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中考英语阅读理解试题和答案
一、初三英语阅读理解(含答案详细解析)
< br>1
.
根据短文理解,选择正确答案。
A
Some people think only school children do not
agree with their parents, however, it is not true.
Communication
is
a
problem
for
parents
and
children
of
all
ages.
If
it's
hard
for
you
to
communicate
with
your
parents,
don't
worry
about
it.
Here
are
some
suggestions
for
you
to
bridge
generation
gap
(代沟)
.
Don't
argue
with
your
parents.
Don't
get
to
your
parents
when
you
are
angry.
Your
parents
probably
won't
consider
your
ideas
if
you
are
shouting
at
them
You
can't
express
(表达)
yourself well if you are angry. Go to
some place to cool off. Make sure you understand
why you
are unhappy. Then think about
what you want to say to your parents. If you don't
think you can
speak to them at the
moment, try writing a letter.
Try to reach a compromise
(和解)
. Perhaps you and your
parents disagree
(有分歧)
on
something.
You
can
keep your
disagreement
and
try
your
best
to
accept each other.
Michael's
mother didn't agree with him
about buying a car. They argued over it, but
finally they came to a
compromise.
Michael bought the car, but only drove it on
certain days.
Of
course
your
parents
might
refuse
to
compromise
on
something.
In
these
situations,
it
is
especially
important to show love and respect
(尊敬)
to them. Showing
respect will keep your
relationship
strong.
Talk about your
values. The values of your parents are probably
different from those of your
own.
Tell
your
parents
what
you
care
about,
and
why.
Understanding
your
values
might
help
them see your purposes in
life.
A good
relationship with your parents can make you a
better and happier person. It is worth
having a try.
(
p>
1
)
From the passage
we know_______ have a communication
problem.
A.
parents and children of all ages
B. children and other people
C. parents and their school children
D. teachers and their
students
(
2
)
How
many pieces of advice does the writer give us to
bridge the generation gap?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
(
3
)
The
underlined phrase
A. make yourself happy
B. make yourself quiet and
relaxed
C. become angry
D. go away
(
4
)
If
the values of your parents are different from
those of yours, you'd better_______.
A. argue with them
B. keep away from them
C.
agree with them all the time
D. tell your parents what you care
about
(
5
)
The
best title for the passage is_______.
A. How to Bridge the
Generation Gap
B. How to
Deal with Family Problems
C.
How to Be Good Parents
D. How to Be a Good Child
【答案】
(
1
)
A
(<
/p>
2
)
C
(
3
)
B
(
4
)
D
(
5
)
A
【解析】
【分析】父子之间有代沟,
主要原因就是缺少沟通,当我们彼此了解了对方的观
点和想法以后,就能很容易的理解对
方,从而消除代沟。
(
1
)细节理解,根据文中语句
“Communic
ation
is
a
problem
for
parents
and
children
of
all <
/p>
ages.”
理解可知。父母和孩子之间的沟通问题在任何年龄段
都存在,故选
A
。
< br>(
2
)理解归纳,通读文中语句理解可知,作者给我们提
了三条建议,故选
C
。
(
3
)词义理解,根据
Yo
u
can't
express
(表达)
yourself
well
if
you
are
angry.
Go
to
some
place to cool off. Make sure you
understand why you are unhappy.
可知生气的时候不
能表达你
自己,找个地方冷静冷静,让自己明白为什么不开心。所以
cool
off
意思是
“
冷静下来
”
故选
B<
/p>
。
(
4
)细节理解,根据文中语句
“The values of your
parents are probably different from those of
your
own.
Tell
your
parents
what
you
care
about,
and
why.”
理解可知。让父母
了解你的价值
观,可以帮助父母更加的了解你,故选
D
。
(
5
)主旨大意,通读全文中的语句理解可知,本文主要介绍怎样消除代沟的建议,第一段
最后一句
Here are some suggestions for
you to bridge generation gap
(代沟)
.
是本文的中心
句,故选
A<
/p>
。
【点评】阅读理解考查对篇章的把握
和对细节的识别能力,答题时注意紧扣问题中的关键
词,在文章中寻找答案。
2
.
