Question

Mini  Book  Excerpts（节选）

Biography

When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it. The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.

J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）

Mystery（疑案小说）

“You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ? ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.

A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”

The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.

Red Wolf by Liza Marklund（Atria Books, $25. 99）

Short Stories

She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers love so their daughters won’t.

You Are Free by Danzy Senna （Riverhead Books,$15）

Humor

Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times! “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a day’s drive of most cities?

Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（Ecco,$14. 99）

1.If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger , they should buy the book published by         

A．Random House                         B．Atria Books

C．Riverhead Books                        D．Ecco

2.The book Happy And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for       .

A．young children                         B．Disney World workers

C．middle school teachers                   D．parents with young children

3.Which book describes women with characters of their own?

A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts      B. You Are Free

C. J. D. Salinger :A Life                D. Red Wolf

4.After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that        .

A．the murderer got away with the crime

B．Benny died of an accident

C．the boy helped arrest the murderer

D．Annika carried out the crime

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于文化类短文阅读，介绍了4本不同类型的书，并对书中的部分内容进行了描述。

1.A 细节题。根据J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）可知如果我们想了解关于Salinger的情况，就读由Random House出版的这本书。故A正确。

2.D 推理题。根据文章最后一部分Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times!可知这本书的写给有着小孩子的父母亲的，故D正确。

3.B 细节题。根据文章第三部分  She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take.可知You Are Free描述的正是有多种性格的女性。故B正确。

4.C 推理题。根据第二部分最后4行A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”

The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.

可知这个男孩同意去辨认罪犯，说明他愿意帮助警察。故C正确。

考点：文化类短文阅读

点评：本文属于文化类短文阅读，介绍了4本不同类型的书。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息?或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法?即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。