Question

  The Poetry Foundation recently named American poet Jack Prelutsky as the nation's first children's poet laureate (桂冠詩人) .The group created the award as a way to increase children's love of poetry.

  As children's poet laureate,Jack Prelutsky will give two public readings in the next two years. He will also advise the Poetry Foundation about children's literature and take part in projects concerning children and poetry.

  Jack Prelutsky has been writing poetry for children for almost forty years. He has written more than thirtyfive books of poems. His first book was called A Gopher in the Garden. It was published in 1967. His latest is called Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems.

  Jack Prelutsky is wellknown for creating new words by combining two words to create a new kind of creature. For example,he combined "radish" with "shark" to get "radishark". "Lion" and "broccoli" became "broccolion". He also created "umbrellaphant", a mixture of the words "umbrella" and "ele?phant".

  Jack Prelutsky says that children like his poems because he writes about things they care about. Poetry researchers say that Jack Prelutsky's poems rec?ognize children's feelings. An example 'of this is the poem My Sister Is a Werewolf which is about how it feels to be different.

  Jack Prelutsky also writes poems about American holidays. His poem It's Halloween is a very famous one about the holiday celebrated at the end of October.

1. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

   A. Poems with new words grow popular

   B. First children's poet laureate named

   C. Children's love for poetry increased ,

   D. Jack Prelutsky awarded nationwide

2. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. It was A Gopher in the Garden that brought him fame.

   B. The poet will be kept busy over a lot of activities.

   C. Jack Prelutsky will no longer write about American holidays.

   D. The poem It's Hallouueen must have been written for adults.

3. What is Jack Prelutsky famous for?

   A. Creating new words in his poems.

   B. His productivity.

   C. His long time of writing.

   D. His poems about American holidays.

4. Put the following items in right order according to the passage.

   a. two public readings

   b. A Gopher in the Garden

   c. Behold the Bold Umbrella phant and Other Poems

   d. My Sister Is a Werewolf

   A. b-c-d-a   B. d-a-c-b

   C. b-d-c-a   D. a-b-c-d

Answer 1

1. B主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章主要介紹了美國桂冠詩人Jack Prelutsky在詩歌方面的成就。

2. B推理判斷題。A Gopher in the Garde僅僅是Jack Prelutsky的第一首詩歌，并未說該詩歌使他成名；C、D 兩項與最后一段表述不符。

3. A細節理解題。根據第四段第一句"Jack Prelutsky is wellknown for creating new words..."可知答案為A項。

4. C