根据短文内容理解选择正确答案。
C
What is
your favorite color? Ask famous persons like Cate
Blanchett, Scarlett Johnson, and
Bono
(
singer
for
the
band
U2
)
,
and
maybe
they
will
say
“green.”
That’s
not
because
these
artists like the color green best.
Instead, they are interested in green
fashion.
Green
fashion is about making
(
and
wearing
)
clothes that are
good for humans, animals,
and
the
Earth.
In
the
past,
green
fashion
made
people
think
of
ugly
clothes.
But
today,
green
fashion is different. It is about
looking good and caring about the Earth and other
people. You can
have interesting
clothes and be green.
Around the world, green fashion is becoming
popular. For example, the U.K. company People
Tree sells men’s and women’s clothing
and accessories
(配搭物)
. They
are made from natural
fabrics
(织物)
like
cotton
and
wool.
Workers
who
make
the
clothes
are
from
countries
like
Kenya
(肯尼亚)
, and
Bangladesh
(孟加拉国)
. People
Tree pays the men and women good
money
for the clothes they make.
Singer Bono and his wife also started a
clothing company called EDUN. When the clothes are
sold,
EDUN uses most of the money to
help people around the world.
(
1
)
From this
passage, we know that “green fashion”
means________.
A. putting green color on your face
B. making clothes from green trees
C. wearing the color green all the time
D. wearing clothes that are good for
the Earth
(
2
)
Today, green fashion is
___________.
A.
the same as it was in the past
B. making people work harder
C. more popular and interesting
D. mostly popular with famous
persons
(
3
)
Which sentence about green
clothing companies is true?
A. They are all in Africa.
B. They do not pay their workers well.
C. They make clothes only for women.
D. They use natural fabrics to make
clothes.
(
4
)
What does EDUN do?
A. It teaches people to
make clothes.
B. It makes
interesting clothes for teenagers.
C. It sells clothes and uses the money
to help people.
D. It pays
people good money for the clothes they
make.
【答案】
(
1
)
D
< br>(
2
)
C
(
3
)
D
(
4
)
C
【解析】
【分析】
⑴
细节理解。根据第二段
Green
fashion
is
about
making
(
and
wearing
)
clothes
that
are
good
for
humans,
animals,
and
the
Earth
可知绿色时尚是做或者穿对人、动物和地球有益的<
/p>
衣服。故选
D
。
⑵
细节理解。根据第二段
But
today,
green
fashion
is
differ
ent.
和第三段
Around
the
world,
green
fashion is becoming popular
可知当今绿色时尚更受欢迎
。故选
C
。
⑶
细节理解。根据第三段可知
he
U.K. company People Tree sells men's and women's
clothing
and
accessories
(配搭物)
. They are
made from natural
fabrics
(织物)
like cotton and
wool.
Workers who make the clothes are
from countries like
Kenya
(肯尼亚)
, and
Bangladesh
(孟加
拉国)
.
People Tree pays the men and women good money for
the clothes they make.
可知他们
用
天然纤维制作衣服。
ABC
错误,故选
D
。
⑷
细节理解。跟最后一句
When
the
clothes
are
sold,
EDUN
uses
most
of
the
money
to
help
people around the world.
可知他们用钱帮助全世界的人们。故选C
【点评】阅读理解考查对篇章的把握和对细节的识别能力,答题时注意紧扣问题中的关键
词,在文章中寻找答案。
3<
/p>
.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
A
Shirley
Temple, the once-famous child movie star, died at
the age of 85 on February 10, 2014.
She
was born on April 23, 1928. She was good at acting
and dancing. In 1934, she
starred
(主
演)
in
the movie
Bright Eyes
. From
then on she became famous around the world. Later
she
starred in other movies and won a
Juvenile Oscar in February, 1935.
For many Americans born in the
1930s and 1940s, Temple was not just an on-screen
star but
also a close friend in their
childhood. She was remembered by the world as
“little angle” for all
time. An
American movie
star said,
“L
ittle Shirley Temple encouraged the
whole country during
the Great
Depression
(大萧条)
.”
Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband
and wife. They are disabled. They completed the
first Chinese
encyclopedic
(百
科知识的)
dictionary for deaf people and
people with hearing problems.
