Question

Hundreds of great books are published in America every year. And every year, editors, critics and other readers try to choose a list of favorites.

A few books showed up on list after list of the best fiction from this year. One of them was Ann Patchett's State of Wonder. Publishers Weekly described the novel as one "readers will hate to see end." The story centers on a drug researcher from Minnesota named Maria Singh. She travels to Brazil to investigate the death of a co-worker. Her search takes her deep into the Amazon area and danger. But she also goes deep into her own soul for a close look at who she is, what she has lost in her life and how she wants the future to look. Ann Patchett lives in Tennesee. She told Publishers Weekly magazine that the state is dense and leafy, like the Amazon jungle. She visited that area while doing research for the novel.

Chad Harbach's name was also all over the critics' best lists this year for his first book, The Art of Fielding. The New Yorker magazine praised the novel for the easy way it joins a love of baseball with a love of literature. The book is about a college baseball star. He suffers a mental crisis and begins to fail on the playing field as a result. But the book is about much more than the sport of baseball. It also is a story of love, loss, friendship and growing up. Chad Harbach says his own upbringing influenced the book.

The Marriage Plot also got a lot of attention this year. It is the third book from Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides. He spent almost ten years writing it. The Marriage Plot is also a story about becoming an adult. It follows the lives of three students in their final year of college and beyond. Leonard struggles with manic depression, Mitchell, with religious belief and Madeleine struggles with her feelings for both men.

1.The underlined words "readers will hate to see end" mean _______.

A. Readers don’t like Ann Patchett’s writing style.

B. Readers don’t like reading State of Wonder.

C. Readers love State of Wonder very much.

D. Readers don’t want to read the end of State of Wonder.

2.What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. During the research Maris thinks a lot about her own thoughts and feelings.

B. The story focuses on a scientific research.

C. Maria Singh’s co-worker died of a serious illness.

D. The subject of Maria Singh’s study was supported by Publishers Weekly.

3.It can be inferred that _______.

A. Chad had mental problems in his childhood

B. Chad became famous for The Art of Fielding

C. more and more readers like Chad’s book

D. The Art of Fielding is only about the story of baseball.

4.The following statements about The Marriage Plot are true except that ______.

A. it took its author about 10 years to finish the book

B. it is about the lives of three college students

C. Mitchell in the story struggles with religious belief

D. its author’s character is similar to Madeleine’s

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. People’s reading preference.

B. Three famous writers.

C. The introduction of three well reviewed books.

D. The common features of interesting books.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于時事資訊類，主要推薦了三本很有影響力的書，一本是關于尋找自我、發(fā)現(xiàn)自我，另外一本是關于大學棒球運動員的故事，其中也參雜著愛情、友情、成長，最后一本是關于三個大學生在大學時代快要結(jié)束時的故事。

1.由第二段第一句showed up on list after list of the best fiction from this year.知這是一本暢銷書，很受歡迎，因此讀者希望這本書讀不到盡頭，很喜愛這本書。故選C

2.第二段第六句But she also goes deep into her own soul for a close look at who she is, what she has lost in her life and how she wants the future to look知，她在尋找的過程中開始審視自我，思考自己的未來，故選A

3. Harbach's name was also all over the critics' best lists this year for his first book知，作者越來越出名了，故選B

4.由倒數(shù)第一段第三句He spent almost ten years writing it.知花了作者10年時間，A 正確；由倒數(shù)第一段第五句It follows the lives of three students in their final year of college and beyond. 知講述三個大學生及畢業(yè)后的故事B正確；由倒數(shù)第一段最后一句Mitchell, with religious belief 知他承受著宗教信仰掙扎C正確，關于第三本書并未提及作者與其中一位主人公有類似的經(jīng)歷，故選D

5.通篇全文，不難看出本文介紹了三本有名并為讀者所喜愛的書，并簡要介紹了故事的大概，故選C

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