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【題目】Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls, UK.

A hundred years ago, women had very few opportunities. Their role was to marry and raise children. Sally Nicholls, new novel is set in that time. Her main characters are three young London women. Evelyn is from a wealthy family, May is from a religious background, and Nell is a woman from a much poorer community. Though they are from, different backgrounds, they all become involved in the women’s suffrage(選舉權(quán))movement during World War 1(1914-1918).

Far From the Tree by Robin Benway, US

The New York Times reviewer called the book a “brilliant exercise in empathy (感同身受) It’s an unusual novel. It begins with a troubling event for the main character, Grace, a 16-year-old who loves chemistry and cross-country running. But when she finds that she has become pregnant, she chooses to give up her baby for adoption and has to deal with the pain that this causes her.

The situation is __________for her because Grace was once an orphan(孤兒)herself. She feels that she cannot turn to her adoptive parents for comfort and advice. Instead, she turns to her blood siblings (兄弟姐妹). But Grace soon finds that they are as troubled as she is, and that they are also keeping things to themselves that hurt too much to speak about.

Readers can expect to be moved by the characters and their situations, but also gain insight (理解)into modem family life in America.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, US

This novel has two principal teenage characters. Aza Holmes has a mental illness, which is a condition where a person does the same thing over and over, without being able to stop. Aza narrates (敘述)the novel, so we learn all about her from the inside out.

The second main character is Daisy, Aza’s friend. The two start an adventure to find a billionaire who has gone missing.

“This is my first attempt to write directly about the kind of mental illness that has affected my life since childhood, so while the story is fictional (虛構(gòu)的)，it is also quite personal, ” said Green in a statement.

【1】The writer uses this passage to .

A. introduce the books to readers

B. tell readers some stories

C. comment on the books

D. advertise the books

【2】Which word can be filled in the blank in the passage?

A. positive B. dangerous

C. common D. complicated

【3】Which of the following is NOT true about the three books?

A. The leading characters in the three novels are all young females.

B. John Green has suffered from mental illness since he was a child.

C. Things a Bright Girl Can Do mainly introduces World War I.

D. Far From the Tree reveals modern family life in America.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 D

【3】 C

【解析】

本文是一則廣告。作者向人們介紹了三本書。

【1】目的意圖題。通過文章內(nèi)容可知，作者是為了向人們介紹三本書，故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Far From the Tree by Robin Benway, US中But when she finds that she has become pregnant, she chooses to give up her baby for adoption and has to deal with the pain that this causes her.和She feels that she cannot turn to her adoptive parents for comfort and advice.由此推知“情況對她來說很復(fù)雜，因為格雷斯自己也曾經(jīng)是個孤兒。”故答案為D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls, UK.中Though they are from, different backgrounds, they all become involved in the women’s suffrage(選舉權(quán))movement during World War 1(1914-1918).可知此書講述的是第一次世界大戰(zhàn)期間女性參與選舉權(quán)的運(yùn)動。故選C。

做推理判斷題時，對于暗含在文章中的人物的行為動機(jī)、事件的因果關(guān)系及作者未言明的傾向、意圖、態(tài)度、觀點(diǎn)等要進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的判斷、推理、分析，進(jìn)一步增強(qiáng)理解能力，抓住材料實(shí)質(zhì)性的東西。本題第3小題，根據(jù)Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls, UK.中Though they are from, different backgrounds, they all become involved in the women’s suffrage(選舉權(quán))movement during World War 1(1914-1918).可知此書講述的是第一次世界大戰(zhàn)期間女性參與選舉權(quán)的運(yùn)動。故選C。