The
dictionary
includes
words
on
medicine,
education,
psychology,
law,
history
and
culture
about deaf people's
life. This book provides a learning tool for this
special group of people and it
helps
them know about the world more easily.
They spent six years and over
1,000,000 yuan on the book. They first collected
material for the
book by themselves,
then they invited a lot of experts across the
country to write.
The
book
is
warmly
welcomed
by
the
deaf.
One
of
the
readers
said,
“The
bo
ok
shows
that
we're
not alone. We can have our own way to communicate
with the world. ”
(
1
)
From the passage we know
that Temple .
A. won a Juvenile Oscar for Bright Eyes
B. began to star in her first movie
when she was ten
C. was not
an on-screen star
D. was encouraging during the Great
Depression
(
2
)
According to the passage, Shi
Li and Cui Jiping .
A. are disabled people full of love
B. wrote many famous books
C. finished the book by themselves
D. live a very hard and poor
life
(
3
)
Which of the following is TRUE about
the book?
A. It
is the first world encyclopedic
dictionary.
B. Deaf people
can know about the world more easily with the help
of it.
C. It took them
sixteen years to finish the book.
D. It includes medicine and art about
the life of deaf people.
【答案
】
(
1
)
D<
/p>
(
2
)
A
(
3
)
B
【解析】
【分析】本文报道了名人<
/p>
Shirley Temple
、
Shi
Li and Cui Jiping
的事迹。
Temple<
/p>
曾经
著名的儿童电影明星,在
1935<
/p>
年
2
月获得了少年奥斯卡奖,在美国经济
大萧条时期,
Temple
鼓励着整个国家。
< br>Shi Li and Cui Jiping
是残疾人,他们为聋人和听力有障
碍的人编写
了中国第一本为聋人和听力有障碍的人的百科全书。
(1)细节理解题。根据
An
American
movie
star
said,
“Little
Shirley
Temple encouraged
the
whole country during the Great Depressi
on
(大萧条)
.”
可知在美国经济大
萧条时期,
Temple
鼓励着整个国家,故选
D
。
(2)推理判断题。根据
They are
disabled. They complete the first Chinese encyclop
edic
(百
科知识的)
dictionary
for
deaf
people
and
people
with
hearing
problems.
可知
Shi
Li
and
Cui
Jiping
是残疾人,他们为聋人和听力有障碍的人编写了中国第一本为聋
人和听力有障碍的
人的百科全书。故推断他么那是在帮助这些残疾人,是有爱心的,故选
A
。
(3)细节理解题。根据
This book
provides a learning tool for this special group of
people and
it helps them know about the
world more easily.
可知这本书为这群特殊人群提供了一个学习
p>
工具,并且帮助他们更容易地了解世界。故选
B
。
4
.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
B
“Do you believe
in life after death?” Jack's boss asked
Jack.
“Yes, Sir.”
“Well,
then,
that
makes everything
just
fine,”
the boss
went
on.
“About
an
hour
after
you
left
yesterday to go to your grandfather's
funeral
(葬礼)
, he dropped in
to see you.”
(
1
p>
)
What do you think Jack did
the day before?
A. He attended his grandfather's
funeral.
B. He did
nothing special and he worked as usual.
C. He meant to attend a funeral but
didn't.
D. He told a
lie to get the day off.
(
2
)
What do you guess
Jack's grandfather was doing the day
before?
A. He
had been dead for some days but suddenly came to
life again.
B. He was
thought to be dead but in fact well and
alive.
C. He was doing his
usual business.
D. He
learned that Jack had cheated his boss and came to
see him.
(
3
)
When the boss said,
A.
meant he was
glad that Jack’s grandfathe
r was still
alive
B. was, in fact,
telling Jack that he had been found out
C. was, in fact, telling Jack that
everything was OK
D. meant
he was glad that Jack believed in life after
death
【答案】
(
1
)
D
< br>
(
2
)
C
(
3
)
B
【解析】
【分析】这是一个笑话,<
/p>
Jack
借口参加祖父的葬礼而请假刚离开不久,他的祖父
来看他。老板借用人死后后灵魂来揭穿
Jack
的谎言。
(
1
)推理判断。根据老板的话
About
an
hour
after
you
left
yesterday
to
go
to
your
grandfather’s
funeral
(葬礼)
, he dropped in
to see you.
