Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books.He sold millions of books all over the world.Many of his books have been made into films and videos.He is so famous that there is even a Roald Dahl Museum you can visit.
    Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales，Britain.His father was rich but he died when Roald was very young.Roald and his mother lived a hard life.He had to leave school and went to Africa where he worked for an oil company.
    In 1939，Roald became a pilot，but he had a bad accident.It made him limp（瘸的） for the rest of his life.After this，Roald went to America where he wrote a story about his experience as a pilot.It was so good that it was put in a magazine.
    Roald married an American film star.They bought a house in England and had five children.From 1960 to 1965， ▲：Theo，one of his children，was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt.Olivia，one of Roald's daughters，died of a strange illness.Soon after this，his wife also had a serious illness.It took her years to get completely better.
    Gradually Roald became more and more successful.He always did his writing in an old shed（棚）at the back of his house.He always sat in the same old armchair with a wooden board on his lap.
    "One of the nice things about being a writer，" he once said， "is that all you need is what you've got in your head and a pencil and a bit of paper."
    In 1983，Roald won a big prize for his book The BFG.During his life，Roald wrote many famous books，such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory，Matilda，F(xiàn)antastic Mr.Fox.
    After he died in 1990，Roald left money to help people with serious illnesses and those with problems with reading and writing.

（1）After Roald went to America，he

B

B

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A.lost his parents in a plane accident
B.wrote a story about his pilot experience
C.got married with an English film star
D.won a big prize for his book Matilda
（2）Which of the following is the best for ▲ in Paragraph 4？

B

B

A.they lived a happy life
B.three terrible things happened
C.he went on writing books
D.he created some unlucky characters
（3）Which of the following is right？

C

C

A Roald became a pilot before he went to Africa.
B.His daughter Oliver was hit by a taxi.
C.Roald was 74 years old when he died.
D.Roald lived a rich life all his life.
（4）In which order did the events（事件） take place？

C

C

a.Roald got married with a film star.
b.Roald had to work for an oil company in Africa.
c.Roald wrote a story about his experience as a pilot.
d.Roald won a big prize for his book The BFG.
e.Roald's wife had a serious illness.
A.c-b-a-d-e
B.c-b-a-e-d
C.b-c-a-e-d
D.b-c-e-d-a