察举制

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinion.

Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published(出版) it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.

By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He 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 weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.

In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read.

The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.

小题1:What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children.

B．What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about?

C．Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books.

D．Why are Dr Seuss’ books different?小题2:What do we know about Dr Seuss’s first book for children?

A．It was Dr Seuss’ worst book.

B．It dealt with a very serious subject.

C．Neither children nor adults like it.

D．Many publishers didn’t take it seriously at first.小题3:How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3&4?

A．By asking others to help them in magazines.

B．By writing interesting and simple books.

C．By changing his old books into simpler ones.

D．By giving them books for free.小题4: Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________

A．interesting

B．serious

C．difficult

D．boring小题5:What does the underlined word “combine” mean?

A．like very much

B．fall in love with

C．bring something together

D．pay attention to

目前我国地方行政区的类型有( )。

A．一般地方行政区

B．民族自治地区

C．经济特区

D．特别行政区

（）训练主要是指用简易实物替代训练对象，以掌握训练技能，完成训练课目。

A.模拟技术

B.演示操作

C.堵漏

D.救人

人们通常会说： (76) ，但是一家把幸福作为研究对象的科研机构却把幸福具体化了。他们得出结论，幸福与年龄、性别和家庭背景无关，而是来自一份轻松的心情和健康的生活态度。幸福的人都有以下特点：

1．不抱怨生活：幸福的人并不拥有更多的幸福，面对困难，他们不是去抱怨， (77) 。

2．感受友情：深厚的友谊会让你感到幸福，友谊所产生的归属感会让人感到被信任，幸福的人几乎都拥有团结人的天分。

3．勤奋工作： (78) ，让人感到被需要，这给予人充实感；专注于某一项活动能够刺激人体内特有的一种荷尔蒙的分泌，它能让人处于一种愉悦的状态，专注还能提高身体预防疾病的能力。

4．给自己动力：通常人们只有通过快乐和有趣的事情才能够拥有轻松的心情，但是幸福的人能从恐惧和愤怒中获得动力， (79) 。

5．有生活的理想：幸福的人总是不断地为自己树立一些目标，你可以把你的目标写下来， (80) 。

6．过规律的生活：幸福的人会将一切收拾得有条不紊，他们在思想上是条理清晰的，这有助于保持轻松的生活态度。

A．不会因负面情绪感到沮丧

B．工作能够挖掘出人的潜力

C．让自己知道为什么而活着

D．幸福只是一种抽象的感受

E．而是去想解决问题的方法

人们通常会说：（）但是一家把幸福作为研究对象的科研机构却把幸福具体化了。他们得出结论，幸福与年龄、性别和家庭背景无关，而是来自一份轻松的心情和健康的生活态度。