可知他撒了谎,故选
D
。
(
2
)推理判断。从对话中可知
Jack
的祖父是顺便来看他,
drop in
顺便走访。故选
C
。
(
3
)推理判断。老板这样说的意思是他在告诉
Jack
这样就能解释
“
你的祖父来看你
”
了,也
就是告诉
Jack
他知道
Jack
说谎了。故选
B
。
【点评】故事类阅读要紧扣故事的时间线索,人物间的关系,故事的发展和结局,点明的
主旨等信息。答题时注意问题中的关键词在文章中的准确定位,根据关键词查找信息,切
忌主观臆断,凭感觉做题
5
.
阅读理解
Students at a primary
school in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province
were required to clean the
school
toilets to help them develop good
habits.
But
some
parents
are
strongly
against
the
idea.
They
can't
see
the
advantages
of
students
doing such
chores
(杂事)
. They think that
the school should provide students with a proper
education, not the chance to be school
cleaners.
In fact,
parents, schools
and society play an
equally
(同等地)
important role
in developing
the character of
students. It is good for schools to give students
such tasks, because few of the
students
will do them at home. Their parents want them to
do homework only. In recent years,
some
parents will make mountains out of molehills when
students are asked to do some chores
in
schools.
Some
complain
about
the
teachers
if
their
kids
get
hurt
in
schools;
some
even
challenge
the
schools'
teaching
methods
and
management.
As
a
result,
many
primary
schools,
especially those in
big cities, do not let students join in outdoor
activities during breaks, fearing
that
they might get hurt. This is bad for the
development of students' best
qualities.
What the
primary school in Fuzhou is doing is worth
praising. Doing chores can put a sense of
responsibility into students' minds and
teach them the spirit of rules as well as
teamwork. Also, it
can make students'
in-school experiences more meaningful.
(
1
)
A
primary school in Fuzhou required the students to
.
A. do homework
only B.
finish homework at school
C.
clean the playground
D. clean the school toilets
(
2
)
Som
e parents don't think that the school should
provide students with .
A. a proper education
B. a chance to be cleaners
C. a chance to be teachers
D. more housework
(
3
)
The
underlined phrase
A.
愚公移山
B.
山穷水尽
C.
小题大做
D.
眉飞色舞
(
4
)
What is the
main idea of the passage
?
A. Students shouldn't do
any chores in school.
B.
Parents require students to do some chores in
school.
C. Some parents
think doing some chores is harmful to
students.
D. Doing some
chores can develop students' good
qualities.
【答案】
<
/p>
(
1
)
D
(
2
)
B
(
3
)
C
(
4
)
D
【解析】
【分析】主要讲了福州一所
小学让学生们打扫厕所来朋友学生的好习惯,对此一
些父母的意见及其好处。
(
1
)细节题。根据
Students at a primary school
in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province were
required to clean the school toilets to
help them develop good habits
可知福州一所小学让学
生
们打扫厕所来朋友学生的好习惯,故选
D
。
(
2
)细节题。根据
They think that the
school should provide students with a proper
education,
not the chance to be school
cleaners.
可知一些父母认为不应该让学生成为学习清洁工,故选
B
。
< br>(
3
)推断题。根据后句
Som
e
complain
about
the
teachers
if
their
kids
get
hurt
in
schools;
some even challenge the schools'
teaching methods and management.
一些家长抱怨老
师是否
孩子在学校受伤,甚至挑战老师的教学方法和管理,所以一些家长容易小题大做,
故选
C
。
(
4
)主旨题,根据
< br>Doing
chores
can
put
a
sense
of
responsibility
into
students'
minds
and
teach
them
the
spirit
of
rules
as
well
as
teamwork.
Also,
it
can
make
students'
in-school
experiences
more
meaningful.
可
知做家务可以培养学生的责任心、团队精神、让学生的在校
经历更有意义,故选
D
。
【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题三种常考题型,细节题要注意
从文中寻找答案;推断题需要联系上下文,推断出需要的信息;主旨题需要通读全文,了
解大意之后找出中心思想。
6
.
阅读理解
There are few families
in the United States that do not have either a
radio or a television set.
Both of them
have become necessary parts of our daily life,
keeping us Americans filled with the
news of the day, teaching us in many
fields of interest, and making us happy with
singing, dancing
and acting.
