阅读试题

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 one 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!'s "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）

阅读试题

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

A. Ecco

B. Atria Books 　　

C. Riverhead Books

D. Random House

57. 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

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

A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts

B. J. D. Salinger: A Life

C. You Are Free

D. Red Wolf

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

A. the boy helped arrest the murderer

B. Benny died of an accident

C. the murderer got away with the crime

D. Annika carried out the crime

参考译文

迷你书节选

传记

当塞林格得知将会在这片陆地上建一个停车场时，中年作家很震惊，并迅速在附近买了一块地来保护它。小镇人不会忘记这次拯救，都跑来帮助他们最有名的邻居。

——肯尼斯·斯拉文斯基作品《J.D.塞林格的一生》（Random House出版，27美元）

疑案小说

“你是一个聪明的男孩。本尼的死不是意外，而你是唯一一个目击者。你认为凶手能逃脱惩罚吗？”男孩又开始固执地趴在他的膝盖上。

安妮卡突然想到，“你，你还能认出车子里的人，是吗？”

男孩有些犹豫，他转着手指，平静地说：“也许。”

——丽萨·马克伦德作品《赤狼》，（Atria Books出版，25.99美元）

短篇小说

她想要告诉他她所学到的知识，但都不是在教室里传授。有些女人生来就很愚蠢，而有些女人生来就对自己的利益太过精明。有些女人生来就只付出，但是有些女人生来就只懂得索取。有些想要成为她们的妈妈那样的人的女人从她们的妈妈那学习做人，但是有些女人不想成为她们的妈妈那样的人。有些妈妈遭受痛苦而她们的女儿不会重蹈覆辙。有些妈妈爱人而她们的女儿却不会爱。

——Danzy Senna作品《女人的弱点》（Riverhead Books出版,15美元）

幽默

你的孩子喜欢娱乐吗？欢迎来到“欢乐时刻”。你喜欢看着你的孩子娱乐吗？带他们来“欢乐时刻”。“欢乐时刻”！在美国，“娱乐脚踏车”是此刻你所拥有的合法的最有趣的消遣。对大多数城市来说都是一天以内的车程，你就能享受如此乐趣，为什么还要花上几千美元飞到迪斯尼乐园呢？

——拉里·多伊尔作品《快乐：还有一些歪点子》（Ecco出版，14. 99美元）

答案解析

56. D 考查细节理解。从本文对这几本书的介绍信息看，第一本书是关于Salinger的，出版商是Random House，因此选D。

57. D 考查推理判断。根据文章最后一部分多次出现的"your kids"以及该部分内容可推知，这本书是让父母陪着孩子一起看的儿童读物，故D项正确。

58. C 考查推理判断。这几本书的介绍中，只有第三本书描述了women with characters of their own，故选 C 。

59. A 考查推理判断。由文中对这本书的描述可推知A项正确。