Maurice Sendak's children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963, has become
very successful throughout the years and was made into a movie earlier this year.
The book's main character is a boy named Max who gets into trouble with his mother and is sent
to bed without any supper. Before long, Max's room magically becomes a forest, and he sails away to
a land where monsters live. Max isn't scared, though, and becomes king of the wild things, but after a
while, he begins feeling homesick. Max sails back home and his supper is still hot when he arrives in
his bedroom.
Many teachers and professors like this story and use it to help children develop creativity and
imagination. Melina Davis, an education professor, said she likes how the book contains a couple
of pages that have only pictures on them. "This allows children to shape the story themselves," she
said.
The book contains a few of larger words that some parents worry may confuse children, but
experts say those words help improve children's reading skills and challenge them.
Davis said the book is well written which helps kids get involved in the story. "The book talks
about what all children go through, like 'I was naughty but my mommy still loves me'," Davis said.
The book also encourages children to face their fears. "I think it's really good to show that Max
makes friends with the monsters," Davis said. "Kids can find out monsters aren't always the thing
under the bed that's going to scare them. I think this is good because it shows that the children can
go to scary places but still have a positive experience."
Since the book has been successful throughout the years, a movie was recently made and many
people are excited to see it. Davis said she thinks the movie will be wonderful but it might be a little
scary for younger children. "You don't want bad dreams over a book that's extremely wonderful,"
Davis said.
A. learn to draw their own pictures
B. understand their own fear
C. develop more quickly
D. become more imaginative
A. To add to the difficulty while children are reading.
B. To help challenge the children's reading skills.
C. To cause the children some confusion.
D. To help children get involved in the story.
4. What does Davis think of the movie?
5.What's the author's purpose in writing the passage?
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I'm sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But to you know who wrote the song, and for whom it was written?
A professor named Archibald Hill in Lousiville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill, were asked to write songs for a book called“ Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. Out of them was the well-known“ Good Morning to You”. The song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children, but many grownups knew it, too. A few years later, little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday to You” to the melody of “Good Morning to You” to her little nephew, she sang the song like this:
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Archie !
Happy birthday to you.
Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song became popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simple tune and
friendly words.
(1)Archibald Hill was ________.
[ ]
A. English
B. American
C. Russian
D. Australian
(2)Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill wrote ________ for the book “Song Stories for the Sunday Morning”.
[ ]
A. a book
B. some plays
C. many songs
D. some stories
(3)The professor, Archibald Hill, was Miss Mildred Hill's ________.
[ ]
(4)The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of ________ years.
[ ]
A. ninety-seven
B. more than ninety-seven
C. less than ninety
D. about ninety
(5)The sentence “it really did” means ________.
[ ]
A. the song really became popular.
B. their wish really came true
C. children all over the world like the song
D. the song became more popular
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