Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound (裝訂) between hard covers.
There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!
Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.
小題1:”Londoners are great readers” means that ___________.
A．Londoners are great because they read a lot.
B．There are a great number of readers in London.
C．Londoners read a lot.
D．Londoners are readers who read only great books.
小題2:According to this passage, Charring Cross Road __________.
A．is in the suburbs of LondonB．is the busiest street in London
C．contains various kinds of shopsD．is famous for its bookshops
小題3:In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?
A．move away from a busy street
B．buy books in a most busy street
C．waste time looking for books
D．take a risk of losing one’s life
小題4:On Farringdon Road, _______________.
A．you can find fine bookshops for the latest books
B．there are only small bookshops for the second-hand books
C．you can see book sellers selling books on hand-carts
D．the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C 

試題分析：文章大意：倫敦人都愛讀書。本文介紹了在倫敦一些買書的地方。
小題1:C句意推測(cè)題。根據(jù)文章大意及第一段They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books可知推測(cè)出倫敦人喜歡閱讀。故C正確。
小題2:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London.可知此地以它的書店而出名。故D正確。
小題3:A詞義推測(cè)題。Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest.可以推測(cè)出答案。故A正確。
小題4:C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts.可以得出答案。故C正確。
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