Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They have funny words, pictures, and social opinion（观点）. Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.
By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine gave a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.
In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read. The story was about a cat who tried to play with two children on a rainy day while their mother was away from home. The cat was very special and it could talk. The book was a great success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults(成年人) say it is still one of the stories they like best.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was famous for         .

A．his funny words and pictures

B．his social opinion

C．his ideas on serious subjects

D．his books written for children

The underlined word desire in the passage probably means “       .”

A．问题

B．愿望

C．感激

D．标准

According to the passage we know that         .

A．Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children at the age of 33

B．Dr Seuss wrote less than forty children’s books over the years

C．Life magazine gave a report about adults who could not read in 1954

D．And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street was loved by children and parents

Why do many adults like reading The Cat in the Hat today?

A．Because Dr Seuss used 225 words to write the book.

B．Because it was about a cat trying to play with two children.

C．Because it was an interesting story and was easy to read.

D．Because the cat was very special and it could talk with children.

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