ThePoetryFoundationrecentlynamedAmericanpoetJackPrelutskyasthenation'sfirstchildren'spoetlaureate(桂冠诗人).Thegroupcreatedtheawardasawaytoincreasechildren'sloveofpoetry.

 Aschildren'spoetlaureateJackPrelutskywillgivetwopublicreadingsinthenexttwoyears.HewillalsoadvisethePoetryFoundationaboutchildren'sliteratureandtakepartinprojectsconcerningchildrenandpoetry.

 JackPrelutskyhasbeenwritingpoetryforchildrenforalmostfortyyears.Hehaswrittenmorethanthirtyfivebooksofpoems.HisfirstbookwascalledAGopherintheGarden.Itwaspublishedin1967.HislatestiscalledBeholdtheBoldUmbrellaphantandOtherPoems.

 JackPrelutskyiswellknownforcreatingnewwordsbycombiningtwowordstocreateanewkindofcreature.Forexamplehecombined"radish"with"shark"toget"radishark"."Lion"and"broccoli"became"broccolion".Healsocreated"umbrellaphant"amixtureofthewords"umbrella"and"ele?phant".

 JackPrelutskysaysthatchildrenlikehispoemsbecausehewritesaboutthingstheycareabout.PoetryresearcherssaythatJackPrelutsky'spoemsrec?ognizechildren'sfeelings.Anexample'ofthisisthepoemMySisterIsaWerewolfwhichisabouthowitfeelstobedifferent.

 JackPrelutskyalsowritespoemsaboutAmericanholidays.HispoemIt'sHalloweenisaveryfamousoneabouttheholidaycelebratedattheendofOctober.

1.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?

   A.Poemswithnewwordsgrowpopular

   B.Firstchildren'spoetlaureatenamed

   C.Children'sloveforpoetryincreased

   D.JackPrelutskyawardednationwide

2.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

   A.ItwasAGopherintheGardenthatbroughthimfame.

   B.Thepoetwillbekeptbusyoveralotofactivities.

   C.JackPrelutskywillnolongerwriteaboutAmericanholidays.

   D.ThepoemIt'sHallouueenmusthavebeenwrittenforadults.

3.WhatisJackPrelutskyfamousfor?

   A.Creatingnewwordsinhispoems.

   B.Hisproductivity.

   C.Hislongtimeofwriting.

   D.HispoemsaboutAmericanholidays.

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