阅读短文，根据短文回答问题，并将答案写在相应位置。

Doctor Seuss was the name used by Theodor Seuss Geisel, who was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, funny pictures, and social opinion.

Theodor Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1924, he spent a year studying literature(文学) at Oxford University in England. When he returned to the United States in 1927, he hoped to become a writer of serious literature. But the economic depression(经济萧条) in the United States delayed his dreams of becoming a serious writer. In 1937, he wrote his first book for children, which is called “And To Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street.” However, a number of publishers refused to accept it. They said it was too different from ordinary books. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years he wrote more than forty children’s books, which were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects including equality, responsibility and protecting the environment.

Doctor Seuss had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Reading the report, Doctor Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. To make his book easy to read, he used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish.

In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote “The Cat in the Hat”, in which he used less than two hundred twenty-five words. This was the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read. The book was an immediate success. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of the book made him want to write more books for children. He started a series called Beginner Books, which remain well liked among children today.

In 1984, Mr. Geisel won a Pulitzer Prize for children’s literature. At that time he had been writing children’s books for almost fifty years. He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents, and his influence remains through the books he wrote. Experts say his books helped change the way American children learned to read.

1.What was Theodor Geisel’s dream when he returned from England?

2.What did Theodor Geisel decide to do after he read the report published in Life magazine?

3.Why did Theodor Geisel finally set his simple writing style?

根据中文补全句子，并将答案写在相应位置。

1.Mary是一个总是愿意帮助他人的热心女孩儿。

Mary is a warm-hearted girl ________________.

2.救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。

Rescue workers built shelters for survivors ________________.

3.我们老师总是让我们使用字典。

Our teacher always ________ dictionaries.

4.Tom问这本书是属于谁的。

Tom asks ________________.

5.我和我的同学们相处得很好，我们已经成为好朋友了。

________ and we have become good friends.

6.她下定决心之后会告诉我们她的选择的。

She will tell us about her choice ________________.

书面表达

你的美国笔友Lucy来信告知她寒假期间将来京旅游，打算买几个风筝作为纪念品(souvenir)带回美国。请你根据以下提示给Lucy写回信。

1. 表示欢迎；

2. 就她购买纪念品的计划说说你的看法；

3. 推荐一个你认为最值得参观的古迹，并说明原因。

注意：1. 词数不少于50；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Lucy，

I learned about your plan from your mail. ____________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

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Best wishes!

Yours，

Li Hua

—Hello! Is Mr. John in the office?

—Yes. But I’m sorry. He is busy _____ and can’t speak to you.

A. at once B. at present C. at the end D. at first

—How's the young man?

— .

A. He's twenty B. He's much better

C. He's a doctor D. He's David

I don’t think she is a nice woman; I am _____ her empty talk.

A. grateful for B. tired of

C. crazy about D. concerned about

We have no them out.

A. difficult in working B. difficulty with working

C. difficulty working D. difficulty to work

People in America speak the same language the British do.

A. which B. what C. like D. as

Visitors not to touch the exhibits.

A. will request B. request

C. are requested D. are requesting

The number of the people who speak English large, and a large number of people native speakers.

A. are; are B. is; are C. is; is D. are; is