Question

【題目】 Although books are still popular with teenagers, most of them spend more of their leisure time staring at their phone than reading a paperbook..【1】Instead of publishing whole book at once, they produce very short chapters, which they send once a week to their readers by text message.

【2】Many are written by high school or university students who are very familiar with the topics that teenagers are interested in. Common themes are love, tragedy and betrayal, and the stories often deal with difficult or controversial issues.

Twenty-one-year-old Rin wrote her novel over a six-month period in spare moments, often while commuting on the train.【3】Her book sold 40000 copies and was number five in the Japanese bestseller list. Rin said that her mother had had no idea that she had been writing a novel and was therefore very surprised when she saw a book with her daughter's name on it

【4】Chapters have no more than 200 words, and often just 50-100 words. Sentences are short and there are no descriptions of anything or anybody because there isn't space. The text mostly consists of dialogue and the language is direct, conveying a lot in a few words.

In 2009, a young Japanese writer called Takatsu, who lives in Canada, began writing the first English language cell phone novel, Secondhand Memories. Takatsu had read an English translation of Rin’s story and had been impressed by its simple and emotional language. It was a feature he deliberately copied when he started writing Secondhand Memories.【5】He now believes that, in English, cell phone novels have a powerful and poetic identity of their own. Cell phone novels encourage young people to engage in fiction, even those who would not normally pick up a book. They could be described as ten novels for the 21st century.

A. Books are sometimes regarded as old-fashioned and difficult to read.

B. In response 10 this trend, some smart young authors have changed the way they write.

C. However, as the story progressed, the style gradually evolved into something different.

D. She typed out chapters on her phone and uploaded them onto a popular website for cell phone authors.

E. No money is made from cell phone novels unless they are published as books.

F. The style of cell phone novels has evolved to suit the medium.

G. Although the idea originated in Japan, cell phone novels have also appeared in the rest of world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】G

【3】D

【4】F

【5】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。主要介紹了手機小說這一新型的小說形式，作家們不是一次出版整本書，而是制作非常短的章節(jié)，每周通過短信發(fā)送給讀者。同時介紹了兩位作家寫手機小說的情況。

【1】根據(jù)后文Instead of publishing whole book at once, they produce very short chapters, which they send once a week to their readers by text message.可知他們不是一次出版整本書，而是制作非常短的章節(jié)，每周通過短信發(fā)送給讀者。由此可知，面對青少年如今長時間看著手機，一些作家為了應(yīng)對這一趨勢改變了自己的寫作方式。故B選項“作為對這一趨勢的回應(yīng)，一些聰明的年輕作家改變了他們的寫作方式”符合上下文語境，故選B。

【2】結(jié)合后文Many are written by high school or university students who are very familiar with the topics that teenagers are interested in.可知許多是由高中生或大學生寫的，他們非常熟悉青少年感興趣的話題。由此可知，下文是在說明手機小說出現(xiàn)的地點和創(chuàng)作者，故G選項“手機小說雖然起源于日本，但也出現(xiàn)在世界其他地方”符合上下文語境，故選G。

【3】根據(jù)上文Twenty-one-year-old Rin wrote her novel over a six-month period in spare moments, often while commuting on the train.可知21歲的Rin在業(yè)余時間寫了6個月的小說，通常是在乘火車上下班的時候?qū)懙摹Ｓ纱丝芍�，本句承接上文繼續(xù)說明Rin寫作的事情。D選項中she指代上文中的Rin。故D選項“她用手機打出了一些章節(jié)，并把它們上傳到一個流行的手機作者網(wǎng)站上”符合上下文語境，故選D。

【4】結(jié)合后文Chapters have no more than 200 words, and often just 50-100 words. Sentences are short and there are no descriptions of anything or anybody because there isn't space. The text mostly consists of dialogue and the language is direct, conveying a lot in a few words.可知章節(jié)不超過200字，通常只有50-100字。句子很短，沒有對任何事物或任何人的描述，因為沒有空格。文本以對話為主，語言直接，言簡意賅。由此可知，本段是在說明手機小說所具有的風格更加言簡意賅，與媒體的風格類似。故F選項“手機小說的風格已經(jīng)進化到適合媒體”符合上下文語境，故選F。

【5】根據(jù)后文He now believes that, in English, cell phone novels have a powerful and poetic identity of their own.可知他現(xiàn)在相信，在英語中，手機小說有著自己強大而富有詩意的身份。由此可知，Takatsu從一開始的模仿到后來風格逐漸變成了不同的東西，這讓他對手機小說的看法有了改變。故C選項“然而，隨著故事的進展，風格逐漸演變成不同的東西”符合上下文語境，故選C。