19．Jules Verne lived in a small French town named Nantes in his childhood．Verne ran away once as a child and came upon a small boy who was crying．The boy said he had to leave his family to go on a ship，but he didn't want to．So Verne took his place on the ship．He thought he was going to explore the world，but his father caught up with the ship before it got very far and took Jules home and punished him．Verne said that after that he would only travel in his imagination，and he did．
Verne wanted to write plays．So as a young man he went to Paris and hung out at local theaters and became friends with all the play-writers there．That's how he met Alexander Dumas．Dumas wrote adventure stories that interested Verne very much．Verne decided to write one of his own，an adventure about the ever so popular hot air balloon trips of that time．
Success was not easy for him，though．He didn't know much about science and he had a wife and two children to take care of．So he would wake up early each morning and do work and research before he went to work to support his family．Once he felt he knew enough about sience he began to write his story in the morning．Luckily，his book was finally published by a person named Hetzel．
Jules Verne was the first to write a believable story about a person going to the moon．Verne used his knowledge of science to write a book about it．Thanks to his book，people started thinking that going to the moon was more realistic．After Jules Verne died in 1905，other authors started writing about space．Children would read Verne's book and dream of growing up to build rockets．Because of Verne's book，the dream of going to the moon was reached．
21．The author's purpose in writing this passage is toD．
A．discuss the adventures Jules Verne had in his life
B．explain the reason why Jules Verne became a writer
C．show Jules Verne's knowledge of science
D．give a brief introduction to Jules Verne
22．The story in Paragraph 1shows that the young Jules Verne wasA．
A．adventurous
B．friendly
C．naughty
D．shy
23．From the last paragraph we can infer thatD．
A．Verne was the first person to go to the moon in the world
B．Verne's books were the most popular ones with children at that time
C．without Verne's books people would never have dreamed of visiting the moon
D．Verne probably mentioned rockets in his story about traveling to the moon
24．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？A
A．Verne wrote many believable novels about people visiting the moon．
B．Verne's first adventure story was about hot air balloon trips．
C．Verne's idea of traveling on a ship was frustrated by his father．
D．Verne showed much interest in the adventure stories written by Dumas．
分析 短文简述了法国作家儒勒•凡尔纳小时的故事以及是如何成名的．
解答 21．D 主旨题．文章主要讲述了Jules Verne小时候的故事以及如何成名的．结合选项故选D．
22..A 推理题．根据文章内容，He thought he was going to explore the world，but his father caught up with the ship before it got very far and took Jules home and punished him．．他小时候想要探索世界后来被爸爸抓回来还惩罚了他，由此说明凡尔纳是一个爱冒险的孩子，A正确．
23、D 细节题．根据最后一段中的Children would read Verne's books and dream of growing up to build rockets．可知他在写的书里提到了造火箭等事情，结合选项，故D项正确．
24．A 细节理解题．很具最后一段第一句"Jules Verne was the first to write a believable story about a person going to the moon．"Jules Verne是第一个写关于一个人登月的故事的人，所以她没有写很多只是第一个写．故选A．
点评 本文是一个人物故事类阅读理解，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
