PhilipPullmanspentagreatdealofhischildhoodtravelingabroadbecausebothhisfatherandstepfatherwerepilotsintheRoyalAirForce（皇家空军）．Asachild，hewentonseverallongoceanvoyages，andhelivedinAfricaandinAustr

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Philip Pullman spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force（皇家空军）．As a child，he went on several long ocean voyages，and he lived in Africa and in Australia．"Before I was 11I had been to eight different schools．"
"In Australia，I made a great discovery．TV hadn't reached Australia yet，but everyone listened to the radio．I remember listening to gangster serials（黑帮剧），and cowboy serials，and best of all-----Superman!When I first saw a superman comic（连环漫画），it changed my life．I'd been reading books for a long time，but I'd never　known comics before．Soon afterwards，I discovered Batman，too，whom I loved even more．"
Pullman started writing his first novel the day after he had finished his final exams at Oxford University．"I discovered after about an hour that it was much harder than I'd expected．It still is!I found that the amount I could write comfortably every day was about three pages，so that's what I've done ever since．"
Before he became a full-time writer，Pullman had been teaching for many years．"What I enjoyed most during that time was telling stories over and over，until I knew them as well as I knew my own life．"He had always loved telling stories----as a schoolboy he had entertained his friends by reading stories to them，or by making up his own．
One day he got a letter that had arrived at his door even though the writer of the letter didn't know his address．The envelope（信封） just said，"Philip Pullman，The Storyteller，Oxford．"
14．What can we learn about Pullman？___
A．He was a pilot in the Royal Air Force．
B．He went to eight different schools in Africa．
C．He was encouraged to write by his father and stepfather．
D．He traveled a lot when he was a young child．
15．The discovery mentioned in Paragraph 2refers to___．
A．the fact that there was no TV in Australia
B．a Superman comic
C．the popularity of cowboy serials
D．the fact that everyone listened to the radio
16．Receiving the letter，Pullman might feel very___．
A．happy            
B．angry            
C．calm          
D．worried
17．What is mainly described in the text？___
A．Pullman's life at Oxford．
B．Why Pullman chose to be a teacher．
C．How Pullman grew into a storyteller．
D．Pullman's childhood．

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14    D   细节推理题．根据第一段As a child，he went on several long ocean voyages，and he lived in Africa and in Australia．"Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools．"可知Pullman小时候经常跟随家人出国，去过许多国家转过许多学校．故选D．
15   B   细节推理题．根据第二段In Australia，I made a great discovery．When I first saw a superman comic（连环漫画），it changed my life．可知他最大的发现就是连环漫画，故选B．
16   A   推理判断题．根据最后一段内容可知Pullman收到了一封没有详细地址的信，只写到他是故事作者．这说明读者对他的认可，他收到后应该是高兴，故选A．
17   C   主旨大意题．文章讲述了Pullman无意中发现连环漫画，并且从此开始写小说讲故事，成为了一个著名的故事作者的过程．故选C．