Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these "How to" books are available; in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How to" One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.  Many "How to" books give advice on careers (職業(yè)). They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called “How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Million”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called "How to" Live on Nothing? One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read "How to" Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life.? If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called "How to". Make Yourself miserable?
Many of these books help people use their time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instruction on how to repair things like plumbing (衛(wèi)生管道工程) and electrical wiring, or on how to redecorate (重新裝飾) or enlarge a house.
Why have "How to" books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. "How to" books help people deal with modern life. 
小題1:These "How to" books are written to______.
A．tell people to love their life
B．earn money
C．give people some good advice on how to do something they want to do
D．say something about America
小題2:Before someone wants to find a good job. He had better______.
A．buy a book on "How to" Make a Million?
B．read a book on how to choose a career and how to succeed at it
C．beg bosses or managers for it
D．use his free time to look for it
小題3:If people will not succeed in what he is doing a book called________ can give help.
A．＂How to" Turn Failure into Success？
B．"How to" Make a Million?
C．"How to" Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life?
D．"How to" Make Yourself Miserable?
小題4:Which headline of the following is the best for this passage?
A．“How to" Books in America
B．"How to" Books Are Ordinary in America
C．Thousands of "How to" Books
D．Books with Title That Begin with the Words "How to"

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析：本文主要講述的就是在美國(guó)很多“How to…”書(shū)越來(lái)越受人們的歡迎，本文分析了原因并舉例做了具體的說(shuō)明。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容，里面的很多關(guān)于“How to…”的書(shū)都是給人們?nèi)魏尉唧w做事的建議。故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段3,4行Many "How to" books give advice on careers (職業(yè)). They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed at it.可知如果你想找工作，那么你可以閱讀關(guān)于如何選擇職業(yè)和如何成功的書(shū)。故B正確。
小題3:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第6行If you fail, however, you can buy a book called “How to Turn Failure into Success”.說(shuō)明如果你失敗了，可以購(gòu)買(mǎi)“How to Turn Failure into Success”這樣的書(shū)。故A正確。
小題4:A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章的主題段第一段Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today.和最后一段  Why have "How to" books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. "How to" books help people deal with modern life. 說(shuō)明本文主要講述的就是在美國(guó)很流行的“How to" Books。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要講述的就是在美國(guó)很多“How to…”書(shū)。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時(shí)要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因?yàn)樗鼈兺褪俏恼碌闹黝}句。閱讀中要注意要點(diǎn)之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務(wù)。
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C．In no case will the Chinese government take part in solving the political problems in far-off lands．
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B．It will help the evacuation effort．
C．It is a warning to Libya who might attack Chinese interests．
D．It indicates that China’s navy can reach an increasing number of parts of the global．

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