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MAINE
by J. Courtney Sullivan, fiction, $26
The Kellehers are a big, disorderly family who sometimes seem to have only one thing in common: love for their beach house in Maine. Lie there with this novel and listen to a summer’s worth of secrets, quarrels, and misunderstandings.
WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I ALMOST DIED
by Chris Licht, nonfiction, $23
The energetic co-creator of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” was unprepared for the pain, fear, and helplessness he felt after suffering a brain bleed. But as he detailed in this outspoken, thoughtful book, the lessons he took from the event surprised him the most.
FIRE AND RAIN
by David Browne, nonfiction, $26
This book transports you back to a year — the 1970 of Apollo 13, the first Earth Day — and the turning point of albums by the Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills and Nash that provided the sound for a new decade. Rolling Stone contributing editor Browne artfully describes the creation of these classic songs.
LONG DRIVE HOME
by Will Allison, fiction, $22
A moment of anger has life-and-death consequences in this beautifully written novel. Being angry with a speeding teenage driver, Dad Glen Bauer makes a turn of his car in response, causing an accident in which the other driver dies. It’s a story about guilt, responsibility, and how mistrust can tear a loving family apart.
JESSICA LOST
by Bunny Crumpacker and J.S. Picariello, memoir (回憶錄)，$25
Two authors — a woman who gave up a baby for adoption and the child herself — write alternating chapters in this memoir, which takes readers on a 50-year journey through their separate lives, their meeting, and their following relationship. Its account is both original and heartbreaking.
【小題1】 Which of the following is TURE according to the text?

A．MAINE talks about a loving happy family.

B．WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I ALMOST DIED is a novel.

C．JSSICA LOST is about a mother and her daughter.

D．LONG DRIVE HOME is written in the first person.

【小題2】. Which of the following may be favored by music lovers?

A．MAINE.	B．FIRE AND RAIN.
C．LONG DRIVE HOME.	D．JESSICA LOST.

【小題3】The text is most probably a(n) _______.

A．advertisement.	B．literary research report.
C．Collection of novels	D．book review

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：
【小題1】C 推理題。根據(jù)最后一部分的a woman who gave up a baby for adoption and the child herself說明是關于一個母親和她收養(yǎng)的女兒的故事的書。故C正確。
【小題2】.B 推理題。根據(jù)該部分的he turning point of albums by the Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills and Nash that provided the sound for a new decade. Rolling Stone contributing editor Browne artfully describes the creation of these classic songs.說明該部分是與披頭士以及滾石有關的，這些都是與音樂有關的內容，故B的說法正確。
【小題3】.A 主旨大意題。本文從本質上來說是一則廣告，介紹了幾本不同內容的書，文章中還詳細地描述了幾本書的具體內容。故A正確。
考點：考查廣告布告類短文閱讀
點評：本文來說是一則廣告，介紹了幾本不同內容的書，文章中還詳細地描述了幾本書的具體內容。此類文章可以先審題，再看文章，這樣就會有的放矢，對其中的部分信息進行篩選和取舍，可以提高閱讀效率和速度。