Most students hate their endless homework. The students from Class 2, Senior 2 of the High School Affiliated to Peking University certainly did before they published their own collection of English novels at home.
Their small book contains stories about a holy (神圣的) war, the happy life of a self-taught artist and the story of a laid-off worker who devoted his last breath to playing his beloved accordion (手风琴). The book bees an instant hit on campus. About 3,000 copies have been sold and the class is already working on the second volume.
We’re up to our ears in homework. Exercises and exams make us out of breath. But to do something creative and full of imagination is such a great achievement, said Yu Xiaoxiao, 16.
I took the writing as an ordinary homework at the beginning, but after I finished the first part of my story, I could not help but let it flow, said Wang An, who wrote Accordion.
Inspired by Lord of the Rings, Jiang Lu wrote his story about magic wars between angels from the light and the dark side. The main message of the story was to look at the balance of the world. Both dark and light angels fight with love as their weapons. I want to tell people that selfish love might bring hate, Jiang said.
I was shocked by their work and felt so proud to be the editor of my students’ book, said Nathaniel Timmermann, the oral English teacher at the school. Liu Xiuqin, an English teacher, started the project by asking students to write whatever was in their mind every week. They have performed beyond expectation, Liu said. They wrote interesting stories and their English has improved after they started to express their real minds.
We never imagined that our homework would be so popular and profitable (盈利的). We sell the novels at five yuan, but many teachers pay more to encourage us, said Yuan Mengyao.
【小题1】 After Wang An finished the first part of his story, he .A．couldn’t go onB．had to put it asideC．just wanted to express it freelyD．lost it【小题2】What was not the oute of the students’ homework of writing whatever was in their mind?A．Being popular. B．Being profitable.C．Improving their English.D．Winning prize.【小题3】What is the reason for the students’ liking to write interesting stories?A．It is creative and imaginative.B．It is profitable.C．Interesting stories are sure to be popular.D．Interesting stories can be well sold.【小题4】What is the best title of this passage?A．Creative homework leads to a popular bookB．Writing interesting storiesC．Students’ new bookD．A popular bookC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】推理题：从文章的第三段but after I finished the first part of my story, I could not help but let it flow,这里的let it flow应该理解成想自由的表达。选C。
【小题2】排除题：从第二段的：The book bees an instant hit on campus. About 3,000 copies have been sold and the class is already working on the second volume.看出这本书让他们受欢迎，也给他们带来经济收益，还有倒数第二段的：They wrote interesting stories and their English has improved after they started to express their real minds.说明写这本书让他们的英语得到了提高。就是没有提到D。
【小题3】细节题：从文章里第三段的：But to do something creative and full of imagination is such a great achievement,说明他们喜欢做有创造力和想象力的事，选A。
【小题4】主旨题：从文章的第一段和最后一段都可以总结出答案是A。