Marconi, the Italian inventor, who
gave us the radio, probably didn't know how much
his great
invention would have done for
the world in the years to come. Radio had, perhaps
done as much
as any other communication
tool. Things of the world can be reported to
people everywhere a
few
seconds
after
they
happen.
Travellers
in
out-of-the-way
places,
ships
at
sea
and
even
astronauts around the Earth are able to
keep in touch with each other by radio.
Television
is
another
important
invention.
It
lets
us
see
as
well
as
hear
the
actor.
Since
its
appearance, TV has done a great deal in
the daily life of people everywhere. Many
programmes
are now televised in
colour.
Perhaps
the
most
modern
invention
is
a
moving
around
the Earth.
It
makes
it
possible
for people all over the world to be closer than
ever before. Now a family in Chicago can
watch a motorcar race in Italy, a table
tennis competition in Beijing or a volleyball
match in Japan
on TV as these events
are actually happening!
(
1
)
The
passage tells us that in the USA have no
radios or television sets.
A. a large number of homes
B. all the families
C. a
small number of families
D. quite a few homes
(
2
)
Why
does the passage say radio and TV have become
necessary parts of our daily life?
A. Because they have
included nearly everything in our life.
B. Because man would not live happily
without them.
C. Because
they are the only ways to spread
information.
D. Because no
communication means no life.
(
3
)
What is the
use of a
A. To receive and
store information only.
B.
To move around the Earth just like the
Moon.
C. To give light onto
the Earth at night.
D. To
help broadcast radio or TV information to the
world.
(
4
)
Who
do you think the writer of the passage
is
?
A. An Italian. B. A
Japanese. C. An American.
D. A Chinese reporter.
【答案】
(
1
)
C
(<
/p>
2
)
A
(
3
)
D
(
4
)
C
【解析】
【分析】本文介绍了电视在
美国生活中的重要性。
(
1
)细节题。根据
There are few
families in the United States that do not have
either a radio
or a television set
,可知
在美国少数家庭没有收音机或电视机
,
故选
C
。
(
2
)推理
题。根据
Both of them have become necessary
parts of our daily life
可知,
<
/p>
因为它
们几乎包含了我们生活中的一切所以广播和电视已经成为我
们日常生活中不可或缺的一部
分
,
故选
A
。
(
3
)推理
题。根据
It
makes
it
possible
for
people
all
over
the
world
to
be
closer
than
ever
before
这使得全世界
的人比以往任何时候都更亲近可知
T
elstar
帮助向世界广播电台或电视
信息
,故选
D
。
(
4
)推理
题。根据
keeping us Americans filled with
the news of the day
使我们美国人充满了
一天中的新闻可知作者是美国人,故选
C
。
【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题,细
节题要注意从文中寻找答案;推断
题需要联系上下文,推断出需要的信息。
7
.
阅读理解
This year the US will
honour
(纪念)
one of the
country's most famous writers-Mark Twain
(
1835-1910
)
.Most
readers know that his real name was Samuel
Langhorne Clemens, but how
many know
where the pen name
The
answer shows Clemens' colourful early life before
he became a writer.
the cry shouted on
a ship when the ship entered a part of a river
that was two fathoms
(
6
feet
)
deep.
is
an
old-fashioned
way
of
saying
Twain
trained
as
a
ship
pilot
on
the
Mississippi river for two years, a time
that he wrote about in the humorous Life on the Mi
ssissippi
(
1883
)
p>
.
The famous
river would become an important theme in many of
his works-who could forget
the journey
of Huck and Jim along it in his most famous book,
The Adventures
of Huckleberry
Finn
(
1884
)
.
With
little
education,
he
had
to
teach
himself
how
to
write
stories.
Whenever
possible,
he
would
go
to
public
libraries.
There
he
spent
much
time
reading
and
thinking,
which
greatly
helped him with his
writing.
On the other
hand, his life experiences gave him wonderful
material to write about and attract
readers.
Twain
wrote
in
a
style
that
has
been
called
colour
because
it
shows
great
knowledge of local people and their
customs.
