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1、Unit 5Nelson Mandelaa modern hero.阅读理解A2020成都第二次诊断Author Walter Dean Myers died at the age of 76 after a brief illness. Walter Dean Myers was the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults and received many top awards.The prolific author was loved for his vivid description of the li
2、ves of African American children, and for writing books for young people that covered different subjects. “Myers has written about all those subjects with deep understanding and a hardwon, qualified sense of hope，” said Leonard S. Marcus in 2008.He was born in 1937 and was adopted by Florence Dean a
3、nd Herbert after his mother died while giving birth to his younger sister. They loved him very much and his mother read to him from a very young age. Reading pushed him to discover worlds beyond his landscape.He began writing at an early age. He wrote well in high school and an English teacher recog
4、nized this and advised him to keep on writing no matter what happened to him.“Its what you do，” she said.He dropped out of high school at 17 and joined the army. After finishing his service, he entered a dark period in his life. Myers began writing at night to pull himself through that miserable tim
5、e.In an essay published in The New York Times earlier this year, Myers described how a short story by James Arthur Baldwin helped change the course of his life. “I didnt love the story, but I was lifted by it，” he wrote，“for it took place in Harlem, and it was a story concerned with black people lik
6、e those I knew. By humanizing the people who were like me, Baldwins story also humanized me. The story gave me a permission that I didnt know I needed, the permission to write about my own landscape, my own map.”“I write books for the troubled boy I once was，”he wrote, “and for the boy who lives wit
7、hin me still.”1What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?AHow popular Myers was.BHow Myers became successful.CWhat makes Myers works popular.DWhat people think of Myers works.2Who discovered Myers writing talent?AJames Arthur Baldwin.BHis mother.CLeonard S. Marcus.DOne of his teachers.3What d
8、oes the underlined word “prolific” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AProductive. BUnfortunate.CConservative. DHumorous.4Why was the short story by James Arthur Baldwin so important for Myers?AIt helped him survive the dark period.BIt inspired him to pursue his writing career.CHe learned many writing tec
9、hniques from it.DThe author of the story permitted him to write.B2020重庆第二次调研Ask 9yearold Annie what the worst thing was that ever happened in her house last year, and she wont tell you that it was her parents divorcing, although they did. No, what Annie remembers most are the horrible fights leading
10、 up to the announcement about the divorce which was, as turned out, despite her parents anxiety about telling her，“not that big of a deal”“I already knew they were not getting along well，”Annie says.“Every night after I went to bed, I would hear my parents fighting. It made me really unhappy. When t
11、hey finally decided to get a divorce, all that stopped.”Annies experience is more common than you might think, and there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that “staying together for the sake of the children” is not what should be encouraged, and may do more harm than good. According to psycholo
12、gist Lynn Martingdale, hearing their parents arguing is often more stressful for children than separation and divorce, and if you think that your children dont know that theres trouble in family, then youre kidding yourself. The home life of children whose parents have an unhappy marriage is often f
13、ar from ideal, and whats worse, parents will compound the problem by taking their unhappiness out on the children.The Center for Moving Forward conducted a study in 2014 in which they followed 25 families whose parents had been in marriage counseling. After tracking these families for 5 years, they
14、found that the children of the parents who eventually got divorced were not worse off than the children of those who remained together, and in some cases fared better. The study took the social and the childrens general sense of wellbeing into consideration.5Why was Annie really unhappy according to
15、 Paragraph 1?ABecause her parents fought every night.BBecause her parents finally got divorced.CBecause her parents decided to abandon her.DBecause her parents got along badly with her.6Which statement may psychologist Lynn Martingdale agree with?ASeparation and divorce will hurt the children most.BKeeping an unhappy marriage hurts children more.CChildren cant understand their parents marriage well.DChildren cant feel the unhappiness from their parents.7Whats the function of the last paragraph in the passage?ATo give an example of divorce.BTo support Annies correct answer.CTo further clear
