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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.

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.

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

A. MAINE.                                                                           B. FIRE AND RAIN.             

C. LONG DRIVE HOME.                                        D. JESSICA LOST.

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

A. advertisement.                                                              B. literary research report.   

C. Collection of novels                                                        D. book review

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：

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(guān)于一個(gè)母親和她收養(yǎng)的女兒的故事的書。故C正確。

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(guān)的，這些都是與音樂有關(guān)的內(nèi)容，故B的說法正確。

3..A 主旨大意題。本文從本質(zhì)上來說是一則廣告，介紹了幾本不同內(nèi)容的書，文章中還詳細(xì)地描述了幾本書的具體內(nèi)容。故A正確。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文來說是一則廣告，介紹了幾本不同內(nèi)容的書，文章中還詳細(xì)地描述了幾本書的具體內(nèi)容。此類文章可以先審題，再看文章，這樣就會(huì)有的放矢，對(duì)其中的部分信息進(jìn)行篩選和取舍，可以提高閱讀效率和速度。