The gift is
very clear in the two books for which Twain is
still celebrated today: The Adventures
of
Tom
Sawyer
(
1876
)
and
its
follow-up
The
Adventures
of
Huckleberry
Finn,
which
many
people
call
The
most
amazing
invention
in
his
book
is
the
voice
of
Huck
himself.
Huck
did
not
enjoy
schooling. It shows in the way he uses
language, in a spoken style. Only a master like
Twain could
copy the way a young
southern boy talked so well.
(
1
)
What does the
underlined word
A. Twain's
talent for self-teaching. B.
Twain's
C. Twain's good
sense of humour.
D. Twain's experiences as a ship
pilot.
(
2
< br>)
According to the passage, what is
the best part of The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn?
A. The
deep social meaning.
B. The exciting life
experiences.
C. The special
way that Huck talks.
D. The nice view of the
Mississippi.
(
3
p>
)
Which is the most suitable
place in the passage for the sentence,
the writer's background you might
expect.
A. At the beginning
of Paragraph 2.
B. At
the beginning of Paragraph 3.
C. At the beginning of Paragraph 4.
D. At the beginning of Paragraph
5.
(
4
)
What is the passage mainly
about
?
A. Mark Twain's career as a
great writer.
B. Mark
Twain's interest in describing local
life.
C. Mark Twain's
achievements in American literature
field.
D. Mark Twain's life
experiences which influenced his
writing.
【答案】
(
1
)
B
(
2
)
C
(
3
)
C
(
4
)
D
【解析】
【分析】主要讲了著名的作
家之一
——
马克吐温的笔名的来历及他的生活经历给
了他写作的极好的素材。
(
1
)推断题。根据
Twain
wrote in a style that has been called
great knowledge of local people and
their customs.
可知吐温以一种被称为
“
地方色彩
”
的风格写
作,因为它显示了对当地人及其风俗习惯的深刻了解,所以
gift
指的是吐温的被称为
“
地方
色彩<
/p>
”
的风格写作,故选
B
< br>。
(
2
)细节题。根据
The most amazing
invention in his book is the voice of Huck himself
.
他书中
最惊人的发明是哈克自己的声音,故选
C
。
(
3
)细节题。根据
With
little education, he had to teach himself how to
write stories.
可知马
克吐温学历低,并不是来
自你期望的作家背景,故选
C
。
(
4
)主旨
题。根据全文可知主要讲了著名的作家之一
——
马克吐温的笔名
的来历及他的生
活经历给了他写作的极好的素材。故选
D
。
【点评】考查
阅读理解。本文涉及细节题、推断题和主旨题三种常考题型,细节题要注意
从文中寻找答
案;推断题需要联系上下文,推断出需要的信息;主旨题需要通读全文,了
解大意之后找
出中心思想。
8
.
阅读理解
Roald Dahl was one of
the most successful writers of children's books.
He sold millions of books
all over the
world. Many of his books have been made into films
and videos. He is so famous that
there
is even a Roald Dahl Museum you can
visit.
Roald Dahl was
born in 1916 in Wales, Britain. His father was
rich but he died when Roald was
very
young.
Roald
and
his mother
lived
a
hard
life. He
had
to
leave
school
and
went
to
Africa
where
he worked for an oil company.
In 1939, Roald became a pilot, but
he had a bad accident. It made him
limp
(瘸的)
for the
rest of his life. After this, Roald
went to America where he wrote a story about his
experience as a
pilot. It was so good
that it was put in a magazine.
Roald married an American film
star. They bought a house in England and had five
children.
From 1960 to 1965,
:
Theo, one of his children,
was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt. Oliva,
one
of
Roald's
daughters,
died
of
a
strange
illness.
Soon
after
this,
his
wife
also
had
a
serious
illness. It took her years to get
completely better.
Gradually Roald became more and more successful.
He always did his writing in an old
shed
(棚)
at the back of his
house. He always sat in the same old armchair with
a wooden board on
his lap.
got in your head and a
pencil and a bit of paper.
In 1983 Roald won a big prize for his book The
BFG. During his life, Roald wrote many famous
books, such as Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr
Fox.
After
he
died
in
1990,
Roald
left
money
to
help
people
with
serious
illness
and
those
with
problems with reading and
writing.
(
1
)
Roald Dahl was famous as
a
(
n
)
.