Question

Mini  Book  Excerpts（節選）

Biography

When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it. The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.

J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）

Mystery（疑案小說）

“You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ? ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.

A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”

The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.

Red Wolf by Liza Marklund（Atria Books, $25. 99）

Short Stories

She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers love so their daughters won’t.

You Are Free by Danzy Senna （Riverhead Books,$15）

Humor

Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times! “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a day’s drive of most cities?

Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（Ecco,$14. 99）

1.If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger , they should buy the book published by         

A．Random House                         B．Atria Books

C．Riverhead Books                        D．Ecco

2.The book Happy And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for       .

A．young children                         B．Disney World workers

C．middle school teachers                   D．parents with young children

3.Which book describes women with characters of their own?

A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts      B. You Are Free

C. J. D. Salinger :A Life                D. Red Wolf

4.After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that        .

A．the murderer got away with the crime

B．Benny died of an accident

C．the boy helped arrest the murderer

D．Annika carried out the crime

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于文化類短文閱讀，介紹了4本不同類型的書，并對書中的部分內容進行了描述。

1.A 細節題。根據J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）可知如果我們想了解關于Salinger的情況，就讀由Random House出版的這本書。故A正確。

2.D 推理題。根據文章最后一部分Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times!可知這本書的寫給有著小孩子的父母親的，故D正確。

3.B 細節題。根據文章第三部分  She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take.可知You Are Free描述的正是有多種性格的女性。故B正確。

4.C 推理題。根據第二部分最后4行A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”

The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.

可知這個男孩同意去辨認罪犯，說明他愿意幫助警察。故C正確。

考點：文化類短文閱讀

點評：本文屬于文化類短文閱讀，介紹了4本不同類型的書。本文考查細節題為主，細節題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數據、圖表等細節信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關的詞語或句子，再對相關部分進行分析對比，找出答案。