Question

【題目】 Graham Moore is the best-selling author of The Sherlockian and the screenwriter of The Imitation Game. His new book The Last Days of Night is out now. He is talking about some of his favorite books.

Murder in Three Acts

BY AGATHA CHRISTIE

My mother is a crime fiction（偵探小說）lover and，when I was having trouble learning to read, we’d sit in my bed at home in Chicago and take it in turns to read a paragraph. It was the first book I read cover-to-cover and I later became a writer because of that experience. Not only did it give me a love of crime fiction but, more importantly, it taught me that reading can be a shared experience.

Cryptonomicon

BY NEAL STEPHENSON

This book showed me that historical fiction need not be dry, but can be lively and enjoyable. Stephenson asks readers to take science seriously, but writes the story in a funny way. I’d long known of Alan Turing, but Stephenson’s technique (手法）of describing him was surprising; I saw how a writer can bring a real person to life for modern readers.

A Visit from the Goon Squad

BY JENNIFER EGAN

Egan uses a technique that I drew on when writing The Imitation Game. She tells stories from different voices and times, and uses many styles that say to readers, “I’ve done a lot of work, but now you have to join in and work it out for yourselves.”

With my latest book, my greatest hope is that readers will want to get other people discussing the book. I’ve just started the conversation.

【1】What influenced Moore to be a writer?

A.Reading crime fiction in secret.B.Having trouble learning to read.

C.Reading a book with his mother.D.Writing stories at a young age.

【2】What does Moore think of Cryptonomicon?

A.Boring.B.Serious.

C.Imaginative.D.Humeorous.

【3】What does Egan hope readers will do?

A.Write her some letters.B.Think for themselves.

C.Tell their own stories.D.Ask her some questions.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

這是一篇應(yīng)用文。文章介紹了暢銷書作者Graham Moore自己最喜歡的書。其中包括他和他母親都喜歡的偵探小說，偵探小說使得他和他母親擁有了共同的閱讀經(jīng)歷；輕松活潑的歷史小說；以及在閱讀時要帶入自己的多風格小說。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。在Murder in Three Acts部分的第一二句提到“My mother is a crime fiction（偵探小說）lover and … It was the first book I read cover-to-cover and I later became a writer because of that experience.”作者和他的母親一起看完了這本書，而且這是作者第一本從頭看到尾的書，這樣的經(jīng)歷使他成為了一名作者。由此可知，和母親一起看書的經(jīng)歷影響他成為了作者。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。在Cryptonomicon部分的第一二句提到“This book showed me that historical fiction need not be dry, but can be lively and enjoyable. Stephenson asks readers to take science seriously, but writes the story in a funny way.”這本書讓人意識到歷史小說不必枯燥乏味，而是活潑愉快的。由此可判斷，作者認為Cryptonomicon是一本非常幽默的歷史小說。故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。在A Visit from the Goon Squad部分的最后一句提到“I’ve done a lot of work, but now you have to join in and work it out for yourselves.” Egan認為自己已經(jīng)做了很多的工作，現(xiàn)在讀者也要加入其中，并通過自己的能力來解決一些問題。由此可判斷，Egan是鼓勵讀者要自主思考。故選B。