Best Sellers(畅销书)of the Week

The New York Times

This Week

Title/Writer/Price/Story

Weeks on List

(上榜周数)

1

The Forgotten Garden,by Kate Morton. $15.85.From England to Australia and back,two women try to solve a family problem.

18

2

The Help,by Helen Scott. $22.95.A young white man helps two black boys.

58

3

Spoken from the Heart,by Laura Bush. $30.00.Wife of U.S.President George W.Bush tells the stories of being the first lady.

24

4

Best Friends Forever,by Carol Brown. $19.95.Childhood friends meet again years later when one needs help.

6

5

Run for Your Life,by James Clark. $27.85.A New York policeman alone must stop a bad man killing people.

10

(    ) 1.The information about the Best Sellers of the Week is provided by________.

A.China Daily                                                  B.21st Century

C.The New York Times                                      D.Washington Post

(    ) 2.The book which has stayed on the list for the longest time is________.

A.The Forgotten Garden                                   B.The Help

C.Spoken from the Heart                                   D.Best Friends Forever

(    ) 3.Nancy wants to buy the top three books on the list this week.She has to pay________.

A. $68.80              B.$ 70.75              C.$ 77.80              D. $80.80

(    ) 4.David likes to read detective stories,so he can try________.

A.The Forgotten Garden                                   B.The Help

C.Best Friends Forever                                     D.Run for Your Life

(    ) 5.Sarah is interested in the family life of American President.She can choose the book written by________.

A.Kate Morton       B.Helen Scott         C.Laura Bush         D.Carol Brown


When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, " No! You are going to college. " He took me by surprise when he said, "OK. We'll go to the brick factory. "

Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. ' I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, "Take your time. Look around." I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my. father and said, "I want to go home. "

He asked me, "What do you think of the factory?"

"It's terrible," I replied.

"And marriage is even worse!" he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1. The writer lived in_________ when she was a teenager.

A. Russia B. Japan C. China

2. At first she thought life in the factory would be _        _ than in school.

A. more careful B. more colorful C. more beautiful

3. When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement________.

A. by doing nothing    B. in a special way C. by saying nothing

4. After they visited the factory, the girl________.

A. decided to work there        B. decided to get married        C. changed her mind

5. The underlined word "horrible" means "_     _" in Chinese.

A. 糟糕的    B. 紧张的    C. 浪漫的

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