Question

【题目】阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按要求匹配信息。以下是几本新书的简要介绍：

A． Strong Is Your Hold

This book was written by Galway Kinnell, who spent many years in finishing the book．Kinnell’s first collection of new poems in more than a decade revisits themes of marriage, friendship and death, with long, loose lines reminiscent of Whitman．It is popular with the people who are interested in literature．

B． The Letter

The murder of a television star appears to be the work of thieves who are quickly caught．But they escape from prison and a young lawyer says she knows who the real criminals are．Written with intelligence, this story is so fast-moving that it demands the reader’s complete attention．

C． London Alive

This author of many famous novels has now turned to writing short stories with great success．The stories tell of Londoners’ daily lives and happen in eighteen different places——for example, one story takes place at a table in a cafe, another in the back of a taxi and another in a hospital．

D． Gone West

A serious look at one of the least-known regions of the United States．The author describes the empty villages which thousands left when they were persuaded by the railway companies to go west in search of new lives．The author manages to provide many interesting details about their history．

E．Cutting for Stone

This book was written by Abraham Verghese．It is a powerful story about twin brothers born in a Catholic hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia． Their mother, an Indian nurse at the hospital, dies in childbirth．The brothers are raised by two Indian doctors who live at the hospital．One brother later moves to the United States．This is a story about the extremes of love, family, and medicine．

F．Jane Eyre

There is great kindness and warmth in this love story．Poor and plain as Jane Eyre is, she has a strong will, sharp wisdom and great courage．She is forced to battle against a harsh employer and a rigid social order．Yet she is never defeated． Standing on her feet, she gains her own happiness in the end．

请阅读以下读者的相关信息，然后匹配他/她感兴趣的书籍：

1．Takumi doesn’t have much free time so he reads short stories which he can finish quickly．He likes reading stories about ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today’s world．

2．Terresha Houghs has read widely since she was in university．She can recite most of essays and poems she has read, especially poems from Leaves of Grass．She is fond of traditional themes in poetry and still keeps her habits of reciting poems．

3．Ali enjoys reading crime stories which are carefully written so that they hold his interest right to the end． He enjoys trying to guess who the criminal really is while he’s reading．

4．Lucy is a quiet girl who likes to read in a quiet corner in the library．Her favorite stories are those with characters brave enough to face and overcome difficulties in life．

5．Charlie, who attends college in the Midwest, majors in medicine．He is fond of reading stories about family and love, especially those related to his future career．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】F

【5】E

【解析】请阅读以下读者的相关信息，然后匹配他/她感兴趣的书籍。

【1】C Takumi doesn’t have much free time so he reads short stories which he can finish quickly．Takumi没有很多业余时间，所以他喜欢读在短时间内能完成的短故事。与新书London Alive——This author of many famous novels has now turned to writing short stories with great success．很多著名小说的作者已经转变成了获得极大成功的短故事。故与C匹配。

【2】A She is fond of traditional themes in poetry and still keeps her habits of reciting poems．她喜爱传统诗集的主题并保持背诵诗的习惯。与新书Strong Is Your Hold ——Kinnell’s first collection of new poems Kinnell第一个新诗的收藏。故与A匹配。

【3】B Ali enjoys reading crime stories Ali喜欢读犯罪故事。与新书The Letter——The murder of a television star appears to be the work of thieves who are quickly caught．一个电视明星的谋杀---。故与B匹配。

【4】F Her favorite stories are those with characters brave enough to face and overcome difficulties in life．她所喜爱的故事就是那些描述勇敢面对和克服生活中困难的人物的故事。与新书Jane Eyre——she has a strong will, sharp wisdom and great courage．她有坚强的意志，聪明的智慧和极大的勇气。故与F匹配。

【5】E He is fond of reading stories about family and love,他喜欢读关于家庭和爱的故事。与新书Cutting for Stone——This is a story about the extremes of love, family, and medicine．这是一个关于爱、家庭和医学的故事。故与E匹配。