Collections were the inspiration for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which fo

Collections were the inspiration（灵感） for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child （aged 12-13） beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage.

The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella （灰姑娘） story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."

Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction（限制）。 "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing."1.What were the children asked to do in the project?

A.To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School

B.To write stories on the subject of collections.

C.To encourage visitors to write their own stories.

D.To have their friends for characters in the stories.

2.The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of ________.

A.story

B.collection

C.inspiration

D.foreign coin

3.From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte, we know that ________ .

A.Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin

B.both of them developed their imagination

C.both of tram will die in each other's stories

D.Latwen's cousin posted her some love letters

4.Millie Murray thinks ________.

A.collections could inspire writing creativity

B.it was good for parents to have collections

C.inspirations were very useful in writing stories

D.setting collection subjects restricted inspirations

试题答案

BDBA

1.细节题，由第一段的第三行beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it可知选B

2.推理题，由第二段的倒数第四行collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to Tenerife可以推出答案

3.推理题，由第二段的第一句话The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one可以推出答案

4.推理题，由最后一段的第二行collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction可以推出

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