 41 years old.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文利用表格的形式给我们介绍了四本书，表格中有关于这四本书的名字、作者、作者的出生年代、书出版的年代、主题和成就等方面。我们可以根据题目要求在表格中寻找有用信息。

1. Wednesday War, The cat in the hat和Rebbeca of Sunnybrook Farm这三本书是美国作家写的。故选B。

2. cat in the hat,它的作者是Theodore Geisel,故选C。

3. Wednesday war这本书是关于男孩思想的成长的，故选A。

4. Alchemist，它出版的年代是1988年，故选B。

5. cat in the cat的Theme这一栏可知A是符合文意的；根据表格中Achievement这一栏中可知，只有The Wednesday war这本书获得了the Newbery Medal，故B是对的；根据Theme这一栏中可知，主题是a positive attitude to difficulty 的这本书是Rebbeca of Sunnybrook Farm，这本书是1903年出版的，而它的作者是1856年出生的，这本书出版的时候作者47岁了，故C不对。

考点：文化类短文阅读。