Question

    Some children wish to be writers when they grow up. That ______ that they want to write stories or books. They would be happy if many people read their stories or books some day, but I would like ______ these children that they will need to be good readers and read a lot before they become good writers.

Nearly all great writers often listened ______ others tell stories long before they started school. They also ______ on reading for hours and hours for years. Even when they had become writers, they spent much of their time ______ books instead of watching TV in the evening.

If you are a good reader, it won't take you long ______ the reading homework your teacher asks you to do. Then you will have time to read ______ books for fun. You will read so ________that you will always want to look for more books to read.

If you want to be a writer, reading is very ______. When you decide to become a writer, you had better tell ______, "I must read more and more if I really want to become a good writer. "

1.A.means. B.meaning C.mean D.meant

2.A.tell B.telling C.told D.to tell

3.A.for B.to C.at D.of

4.A.keep B.keeping C.kept D.will keep

5.A.read B.reads C.reading D.to read

6.A.do B.doing C.did D.to do

7.A.others B.other C.another D.the other

8.A.good B.well C.better D.best

9.A.important B.importantly C.importance D.more importantly

10.A.you B.your C.yourself D.yours

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。作者主要讲述在你梦想成为作家前，最好先当好一个好的读者并且大量阅读书籍。

1.句意：那意味着他们想要写书或者写故事。

A. means意味着；B. meaning意味着，动名词；C. mean意味着；D. meant意味着，动词过去分词形式。句子成分分析，缺少谓语，动词作谓语，一般现在时，主谓一致，主语是that单数。故选A。

2.句意：但是我想告诉这些孩子们，在他们成为一个好作家前，他们需要成为好读者且要大量阅读。

A. tell告诉；B. telling告诉，动名词；C. told告诉，动词过去式；D. to tell告诉。想要做……would like to do。故选D。

3.句意：几乎所有伟大的作家在上学前就经常听别人讲故事。

A. for为了；B. to 到；C. at 在；D. of……的。听某人listen to sb.。故选B。

4.句意：他们也坚持很多年的一小时复一小时的阅读。

A. keep坚持；B. keeping坚持，动名词；C. kept坚持，过去式；D. will keep坚持，将来式。句子成分分析，缺少谓语，动词作谓语，一般现在时，主谓一致，主语是they复数。故选A。

5.句意：甚至在他们成为作家时，他们晚上花大量的时间阅读而不是看电视。

A. read阅读；B. reads 阅读；C. reading阅读；D. to read阅读。某人花费时间做……sb. spend time (in) doing sth。故选C。

6.句意：如果你是一个优秀的读者，做好老师叫你做的阅读不会花时很长。

A. do做；B. doing 做；C. did做；D. to do做。花费某人时间做……it takes sb. some time to do sth.。故选D。

7.句意：然后你有时间阅读有乐趣的其他书籍。

A. others其余的；B. other其他的；C. another 再一，又一；D. the other两个中的另一个。根据句意表示其他的，排除CD；others后不跟名词，other后跟名词；句子中后跟名词书籍。故选B。

8.句意：你会阅读得很好以至于你一直会想找更好的书籍去阅读。

A. good好的，形容词；B. well好的，副词；C. better更好；D. best最好。根据句意没有表示比较的意思，排除CD；缺少副词修饰动词read。故选B。

9.句意：如果你想成为作家，阅读是很重要的。

A. important重要的，形容词；B. importantly重要地，副词；C. importance重要，名词；D. more importantly更重要地。句子中缺少形容词作表语。故选A。

10.句意：当你决定成为作家时，你最好告诉自己。

A. you你；B. your你的；C. yourself 你自己；D. yours你的。根据句意表示你自己，反身代词。故选C。