My name is Kenn Nesbitt and I’m a poet. I started writing poems as a hobby in 1994. At the time, I never gave any thought to publishing them; I just wrote for my own amusement. But it was so much fun that I ended up writing a lot of poems, which led me to the idea of creating a website, and at last writing books. If you want to write poems, I have some advice for you.
My ideas mostly come from my imagination. That is, I like to sit and daydream, and see what kinds of crazy things I can think up. For kids, I suggest that whenever you think of an idea, you should write it down, even if you don’t have time write them to create a whole poem from your idea. I have notebooks full of ideas that I haven’t written poems about yet. So I can always look through my notebooks and find something fun to write about.
One way to make poems interesting is to write about things readers can understand: school, family, food, pets, games, sports, and so on. To make a poem funny, I often ask myself, “What kinds of funny things might happen at school, or over dinner? What funny things might your pets do?” and it’s OK to make things up, such as having a pet elephant, or a pet that plays video games. Use your imagination and see where it leads. But the best advice I can give kids is not to just write one poem, it might be a great one, or maybe not so good. But if you write ten poems, you’ll probably find that, even though they aren’t all perfect, a few of them are much better than the others.
1.Why did the author start writing poems at first?
A. To publish them. B. To entertain himself.
C. To contribute to a website. D. To kill time.
2.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. How to write poems. B. How to think up crazy things.
C. How to get ideas for poems. D. How to become creative.
3.According to the author, what is the best advice he can give us?
A. Just write great poems. B. Write as many as possible.
C. Make poems as funny as possible. D. Try to make things up in your poems.
4.Where does the author come from?
A. America B. China C. Germany D. not mentioned
5.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text?
A. To suggest some poems written by him.
B. To show writing poems isn’t that hard.
C. To tell readers how to write poems.
D. To explain how he writes poems.
My name is Jake. I’m brown, and rather short, standing just a little past my master’s knees. My friend Andy once took me to a dog show. I’ve never seen so many different-looking dogs in my life! They all looked pretty and handsome, and their masters were very proud of them when they jumped and ran across so many barriers at that dog show. Andy promised that he’d let me join a dog show, too, if the organizers opened a division for my “breed”.
While I was watching that show, I remembered my friends at the pound（走失猫狗的待领处）， where I spent two long weeks. We were kept in cages, and although we were well-fed, every day during those two weeks, I hoped to have someone touch my head and play with me.
You could just imagine how glad I was when, one day, Andy came in with his dad and pointed in my direction. I stood up on my hind legs and did a little jig （一种快步舞）, and then I wagged my tail and tried to chase it. The father and his son kept laughing at what I was trying to do, and in a few minutes, I was riding on their car on the way to my new home. I was Mr. Archer’s gift for Andy’s eighth birthday. I heard him shout that I was the best gift ever!
My favorite amusement is hanging my tongue out of the car window and letting the wind blow on my face. I just love long drives! It is during these times that I think of all my friends whom I left behind at the dog pound. I hope that soon, little boys or girls would also pick them and give them new homes, so they would be able to enjoy walks in the park and trips to the beach, as I do now.
1.Why didn’t Jake join the dog show?
A. Because he wasn’t handsome enough.
B. Because his “breed” was not included.
C. Because Andy didn’t allow him to join in.
D. Because he couldn’t jump and run across barriers.
2.What can we learn about Jake when he was at the pound?
A. He couldn’t get enough food. B. He couldn’t enjoy full freedom.
C. He had to stand all the time. D. He was satisfied with his life.
3.Why did Mr. Archer come to the pound that day?
A. To donate some food. B. To volunteer at the pound
C. To find his son a gift. D. To spend his holiday
4.According to the last paragraph, what wish does Jake have?
A. Having more long drives with Andy.
B. Meeting his friends at the pound again.
C. More boys and girls coming to play with him.
D. His friends at the pound being adopted.
5.What did Jake feel after it got a new home?
A. happy B. terrible C. dissatisfactory D. blue
He felt happy when his boss stated that he could some time for exercise.
A. set about B. set down C. set off D. set aside
Please call me before you buy a new camera so I can go with you.
A. declare B. dignity C. digital D. delightful
Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an .
A. affair B. assistant C. aspect D. attraction
When the clerk at the counter was rude to her, she and told the clerk to speak to him.
A. rang Tony about B. rang Tony up C. rang Tony back D. rang Tony for
