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The Best Books of 2020
On Monday, the American Library Association announced the top children's books of 2020. Here are the winners.
Devotion
Author Clare Vanderpool took home the John Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children's literature for Moon over Manifest. The book is about a young girl's magical adventures in a small Kansas town, in 1936.
Vanderpool said that she was shocked to learn that she had won. “You grow up reading legendary authors like Madeleine L'Engle, but I never expected to be put in a category with her,” Vanderpool told TFK. “It's fabulous.”
Picture This
The picture book A Sick Day for Amos McGee won the Randolph Caldecott Medal. The book was illustrated by Erin E. Stead and written by her husband, Philip C. Stead. It tells the story of an elderly zookeeper and the animals that visit him when he's not well enough to go to work.
“I love drawing animals and I love drawing people and I love drawing the emotional connection between animals and people,” said Stead.
More Honored Books
The Coretta Scott King award, given to an African-American author and illustrator of “outstanding books for children and young adults, went to Rita Williams-Garcia for One Crazy Summer. Set in 1968, the novel follows three sisters from Brooklyn, New York, who visit their mother, a poet who ran away years ago and lives in California.
The king prize for best-illustrated work went to Dave the Potter. Artist, Poet, Slave. The book, which was written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier, tells the story of a skilled potter who engraved his poems on the clay pots and jars that he made. The enslaved potter, known only as Dave, lived in South Carolina in the 1800s.
1. How did Vanderpool feel when she heard the news that she won the medal?
A. Astonished. B. Disappointed.
C. Embarrassed. D. Depressed.
2. One Crazy Summer is a ________.
A. collection of poems B. comic book
C. fiction D. picture book
3. Who illustrated the book Dave the Potter. Artist, Poet, Slave?
A. Bryan Collier. B. Erin E. Stead.
C. Laban Carrick Hill. D. Madeleine L'Engle.
4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The book Moon over Manifest tells a story of a zookeeper and his animals.
B. A Sick Day for Amos McGee shows us that animals can interact with humans.
C. The book A Sick Day for Amos McGee is written by Erin, a famous woman writer.
D. One Crazy Summer is about a mother with her three children having a holiday in California.
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。短文介绍了美国2020年最畅销的儿童图书。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Devotion中的“Vanderpool said that she was shocked to learn that she had won.”（范德普尔说，得知自己获奖时她很震惊。）由此可知，当范德普尔听到她获得奖牌的消息时，她很吃惊。故选A项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据More Honored Books中的“Set in 1968, the novel follows three sisters from Brooklyn, New York, who visit their mother, a poet who ran away years ago and lives in California.”（小说背景设置在1968年，讲述了来自纽约布鲁克林的三姐妹去看望她们的母亲的故事。母亲是一位诗人，多年前离家出走，现居加州。）由此可知，《一个疯狂的夏天》是一本小说。故选C项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据More Honored Books中的“The book, which was written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collie”（这本书由拉班·卡里克·希尔撰写，布莱恩·科利绘制插画）由此可知，布莱恩·科利为Dave the Potter. Artist, Poet, Slave绘制的插图。故选A项。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据Picture This中的“It tells the story of an elderly zookeeper and the animals that visit him when he's not well enough to go to work.”（它讲述了一个年老的动物园管理员和动物的故事，当他身体不好不能去上班时，它们会去看望他。）由此可知，A Sick Day for Amos McGee向我们展示了动物可以与人类互动。故选B项。
