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阅读理解 When she was a little girl, Margarita Engle spent her summers in Cuba, where she says she fell in love with nature. Engle, 66, was born to a Cuban mother and an American father. Her annual visits to the Caribbean island from her home in California shaped her life and inspired her to become a poet and writer. The Poetry Foundation named her as Young People's Poet Laureate, a role Engle plans to use to encourage children and teenagers to write down their feelings. Magic happens when you put your emotions in writing, she said. Engle says she has always liked poetry. At age 6, she wrote her first poem about nature. After looking around while taking a walk one day in California, she wrote a rhymed poem about the shapes of hills. As a teen, she wrote sonnets (十四行诗) about nature and stories about people in Cuba. Some of her books explore the island, its people, markets and landmarks. Her new picture book, All the Way to Havana, features American cars from the 1940s and 1950s. Forest World, a new novel, introduces Edver, an 11-­year­-old who lives in Miami, Florida, with his mother and is shipped off to Cuba to see his birthplace and meet his Cuban family, to readers. When he arrives in Havana, the capital, he learns he has an older sister, Luza, who stays on the island with her father and grandfather. The two go on an adventure into a Cuban forest. The emotions of the characters are similar to what many children feel when they are separated from loved ones, Engle said. She hopes that people facing similar challenges can find support and comfort in poetry. （1） What made Engle a poet? A . Her visits to Cuba. B . Days spent in California. C . Magic skills in practicing writing. D . Encouragement from the Poetry Foundation. （2） We can learn from the text that young Engle probably ________. A . enjoyed indoor games B . found inspiration in nature C . liked exploring cities in Florida D . made friends with Cuban people （3） What can we infer about Forest World? A . It is a new picture book. B . It is based on a real­life event. C . It talks about an adventure story. D . It describes family ties between countries. （4） What does Engle stress in the last paragraph? A . The frequent changes of emotions. B . The challenges in writing poems. C . The separations from family members. D . The links between life and literature. 答案： A B D D

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