Question

【題目】Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Virginia Bookstore Finds the Secret to Success

A large bookstore in a small U. S. town has succeeded for many years by giving people a chance to buy a lot of books for a low price.

The large and simple bookstore is in the small eastern town of Mount Crawford，Virginia.

The Green Valley Book Fair is made up of two large storage buildings totaling 2, 300 square meters.

Some customers like Zoe Dellinger have been buying books at the store for many years.

“I have been coming here since I was in my early 20s. The thrill of finding a new book is very serendipitous (機(jī)緣巧合的) here because you can’t come and say Fm buying the new Nicholas Sparks book today.’ That’s not what this place is about—this place is about finding wonderful treasures. ”

And those treasures are not costly.

“I found a wonderful book that I wanted. It was very expensive at the time—26 dollars was expensive for me to purchase a new book. I found the book here for five dollars. I was so excited, so that has kept me coming back just to see what treasures 1 11 find. ”

The Green Valley Book Fair has 500，000 new and old books about politics, religion, science，travel, cooking and many other subjects.

Michele Branner is the manager of the store.

“My parents actually started this bookstore about 46 years ago. My dad collected old books and then decided that he wanted to sell some of them. And it went so well that it’s just kind of evolved to what it is today. ”

The bookstore is only open six times a year for three weeks. About 25, 000 people visit during each period. The store sells about $ 2 million worth of books every year.

“We buy our books at a fraction of retail (零售價(jià)的幾分之一) and we can sell them for the prices that we do and keep our overhead low. That’s why we don’t have any fancy buildings or anything like that.”

People have visited the store from many American states and from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Russia.

Tom Whitlon is from the eastern city of Bristol, Connecticut.

“We have our whole family with us this time. So we said, ‘Oh you gotta see this book fair, ’ and so we brought ’em all here today. It meets every family’s need that likes to read. ”

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Answer 1

【答案】A bookstore in Virginia has succeeded for many years. Customers buy books through finding wonderful treasures of books by themselves. The books are cheap and of all kinds. The Green valley Book Fair is open six times a year but with high sales. The storekeeper sells books at a low profit. It attracts many people from various places.

【解析】

這是一篇概要寫作。

寫作步驟

1）細(xì)讀原文。首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，掌握文章主旨。文章說(shuō)明了弗吉尼亞州的一家書店多年來(lái)一直很成功。顧客通過(guò)自己尋找書籍的奇珍異寶來(lái)購(gòu)買書籍。這些書既便宜又種類繁多。綠谷書展每年開六次，但銷量很高。這個(gè)店主以低利潤(rùn)賣書。它吸引了許多來(lái)自不同地方的人。

2）弄清結(jié)構(gòu)，歸納段意。概要寫作是寫全文概要，不是寫某一部分的概要，或者就某些問(wèn)題寫出要點(diǎn)。

3）列出原文要點(diǎn)。分析原文的內(nèi)容和結(jié)構(gòu)，將內(nèi)容分項(xiàng)扼要表述并注意在結(jié)構(gòu)上的順序。在此基礎(chǔ)上選出與文章主題密切相關(guān)的部分。

4）在寫作時(shí)要特別注意下面幾點(diǎn)：

（1）概要應(yīng)包括原文中的主要事實(shí)，略去不必要的細(xì)節(jié)。

（2）安排好篇幅的比例，概要應(yīng)同原文保持協(xié)調(diào)，即用較多的文字寫重要內(nèi)容，用較少的文字寫次要內(nèi)容。

（3）注意要點(diǎn)之間的銜接，要用適當(dāng)?shù)年P(guān)聯(lián)詞語(yǔ)貫通全文，切忌只簡(jiǎn)單地寫出一些互不相干的句子，但也不要每?jī)删渲�間都加關(guān)聯(lián)詞語(yǔ)，以免顯得生硬。

（4）不排斥用原文的某些詞句，但不要照搬原文的句子，如果不能完全用自己的話語(yǔ)表達(dá)，至少對(duì)原文句子做一些同義詞替換，如果結(jié)構(gòu)上也能有一些轉(zhuǎn)換會(huì)更好。

（5）計(jì)算詞數(shù)，看是否符合規(guī)定的詞數(shù)要求。