Question

I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all – there wouldn’t be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte’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 acted rather like a mouse. That’s how the story of Stuart Little got started.
As for Charlotte’s Web, I like animals and my farm is very pleasant place to be – at all hours. One day, when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was going to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save his life. Three years after I started writing it, it was published. (I am not a fast worker, as you can see.)
Sometimes I’m asked when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early – as soon as I could spell. Children often find pleasure through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was not good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing could be a way of earning a living.
Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary (虛構的) tales. In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn’t write words in her web. Although my stories are imaginary, I like to think that there is some truth in them, too – truth about the way people and animals feel, think and act.
【小題1】E.B. White wrote this passage to ______.
A. introduce his new books
B. introduce two funny stories
C. explain why he enjoys writing
D. answer some readers’ questions
【小題2】We can know from the passage that E.B. White is a writer who ______.
A. writes very fast
B. works on a friends’ farm
C. mainly writes stories for adults
D. writes imaginary tales for children
【小題3】What inspired E.B. White to write Charlotte’s Web?
A. That he wanted children to love animals.
B. That he was deeply impressed by a clever pig.
C. That he wanted to use his own way to save a pig.
D. That he wanted to save the animals on a farm.
【小題4】 E.B. White started to write because he wanted to ______.
A. improve his spelling
B. express his thoughts
C. show his sadness
D. make a good living
【小題5】What is probably the last question?

A．Are your stories true?

B．What is the truth in your stories?

C．Will you write more imaginary tales?

D．Do you know a child looking like a mouse?

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹了E.B. White回答讀者的來信中的幾個問題。
【小題1】D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all – there wouldn’t be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.說明他收到很多來信，但是沒有足夠的時間一一回復，所以就回復一下共同的問題，故D正確。
【小題2】D 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段2,3行In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn’t write words in her web.說明在他的小說里寫了一些特殊情況的孩子，故最有可能是寫給孩子看的，故D正確。
【小題3】C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第三行So I started thinking of ways to save his life.說明他寫這部小說是為了在小說里用自己的方法來挽救豬的性命。故C正確。
【小題4】B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段2,3行Children often find pleasure through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures.說明他寫作是為了把自己的思想表達出來，故B正確。
【小題5】A 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段第一行Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary (虛構的) tales.中的回答：這些小說都是虛構的。說明對方的問題應該是. Are your stories true?故A正確。
考點：本文介紹了E.B. White回答讀者的幾個問題
點評：本大題主要還是考查了細節(jié)題和推理題，更加注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根上下文，結合語境，做出準確的判斷。