Question

【題目】 An idea that started in Seattle’s public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a _______ of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time.

In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit to be _______ by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who _______ the “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” project in 1998. Her original program _______ author visits，study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and _______ to Hong Kong.

In Chicago, the mayor appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the “One Book, One Chicago” _______. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories _______ of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about _______ and character.

The only problem arose in New York, where _______ readers could not decide on which book to represent the huge and __________ population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and __________ into the choice of the book __________ discussion about a book itself.

__________，as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are __________ by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not __________ have shared a word.

【1】A.senseB.feelC.appreciationD.impression

【2】A.discouragedB.monitoredC.enjoyedD.appealed

【3】A.matteredB.motivatedC.analyzedD.launched

【4】A.usedB.transformedC.measuredD.stimulated

【5】A.stillB.evenC.onlyD.very

【6】A.taskB.programC.eventD.design

【7】A.explainedB.inferredC.emergedD.showed

【8】A.transmissionB.argumentC.scanningD.plot

【9】A.interestedB.educatedC.foreignD.local

【10】A.diverseB.availableC.undevelopedD.colorful

【11】A.passionB.financeC.nervousnessD.temperature

【12】A.other thanB.rather thanC.let aloneD.regardless of

【13】A.HighlyB.SubconsciouslyC.UltimatelyD.Directly

【14】A.expandedB.enrichedC.reservedD.persevered

【15】A.otherwiseB.certainlyC.elseD.eventually

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】D

【10】A

【11】A

【12】B

【13】C

【14】B

【15】A

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，向人們介紹了源自西雅圖公立圖書館而后波及整個(gè)美國(guó)的一個(gè)新思想：通過(guò)讓所有人同時(shí)讀同一本書而培養(yǎng)集體意識(shí)。雖然這一想法存在一定的問(wèn)題，但正如Nancy所說(shuō)：衡量成功的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)不是看讀書的人的數(shù)量，而取決于有多少人從中受益。

【1】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：概念很簡(jiǎn)單:通過(guò)讓每個(gè)人在同一時(shí)間讀同一本書來(lái)幫助建立社區(qū)的集體意識(shí)。A. sense觀念；B. feel感覺(jué)；C. appreciation欣賞；D. impression印象。a sense of community“社群意識(shí)，團(tuán)隊(duì)意識(shí)”，故選A。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：除了鼓勵(lì)所有人都享受閱讀，該項(xiàng)目還允許陌生人在公共汽車上通過(guò)討論這本書進(jìn)行交流，并將閱讀作為一種體驗(yàn)推廣到家庭和學(xué)校。A. discouraged使灰心；B. monitored監(jiān)控；C. enjoyed享受；D. appealed呼吁。由下文as an experience to be shared“作為一種被分享的經(jīng)歷”，推測(cè)上文是“作為一種被享受的追求”，故選C。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：這個(gè)想法來(lái)自西雅圖圖書管理員南希·珀?duì)�，她�?/span>1998年發(fā)起了“如果所有西雅圖人都讀同一本書”的項(xiàng)目。A.mattered要緊；B. motivated激發(fā)…的積極性；C. analyzed分析；D. launched啟動(dòng)。發(fā)起項(xiàng)目，故選D。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：她的最初計(jì)劃是從拜訪作者、研究指導(dǎo)和書籍討論小組轉(zhuǎn)變到用一本書使人們聚在一起。B. transformed轉(zhuǎn)換；C. measured測(cè)量；D. stimulated積累。transform… to… 使…轉(zhuǎn)變成…，故選A。

【5】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：擴(kuò)展到其他美國(guó)城市甚至是香港，A. still仍然； B. even甚至；C. only僅僅；D. very非常。擴(kuò)展到其他美國(guó)城市甚至是香港，表示遞進(jìn)關(guān)系副詞，故選B。

【6】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：在芝加哥，市長(zhǎng)在電視上宣布選擇《殺死一只知更鳥》作為“一本書，一個(gè)芝加哥”節(jié)目的第一本書。B. program項(xiàng)目；C. event事件；D. design設(shè)計(jì)�！�One Book, One Chicago”是這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的名稱，故選B。

【7】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：在美國(guó)各地，出現(xiàn)有這樣的故事:父母和孩子晚上互相朗讀，陌生人在公交車上閑聊故事的情節(jié)和人物。A. explained解釋；B. inferred推測(cè)； C. emerged出現(xiàn)；D. showed顯示。發(fā)生這樣的故事，故選C。

【8】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：陌生人在公交車上閑聊故事的情節(jié)和人物。A. transmission傳動(dòng)；B. argument爭(zhēng)吵；C. scanning掃描；D. plot情節(jié)。plot and character 情節(jié)和故事，故選D。

【9】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：唯一的問(wèn)題出現(xiàn)在紐約，當(dāng)?shù)氐淖x者無(wú)法決定哪本書來(lái)代表這龐大而多樣化的人口。A. interested感興趣的；B. educated受過(guò)教育的；C. foreign外國(guó)的；D. local當(dāng)?shù)氐�。紐約當(dāng)?shù)氐淖x者，故選D。

【10】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)?shù)刈x者不知哪本書能代表這個(gè)由多樣化人口組成的城市。A. diverse不同的；B. available可利用的；C. undeveloped未開發(fā)的；D. colorful多彩的。表示紐約城龐大而多樣化的人口,故選A。

【11】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：這可能表明，紐約人并沒(méi)有抓住重點(diǎn)，而是把所有的精力和熱情都放在了對(duì)這本書的選擇上，而不是討論這本書本身。A. passion激情；B. finance財(cái)政；C. nervousness緊張；D. temperature溫度。energy and passion“精力和熱情”，故選A。

【12】考查短語(yǔ)詞義辨析。句意：而不是討論這本書本身。A. other than不同于；B. rather than而不是；C. let alone不必說(shuō)；D. regardless of不管；文中有rather“寧愿”，故應(yīng)選rather than“而不是”，故選B。

【13】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：最終，正如南希所指出的那樣，成功的水平不是衡量有多少人讀一本書，而是有多少人在過(guò)程充實(shí)了自己，或享受原本與他們不會(huì)共享一個(gè)字的人說(shuō)話。A. Highly高度地；B. Subconsciously下意識(shí)地；C. Ultimately最后；D. Directly直接地。此處是指最后，故選C。

【14】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。意思同上。A. expanded擴(kuò)大；B. enriched使豐富；C. reserved保留；D. persevered堅(jiān)持。在過(guò)程充實(shí)了自己，故選B。

【15】考查副詞詞義辨析。意思同上。A. otherwise否則；B. certainly確切地；D. eventually最后地。此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選A。