I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展).
My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.
I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror (恐怖) I think they are like the old fairytales (童話故事) ，and can teach you important things.
I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy any books, go to www. showkett. freeserve. co. uk
小題1:When he was 13, the writer ________.
A．wrote lots of poemsB．moved out of Wales
C．sold many story booksD．became a famous singer
小題2:He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.
A．expand his imaginationB．learn French
C．listen to storiesD．buy some books
小題3:Maybe the writer is ________ years old now.
A．12B．22C．32D．42
小題4:According to the passage, the write keeps _______
A．cats, hens and pigsB．ducks, goats and rabbits
C．hens, rabbits and dogsD．rabbits, pigs and cats
小題5:From the passage, we can learn that the writer ________.
A．lives in a big city with his sonB．likes eating Japanese and Indian food
C．lives in the countryside with his wifeD．introduces a nice book to us

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：這篇短文中作者簡要的介紹了自己從十三歲以來的生活情況.
小題1:根據(jù)第二段My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen.描述，可知選B。
小題2:根據(jù)第一段My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展).描述，可知選A。
小題3:根據(jù)I am in my forties on the outside,描述，可知選D。
小題4:根據(jù)最后一段I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. 描述,可知選B.
小題5:根據(jù)最后一段I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. 描述,可知他住在鄉(xiāng)下,故選C
點(diǎn)評：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學(xué)生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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