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New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Price: £28.00

Publication Date: 30/11/2006

Publisher’s description:

Collect Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.

Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind

Price: £16.00

Publication Date:11/10/2006

Brief description:

This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision.

In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

Price: £16.00

Publication Date:02/09/2006

Brief description:

On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the world Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe---in her school at the foot of the burning towers---he returned home, to mediate(反省) on the trauma(创伤), and to work on a comic strip(连环漫画). In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking(劫机) on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America.

Light on Snow by Anita Shreve

Price: £14.00

Publication Date:07/10/2006

Publisher’s description:

This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

Price: £20.99

Publication Date:11/08/2006

Brief description:

Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves… these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today’s children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity, attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.

1.Who is the writer of the latest book published among the four books?

A.Arthur Conan Doyle                     B.Daniel Libeskind

C.Art Spiegelman                         D.Anita Shreve

2.If one wants to know something about Victorian society, he or she may read____.

A.Light on Snow                          B.In the Shadow of No Towers

C.Breaking Ground                        D.New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

3.Which of the following refers to tragedies?

A.Light on Snow & Breaking Ground

B.Light on Snow & In the Shadow of No Towers

C.In the Shadow of No Towers & Breaking Ground

D.New Annotated Sherlock Holmes & In the Shadow of No Towers

4.Which book is based on a real big event?

A.Breaking Ground                        B.In the Shadow of No Towers

C.Light on Snow                          D.Last Child in The Woods

5.Who has also written for newspapers and magazines according to the text?

A.Arthur Conan Doyle.                     B.Daniel Libeskind

C.Art Spiegelman                         D.Richard Louv

 

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D 

【解析】

试题分析:本文是几本书的广告,介绍了作者,出版日期,价格方面的信息和书的梗概。

1.细节题:从对比出版日期和第一则广告的句子:New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoylePublication Date: 30/11/2006可知最近出版书的作家是Arthur Conan Doyle选A。

2.细节题:从第一则广告的句子:Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.可知想知道维多利亚社会的人应该读New Annotated Sherlock Holmes,选D

3.细节题:从第二则广告的句子:about the powerful forces of tragedy, 和第四则广告的句子:A moving story of love and courage and tragedy 可知选A

4.细节题:从第三则广告的句子:In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking(劫机) on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America.可知这本书是以真实的故事为基础的,答案是B

5.细节题:从最后一则广告的句子:He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.可知Richard Louv也为报纸和杂志写文章。选D。

考点:考查广告布告类短文

点评:本文比较简单,通过关键词可以准确定位,要求考生仔细阅读文本,耐心审题,结合题目到文章中找到关键的句子做出准确的判断。

 

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