五、阅读短文,回答问题(答案不超过8个词)
Michael Morpurgo was born on 5th October, 1943 in the south of England. He and his brother were moved from London when the Second World War began. Michael went to two different boarding schools when he was growing up. He particularly enjoyed playing rugby and singing but he often felt homesick and missed home. After school, Michael joined the army but he did not enjoy being shouted at and so he left shortly afterwards. Michael then decided to go to university instead.
After graduating from university, Michael became a primary school teacher and taught in a small school in Kent. He loved teaching and his favourite thing to do was to read stories to his class. When he ran out of stories to read to them, Morpurgo started to write his own. His first book was written in 1974 and was called It Never Rains: Five Stories. Morpurgo has said that the days he spent teaching are the happiest of his life.
Michael left teaching after ten years and bought a farm with his wife. Together they began a charity called Farms for City Children. This charity offers children who live in poorer, inner-cities the chance to come and stay on a working farm for a week. Children learn from hands-on experience about how to care for animals and how to work with others as part of a team. The charity is still running today, and thousands of children have been to stay at one of the three farms that the charity now owns.
Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books for children. He writes about children and their relationships with older people and animals. He also writes stories about wars. Many of them have won prizes and several are now films or plays, including War Horse, which is now well known around the world. Another popular book is Kensuke's Kingdom, which he wrote in 1999.
1. Michael Morpurgo is a famous British writer, isn't he?
2. Why did Michael probably dislike about his boarding school life?
3. How long had Michael been teaching before he bought a farm?
4. What does Michael think of the days he worked as a primary school teacher?
5. What do children do in Farms for City Children?

1. Yes, he is.
2. He often felt homesick.
3. For ten years.
4. The happiest of his life.
5. Learn to care for animals and work.

五、首字母填空
The Book Thief was written by the Australian author Markus Zusak and it has been his most popular work. Published in 2005, it has become an international bestseller and been (1) into several languages. In 2013, it was adapted into a film of the same name.
Are you (2) who the "book thief" is? It was Liesel Meminger, a 12-year-old girl living in Germany during World War II. While the Nazis were creating horrors (恐怖) all (3) , Liesel came across something that she couldn't give up—books. She (4) books that belonged to the mayor's (市长的) wife, as well as books that the Nazis wanted to destroy.
A Jewish man named Max inspired Liesel's love for books. Liesel's family hid Max in their house. He (5) a close relationship with Liesel and taught her to read in secret. Soon, Liesel realized the (6) of words. She not only stole books, but (7) her own stories.
"It is not the kind of story that makes you cry one moment and laugh the (8) ," as the Guardian reported. (9) , the sadness of Liesel's story interests you. It makes you realize that such kinds of things have (10) to many other people. And it makes you think a lot.

1. translated
2. wondering
3. around
4. stole
5. developed
6. power
7. wrote
8. next
9. Instead
10. happened

1. 第一个空，根据前文“it has become an international bestseller”可知这本书很受欢迎，结合首字母t，可推测它被翻译成了多种语言，故填“translated”。
2. 第二个空，根据后文“who the 'book thief' is”以及首字母w，可知是在询问是否想知道“书窃贼”是谁，故填“wondering”。
3. 第三个空，根据前文“Nazis were creating horrors”以及首字母a，结合语境可知纳粹在各地制造恐怖，all around表示“到处”，故填“around”。
4. 第四个空，根据后文“books that belonged to the mayor's wife, as well as books that the Nazis wanted to destroy”以及首字母s，可知是偷了市长的书和纳粹想销毁的书，且全文为过去时，故填“stole”。
5. 第五个空，根据后文“a close relationship with Liesel”以及首字母d，可知他与Liesel建立了亲密关系，且全文为过去时，故填“developed”。
6. 第六个空，根据前文“taught her to read in secret”以及首字母p，结合语境可知Liesel意识到了文字的力量，故填“power”。
7. 第七个空，根据前文“She not only stole books”以及首字母w，结合语境可知她不仅偷书还写自己的故事，且全文为过去时，故填“wrote”。
8. 第八个空，根据前文“makes you cry one moment and laugh the”以及首字母n，可知是哭一会儿笑一会儿，the next表示“接下来”，故填“next”。
9. 第九个空，根据前文“It is not the kind of story that makes you cry one moment and laugh the next”以及后文“the sadness of Liesel's story interests you”可知前后为转折关系，结合首字母I，故填“Instead”。
10. 第十个空，根据后文“to many other people”以及首字母h，结合语境可知这种事情发生在很多人身上，且全文为现在完成时，故填“happened”。