Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called "the youngest writer in the world" .He has written 3 books now.

    Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu Province in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi'an and Shenzhen .This kind of life gave him things to think

and write about.

    When Dou Kou was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one he could say five to six hundred words. At 3, he could look up words in the dictionary. At 4, his father taught him to learn something. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales

(童话).

    His fairy tales are all from his life. One day ,he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother's hand. So he thought, "lf we give mice the stomachs (胃)of cows, they'll eat grass and it'll be helpful to people. " This was his first fairy tale Change, Stomach for Mice.

     At 6, he wrote a novel about his own life in different cities with his parents.

     Now, he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel- called Eyes of Childhood .He says ,"l am not different from other  children .I just wrote several books. "

1.How many books has Dou Kou written?

A. Three.     B. Four.     C. Five.  D. Six

2.Because of _____ Dou Kou could write his books.  

A. his mother     B. his father

C. school life     D. life in different cities

3.Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____  

A. when he wrote fairy tales

B. before his father taught him to study

C. after he went to school

D. after his mother taught him how to learn something

4.The underlined (画线的) sentences at the end of the passage show us that _____ .   

A. Dou Kou is different from other children

B. Dou Kou doesn't tell the truth

C. Dou Kou is the same as other children

D. Dou Kou likes his books

5.Which is the best title (标题) of this passage? 

A. Three Books by a Child

B. How to Write Fairy Tales

C. How Clever the Boy is

D. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

My name is John．My ambition is to be a reporter on a national newspaper，but that isn’t the only reason I interviewed Bernard．Now，Bernard writes important articles for a national newspaper，but ten years ago，he was a student at our school．Bernard liked the school，and he enjoyed his time here．I showed him the latest edition of the school newspaper，and he sent his congratulations to the editor and all the reporters．

Bernard started writing articles for the school newspaper when he was fifteen．By the time he was seventeen，he was the editor of the school newspaper．When he went to university，he wrote articles for the university newspaper．I asked Bernard when he knew he wanted to be a reporter．“Oh．I knew that when l was fourteen，”he said，“that’s the reason I wrote articles for the school newspaper—if you want to be a reporter，you have to write articles．”

Writing articles for the school and university newspapers was good experience for his first job with a small newspaper in his hometown．“I felt confident．I knew I was a good reporter，”he said．Then after about two years，a national paper asked Bernard to work for them．Bernard has worked for the national newspaper for four years now．He works very hard，but he enjoys his jab and he’s very interested in it．“If you’re interested in something，you’re usually good at it．”he told me．I’ll remember that，because I think that’s good advice．

1 How did Bernard feel about his school?

A．He enjoyed his time at school．

B．He congratulated John on going to the same school．

C．He was glad to leave the school．

D．He wrote a report about it for a national newspaper．

2．What did Bernard do when he was 15?

A．He got a job on his local newspaper．

B．He left school．

C．He started writing for the school newspaper．

D．He felt confident．

3．What happened when Bernard was 17?

A．He became a good reporter．

B．He went to university．

C．He became the editor of the school newspaper．

D．He became famous．

4．What is Bernard’s advice for young people?

A．Enjoy your time at school and don’t worry about the future．

B．You must write articles for the school newspaper．

C．You must go to university to find out what you’re good at．

D．You should do something you’re interested in．

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called "the youngest writer in the world" .He has written 3 books now.
    Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu Province in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi'an and Shenzhen .This kind of life gave him things to think
and write about.
    When Dou Kou was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one he could say five to six hundred words. At 3, he could look up words in the dictionary. At 4, his father taught him to learn something. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales
(童话).
    His fairy tales are all from his life. One day ,he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother's hand. So he thought, "lf we give mice the stomachs (胃)of cows, they'll eat grass and it'll be helpful to people. " This was his first fairy tale Change, Stomach for Mice.
     At 6, he wrote a novel about his own life in different cities with his parents.
     Now, he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel- called Eyes of Childhood .He says ,"l am not different from other  children .I just wrote several

books. "

1 How many books has Dou Kou written?

A. Three.     B. Four.     C. Five.  D. Six

2 Because of _____ Dou Kou could write his books.  

A. his mother     B. his father
C. school life     D. life in different cities

3 Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____  

A. when he wrote fairy tales
B. before his father taught him to study
C. after he went to school

D. after his mother taught him how to learn something

4 The underlined (画线的) sentences at the end of the passage show us that _____ .   

A. Dou Kou is different from other children
B. Dou Kou doesn't tell the truth
C. Dou Kou is the same as other children

D. Dou Kou likes his books

5 Which is the best title (标题) of this passage? 

A. Three Books by a Child
B. How to Write Fairy Tales

C. How Clever the Boy is
D. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer