Question

【題目】Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and even of books—especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy ‘proper’ books, too, printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being ‘the biggest bookshop in the world’ to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize — in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy(哲學(xué)), politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charing Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture(冒險(xiǎn)) off the beaten path, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grand as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on to small barrows(手推車) which line the gutters(貧民區(qū)). And the collectors, some professional and some amateur(業(yè)余愛好者)have been waiting for them. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

【1】According to the passage, we can infer that __________.

A. Londoners like borrowing books from libraries

B. Londoners like buying books, magazines and newspapers

C. Londoners like reading books in libraries

D. Londoners don't like buying ‘proper’ books.

【2】Charing Cross Road which is well-known for ________ lies in the __________ of London.

A. bookstores, East Central district B. publishing houses, downtown

C. Bookshops, center D. libraries, countryside

【3】The underlined word “solely” in the second paragraph means__________.

A. wholly B. partly

C. jointly D. seldom

【4】The third paragraph mainly tells us _________in London.

A. where to buy the dear new books

B. where to buy the cheap new books

C. where to buy the cheap second-hand books

D. where to buy the dear second-hand books

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

倫敦人喜歡讀書，喜歡買大量的報(bào)紙、雜志，書籍。文章介紹了倫敦2個(gè)買書的好去處。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and even of books—especially paperbacks,可知倫敦人是偉大的讀者，他們購(gòu)買大量的報(bào)紙、雜志，書籍。他們喜歡買書，故選B.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very heart of London.可知Charing Cross Road是位于倫敦市中心最有名的書店，故選C.

【3】猜測(cè)詞義題。此處指這個(gè)地區(qū)有一家書店專門賣關(guān)于芭蕾舞的書。指全部都是關(guān)于芭蕾舞的書，solely “單獨(dú)地，唯一地”，在此指全部地，與wholly意思一致，故選A.

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture(冒險(xiǎn)) off the beaten path, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London.及下文的具體買書經(jīng)過(guò)可知本段主要是講述在哪能買到便宜的二手書，故選C.