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阅读理解 　　Besides news reports that tend to focus on war or election, Americans generally don't hear much about people in other countries．One reason may be that very little foreign-language literature is translated into English．In the United States, just a few of the titles, mainly translations of foreign novels, short stories, or poetry, make it into English．However, a number of efforts have taken root to try to bring more global literature to US audiences． 　　The online magazine of international literature, Words Without Borders, was founded by Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N．Y．The nonprofit site, now in its fifth year, offers modern writing from places such as Argentina, China and Italy, often for the first time in English．It gets about 200 000 page views per month and counts roughly 8 000 subscribers(订阅者), more than one-quarter of whom live in the US． 　　“There's a wave of interest right now,” says Jill Schoolman, publisher of Archipelago Books, a small nonprofit press in Brooklyn, N．Y．, opened in 2003 to publish world literature in translation only．“People are hungry for ideas from other countries．” 　　Rainmaker Translations－a Las Vegas-based nonprofit－was formed two years ago to support the publication of more top-quality global writing here in the US．They put out their first three titles, translated from Arabic, Chinese, and Russian, in the spring of 2006 and plan to aid up to four more in the coming year． 　　In March, the Center for the Art of Translation, a nonprofit started in 1994 in San Francisco, will publish Two Lines World Library, focused on writing from some particular areas published over the last several decades． 　　Dalkey Archive Press, a century-old nonprofit publisher in Champaign, Illinois, has upped the number of translations on its publication list since 2003, from 25 percent to nearly 80 percent． 　　In recent years, more nonprofits have applied to the National Endowment for the Arts for help to publish literary translations．The agency is also trying to increase the availability of translated prose(散文)and poetry in the US, such as publishing partnerships with foreign governments． (1) The main purpose in founding the magazine Words Without Borders is ________． [　　] A． to compete for page views and subscribers online B． to get American literature better known to the world C． to help advance nonprofit world literature translation D． to introduce more world literature to readers in the US (2) What do the publishers mentioned in the passage have in common? [　　] A． They mainly publish top-quality world literature in translation． B． They don't aim at making money by publishing global writing． C． They provide their translation and publication services online． D． They have published a number of literary works in translation． (3) Which of the following shows the proper order of the founding of the presses(出版社)? DAP＝Dalkey Archive Press　　CAT＝Center for the Art of Translation RT＝Rainmaker Translations　　AB＝Archipelago Books [　　] A． DAP→CAT→RT→AB B． DAP→CAT→AB→RT C． CAT→DAP→AB→RT D． CAT→DAP→RT→AB (4) Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? [　　] A． World literature：Shared by the world B． World literature：Loved by Americans C． World literature：Found in translation D． World literature：Developed in styles

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．B;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)	考查细节理解题。根据文章第一段的最后一句话…try to bring more global literature to US audiences可知。
(2)	考查细节理解题。根据文章中有关各个出版商的介绍中可以发现都提到nonprofit一词，由此可知B项正确。
(3)	考查细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中a century-old可知是DAP的创办时间；根据倒数第三段中started in 1994可知是CAT的创办时间；根据第四段中was founded two years ago以及2006可知是RT的创办时间为2004；根据第三段中的opened in 2003可知是AB的创办时间。由此结合可以推断出正确答案为B。
(4)	解析：考查主旨大意题。文章主要说的是美国开始出版翻译成英语的许多国家的文学作品，因此选C。 　　文章大意：由于缺少翻译过来的文学作品，美国人对别国的人们了解甚少。为了改变这种状况，美国几家非赢利性传媒开始引进和出版一些世界上其他国家的文学作品。