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Dr. Sharon M. Draper is an excellent teacher as well as a successful writer. She is a woman of achievements.
She had been honored(荣誉) as the National Teacher of the Year, is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Awards, and is a New York Times bestselling writer. Tears of a Tiger has received many awards. It was one of the top 100 books for young adults.
She was chosen as Ohio’s Outstanding High School Language Arts Educator, Ohio Teacher of the Year, and as a NCNW Excellence in Teaching Award winner.
She is a Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award winner.
She is a YWCA Career Woman of Achievement, and is the recipient(接受者) if the Dean’s Award from Howard University School of Education.
5 years ago she was named Ohio Pioneer in Education by the Ohio State Department of Education, and received the Beacon of Light Humanitarian Award, as well as the Doctor of Laws Degree from Pepperdine University.
She has been honored at the White House six times, and was chosen as one of only four writers in the country to speak at National Book Festival Gala in Washington, D.C. Her book Copper Sun has been chosen by the US State Department and the International Reading Association as the United States novel for the international reading project. Students in the US, Nigeria, and Ghana are reading the book and sharing the ideas.
She has worked all over the United States, as well as in Russia, Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bermuda, and Guam, spreading the word about the power of successful teaching and excellence in education.
She became known when she won first prize in a literary(文学的) competition. She was given $5000 and her short story, One Small Torch, came out. Besides her short stories, poems, articles can often be read in literary journals(期刊). Her books are also very popular in America, too. Here are some:
We Beat the Street (Dutton, 2005)
Copper Sun (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
Fire from the Rock (Dutton, 2007)
Just Another Hero (Simon and Schuster, 2009)
Out of my Mind (Simon and Schuster, 2010)
【小题1】Which one is probably not Dr. Sharon M. Draper’s job?
| A．a writer | B．a teacher |
| C．doctor | D．a teacher and writer |
【小题2】Many honors were offered to Draper including ____.
| A．the White House | B．Ohio Pioneer in Education |
| C．New York Times | D．Language Arts Educator |
【小题3】She has written ____ in literary journals.
| A．Copper Sun | B．One Small Torch |
| C．Out of my Mind | D．Tears of a Tiger |
【小题4】Which one can be said about Draper?
| A．She has been to many countries for writing. |
| B．She only writes stories and poems. |
| C．She has been to the White House at least 6 times. |
| D．She has been honored as the National Teacher five times. |
【小题5】The passage is mainly about ____.
| A．Draper’s achievements | B．Draper’s experience |
| C．Draper’s character | D．Draper’s effort |
