The Inventionof Hugo Cabret，by Brian Selznick，is a novel like no other.There are pages of exciting events and then suddenly，wait! A picture with tiny details，then a big picture that takes up the whole page-and the next page，and the next page，and the next！The pictures are actually telling the story.It’s like a book and a movie all in one.
I recently had the opportunity to talk with Selznick about his unique novel.I wanted to know just how he came up with the concept of writing a novel that reads like a picture book.
“Because the book was so much about movies and the history of cinema，I also wanted to figure out how to make a book that was also like a movie，” Selznick said.
Writing and illustrating the book was a long and hard process，Selznick said.One of the challenges was figuring out what the story was really about and what happens to the main character，Hugo.Selznick also had to figure out how to make the narrative and the pictures work together to tell the story.
Working with pictures was natural for Selznick.He has actually spent most of his career as an illustrator and really considers himself more of an artist than a writer.
But sometimes figuring out what was going to happen in the story was not easy，he told me.He had no idea what the story was going to be about when he started writing.He didn’t know if it was going to be sad，adventurous，or exciting.For now，Selznick doesn’t plan on writing a sequel (续集) to the book，but he warns，“You can never say never.”

1. 1.

   The Inventionof Hugo Cabret is ________.

   1. A.
      a novel on which a popular movie has been based
   2. B.
      a novel only using pictures explaining series of events
   3. C.
      a book which tells children how to draw pictures
   4. D.
      a book packed with pictures-a combination of words and drawings
2. 2.

   What does Brian Selznick think of writing the novel?

   1. A.
      Challenging.
   2. B.
      Time?saving.
   3. C.
      Adventurous.
   4. D.
      Foolish.
3. 3.

   By saying “You can never say never”，Selznick means ________.

   1. A.
      it’s hard to say whether he will continue writing the book
   2. B.
      it is such a difficult book that he won’t continue it
   3. C.
      he will never give up writing a sequel to the book
   4. D.
      he will never write a novel like The Inventionof Hugo Cabret
4. 4.

   It can be inferred that the text is ________.

   1. A.
      an introduction to an unusual novel
   2. B.
      a summary record of an interview
   3. C.
      a biography of the novelist Brian Selznick
   4. D.
      an ad persuading kids into buying the novel

The Invention of Hugo Cabret，by Brian Selzniek，is a novel like no other．There are pages of exciting events and then suddenly wait! A picture with tiny details，then a big picture that takes up the whole page--and the next page，and the next page，and the next！ The pictures are actually telling the story．It’s like a book and a movie all in one．

    I recently had the opportunity to talk with Selzniek about his unique novel．I wanted to know just how he came up with the concept of writing a novel that reads like a picture book．

“Because the book is so much about movies and the history of cinema，I also wanted to figure

out how to make a book that is also 1ike a movie，”said Selzniek．

   Writing and illustrating（作插图）the book was a long and hard process，Selzniek said．One of the challenges was figuring not what the story was really about and what happened to the main character，Hugo．Selzniek also had to figure out how to make the narrative and the pictures work together to tell the story．

  Selzniek has actually spent most of his career as an illustrator and really considers himself more of an artist than a writer．‘‘I’ve always drawn，ever since I was a little kid．I was encouraged to draw，and so that’s what I feel most comfortable with，”he said．

    He still enjoys many of the things he liked as a kid．That’s why it's not so hard for him to think about what kids would like to read in a book．In fact，sometimes he feels like a kid himself．

    But sometimes figuring out what was going to happen in the story was not easy，he told me．He had no idea what the story was going to be about when he started writing．He didn’t know if it was going to be sad，adventurous，or exciting．Selzniek turned to friends for advice on the book．For now，Selzniek doesn’t plan on writing a sequel（续篇）to the book，but he warns，“You can never say never．”

1．The Invention of Hugo Cabret is           

A．a novel on which a movie has been based

B．a novel only using pictures explaining series of events

C．a book which tells children how to draw pictures

D．a book packed with pictures—a combination of words and drawings

2．It can be inferred that the text is          

  A．an introduction to an unusual novel

  B．a summary record of an interview

  C．a biography of the novelist Brian Selzniek

  D．an ad persuading kids into buying the novel

3．According to paragraph 4，working with pictures is    for Selzniek．

  A．difficult     B．embarrassing     C．natural      D．troublesome

4．What does Selzniek mean by saying “You can never say never”?

  A．It’s hard to say whether he will continue writing the book．

  B．It is such a difficult book that he won’t continue it．

  C．He will never give up writing a sequel to the book．

  D．He will never write a novel like The Invention of Hugo Cabert．

　　　 Sam Trafton was my violin teacher and what he said during one of my lessons often came back to me years later.

One day he asked me how much practicing I was doing, I said three or four hours a day.

“Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?”

“I try to.”

“Well, don’t.” he shouted. When you grow up, time won’t come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them, five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and the violin playing will become a part of your life.”

　　　 When I was teaching at Boston, I wanted to write a novel, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Sam had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my surprise, at the end of the week I had finished a chapter. Later on I continued my novels by the same piecemeal period. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, every day there were unoccupied moments that could be caught and put to use. I even took up violin-playing again, finding that the short moments of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and violin practice.

There is an important trick in this time-using formula(方案): you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can’t afford to waste for chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.

I admit I have never learnt how to let it go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Sam Traffton has had a great influence on my life. To him I owe discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.

56.　 The underlined part “counted on” can be probably replaced by 　　　　　.

　　　 A. expected　　　　　 B. valued　　　 C. concentrated on　　　 D. enriched

57.　 Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　　 A. Sam owes great thanks to the writer for teaching him how to use time.

　　　 B. Sam has had a great influence on the writer’s life since he became a student of the 　　　　　 violinist.

　　　 C. Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine.

　　　 D. The writer didn’t take the teacher’s words to heart at first.

58.　 We can infer the writer　　　　 .

　　　 A. has new books published each year however busy his teaching is

B. is always able to find enough time for mental preparations beforehand, so he is devoted to work instantly　　　　

C. has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels

　　　 D. is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy

59.　 What is the best title for this passage?

　　　 A. A Little Time at a Time　　　　　　　　　 B. How I Became a Writer

　　　 C. Concentrate on Your Work　　　　　　　　　　 D. A Good Teacher