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Do you know about a series of books that say they are “for dummies ”? These American self-help books have been translated into more than thirty-nine languages including Chinese,Arabic,Russian,French,German,Greek and Spanish.

“Dummy” is a word for a stupid person.The dummies books are not really for stupid people.They are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before,like painting a house or learning a language.The books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies,such as World History for DummiesRabbits for DummiesChinese Cooking for Dummiesand Wedding Planning for Dummies.The first such book,DOS for Dummies,was published in 1991.It helped people learn how to use the DOS opcrating system for computers.Since then,more than one hundred fifty million dummies books have been sold.   

The dummies.corn website explains the idea behind the books.It says that they show that people can be taught to do anything.First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand.Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy.The publishers (出版商) say that the books do not provide more information than necessary.They give readers just enough information to do what they want.They say that the dummies books give the best and easiest way to do something.And the books use simple and easy language.

There are more than one thousand different dummies books.A report in New York Times says that the top-selling dummies books are those that explain technology and personal finance (财经).

The publishers say that the best-selling dummies books are those providing information many people need-like information about diseases,education and cooking.People interested in opera,car repair and wine can also find dummies books to help them.And there are even more dummies books to come.The publishers say that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year.

 

48.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.Self-Help Books                   B.The Easiest,the Best

C.Books for Dummies             D.New Ideas Behind the Books

49.According to the dummies.com website,with the help of dummies books people can __________ .

A.simplify some personal things      B.do anything they want

C.become expert in any field           D.1earn any foreign language

50.The dummies books have been popular because __________ .

A.they provide just what is needed and are easy to understand

 B.they provide much information on the related subject

C.people can learn to do anything with just one copy

D.people can save lots of money through self-teaching

51.According to New York Times,we know the books selling best are the ones on __________ .   

A.cooking and world history        B.opera and car repairing   

C.diseases and education             D.technology and personal finance

52.What can we learn from the passage?   

A.The first dummies book was on Chinese cooking.

B.The dummies books will continue to be popular.

C.Fifty million different dummies books have been published.   

D.The simple language was intended for child readers.   

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Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more  36  and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which came from the printed papers  37  on streets. These printed things  38  newspapers but have hardly anything to do with  39  , you can only find reading materials badly made up there—— some are too strange for anyone to 40 ; others are frightening stories of something  41 .However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 42  reading, which 43   them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(恶梦)and immoral(邪恶的)ideas in 44  . Homework was left  45  ; daily games lost.

  These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers,  46  they are, we never know, are  47 their silent money.

  The sheep - skinned wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not  48  this kind of thing? Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers.  49  , the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it.  50   you may even find out several children, driven by the curious nature,  51   one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand.

  It really does 52   to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 53  teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young  54  need more interesting books to help them  55  those ugly papers.

  36.A. writers     B. readers    C. students      D. teachers

  37.A. sold        B. printed     C. put          D. found

  38.A. work out   B. look like    C. act as        D. depend on

  39.A. them       B. children     C. young people  D. it

  40.A. think      B. believe      C. know        D. understand

  41.A. still worse  B. even better   C. very good   D. more important

  42.A. wonderful  B. interesting   C. useful        D. poisonous

  43.A. spends     B. costs        C. pays         D. takes

  44.A. sight       B. common     C. return       D. use

  45.A. unknown  B. much       C. less        D. undone

  46.A. what       B. whoever    C. whatever     D. who

  47.A. making     B. spending     C. wasting      D. using

  48.A. forbid     B. separate      C. leave        D.forget

  49.A. Luckily    B. Unfortunately C. Badly        D. Happily

  50.A. Always    B. Hardly      C. Sometimes   D. Seldom

  51.A. share      B. get          C. hold        D. take

  52.A. good       B. favor        C. wrong      D. harm

  53.A. puzzled     B. surprised     C. disappointed  D. worried

  54.A. teachers     B. parents     C. readers       D. writers

  55.A. come into   B. break down   C. get rid of     D. get of

 

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