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Where do most writers get their ideas? For Yoshiko Uchida, it all began with Brownie, a
five-month-old puppy. So excited was Yoshiko by Brownie’s arrival that she started keeping a
journal, writing about all the wonderful things Brownie did and the progress he made.
Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too, like the day her family got their
first refrigerator. She also began writing stories, thanks to one of her teachers. Yoshiko wrote stories
about animal characters such as Jimmy Chipmunk and Willie the Squirrel. She kept on writing, sharing
the kitchen table with her mother, who wrote poems on scraps of paper and the backs of envelopes.
Yoshiko grew up in the 1930s in Berkeley, California. Her parents, both of whom had been born in
Japan, provided a loving and happy home for Yoshiko and her sister. They also provided a stream of
visitors to their home who later found their way into Yoshiko’s stories. One visitor who later appeared
in several of Yoshiko’s stories was the bad-tempered Mr. Toga, who lived above the church that her
family attended. Mr. Toga would scold anyone who displeased him. The children all feared him and
loved to tell stories about how mean he was and how his false teeth rattled (咯咯响) when he talked.
Yoshiko also included in her stories some of the places she visited and the experiences she had.
One of her favorite places was a farm her parents took her to one summer. The owners of the farm,
showed Yoshiko and her sister how to pump water from the well and how to gather eggs in the
henhouse. They fed the mules that later pulled a wagon loaded with hay while Yoshiko and the others
rode in the back, staring up at the stars shining in the night sky. Yoshiko, who lived in the city, had
never seen such a sight. As Yoshiko gazed up at the stars, she was filled with hope and excitement
about her life. The images of that hayride stayed with her long after the summer visit ended, and she
used them in several of her stories.
The experiences Yoshiko had and the parade of people who marched through her young life
became a part of the world she created in over twenty books for young people, such as
The Best Bad Thing and A Jar of Dreams. Because of such books, we can all share just a little bit
of the world and the times in which this great writer grew up.
1. The author tells about Mr. Toga’s false teeth in Paragraph 3 in order to ____________.
A. show health care was not good enough in Berkeley during the 1930s
B. provide an interesting detail in Yoshiko’s life and stories
C. show Yoshiko’s young life was difficult and frightening
D. tell about a beloved relative who helped Yoshiko learn how to write
2. In Paragraph 4 “the stars” probably refer to ____________.
A. family relationships
B. terrors in the night
C. limitless possibilities
D. sacrifices to benefit others
3. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A. Yoshiko loved to write about parades.
B. Yoshiko met many interesting people.
C. Yoshiko liked to go for long walks with others.
D. Yoshiko preferred to talk to her pets instead of to people.
4. What is the main idea of this story?
A. People who live in the city should spend as much time as they can in the country.
B. Writers like Yoshiko Uchida must communicate with as many writers as possible.
C. Those who move to the United States often miss their homelands for many years.
D. Writers like Yoshiko Uchida look to the richness of their lives for writing sources.
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A few famous left-handed persons
Bill Gates
Claiming the nation’s richest man among their number is a source of considerable pride for America’s
society of southpaws (左撇子).In fact,the Microsoft titan (巨人) and philanthropist (慈善家) is one of a surprising number of U.S.business areas to be left-handed,including Henry Ford,John D.
Rockefeller and former IBM head Lou Gerstner.But the club seems to be a guys-only fraternity(联谊会).Research suggests that while left-handed men tend to earn more than their right-handed
colleagues, there is no similar advantage for women.A study by the National Bureau of Economic
Research floated the idea that left-handed men favor “divergent” (发散性) thinking,a form of
creativity in which the brain moves “from conventional knowledge into unexplored association”.Maybe
that’s what it takes to develop a net worth estimated at least $570 billion.
Oprah Winfrey
The talk-show queen doesn’t need much more to set her apart from the rest.She has herestimated $2.7 billion fortune and a magic ability to sell books just by glancing at them,but she also has the
distinction of being a member of the left-handed club.Men are more likely to be left-handed than
women which makes Oprah more impressive.She’s “in good company”:other showbiz ladies of the southpaw persuasion include Whoopi Goldberg,Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie(her husband Brad Pitt is also a lefty).
Napoleon Bonaparte
Legend has it that Napoleon objected to the time-honored military practice of marching on the left
side of the road with weapons at the ready in the right hand: it put lefties (左撇子) like him at a strategic
disadvantage.Once in power,the story goes,the French emperor,whose queen,Josephine,was
also a southpaw,ordered his armies to change sides.Civilians in countries he conquered had to do the
same.Hence,it’s said that the rules of the road were born,which also explains why the British (who,
along with the Prussians,defeated Napoleon at Waterloo) still drive on the left.
Marie Curie
Not only was atomic scientist Marie Curie left-handed,but she was the matriarch (女家长) of a
whole family of accomplished,southpaw scientists.Curie,who discovered the principles of radioactivity
and won two Nobel Prizes,was married to fellow lefty Pierre Curie,who was playing an important
part in helping Marie’s atomic research and shared one of her Nobel awards.Historians believed their
daughter,Irene,was also left-handed.Irene went on to win a Nobel Prize of her own with her
husband,who,you guessed it,was also left-handed.Lefty scientists are hardly unusual.In addition to
the Curie clan,Einstein,Newton and Alan Turing-founder of modern computer science were all left-
handed as well.
A.Club of southpaw
B.Woman advantage
C.Divergent thinking
D.Conventional knowledge.?
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