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With Amazon selling more e-books than hardbacks, this may not seem like the best time to be having a book festival in San Diego County — let alone two．But that’s what book lovers have in store, with the San Diego City College International Book Fair concluding this weekend and the County Library Book Festival running all day Oct．9．
“Whatever the format, it’s still a writer putting pen to paper or tapping their fingers on keyboards,” said Liz Hildreth, co-chair of the library festival．“It’s still authors, still stories, still books．We hope what the festival tells us is that books are a real part of people’s lives．That books are still important．”
So important, organizers say, that one day they hope to rival （竞争） festivals in other places that routinely draw more than 100,000 people and feature hundreds of top writers across virtually every literary genre．
Now in its fifth year, the weeklong City College International Book Festival attracted about 150 people to its Sept．24 opening night．The featured author was Laurel Corona, a professor at the school who writes historical fiction．
“Festivals are just fun, for readers and authors,” said Corona, one of the experts at the county library event．“They create excitement about books in general．People wander, discover authors they might never find otherwise．”
Moore Susan, community relations manager for the county library system, said going to festivals changed her view that “owning a book was enough．I went and heard authors like （children’s writer） Chris Raschka．He added depth and meaning to what I had read, brought new ideas forward that I had no clue about．”
“We’re doing it because we love books, we love reading, and because our customers are asking us all the time for author events,” Moore said．“People really do long to make those connections．”
1．Book festivals in San Diego _________．
A．play a real part in local people’s lives B．are organized by book lovers
C．attract hundreds of top writers D．are reader and author events
2．Which of the following is true of Liz Hildreth?
A．He prefers e-books． B．He is a book lover．
C．He writes historical fiction． D．He is a professor of relations．
3．The underlined words “literary genre” in Paragraph 3 probably mean “_________”．
A．theory of literature B．example of writers
C．type of literature D．kind of readers
4．Readers in the festivals can _________．
A．meet their favorite authors B．create scenes from the book
C．read books on the stage D．put forward their new ideas
5．From what Moore Susan said we can learn that _________．
A．she seldom goes to book festivals
B．it’s easy to organize such activities
C．book festivals in San Diego are popular
D．it’s not the best time for book festivals now
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全优点练单元计划系列答案Jeffrey Bezos, founder, president and chairman of the board of Amazon.com, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mother’s ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25,000 acre farm at Cotulla. Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their farm.
Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents’ garage into a laboratory for his science projects.
After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering, Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends. He rose quickly, becoming a senior vice president, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.
In 1994, there was still no internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2300 percent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities.
Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage. The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches. It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified to all kinds of products. His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dot-com entrepreneurs. He was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008, he was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. Bezos’ Amazon has become “the Earth’s biggest anything store”. Amazon.com is now called “one of the smartest strategies in business history”.
Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity activities. “Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company,” he said.
【小题1】 In his childhood, Bezos ______.
| A．had to work with his grandfather on their farm all day long |
| B．showed great interest in science |
| C．didn’t get along well with his brothers and sisters |
| D．wanted to become a businessman |
| A．looked forward to a bright career in finance on Wall Street |
| B．considered the possibility of setting up an original company |
| C．founded a new form of commerce that developed fast later |
| D．was the first to speak of Internet commerce |
| A．How hard Bezos studied in Princeton University. |
| B．“Amazon.com” only sold books in the beginning. |
| C．Bezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity. |
| D．The reason why Jeffrey Bezos decided to found Amazon.com. |
| A．it was Bezos’s grandfather on the farm who helped him a lot |
| B．Bezos invented e-commerce to win the world fame overnight |
| C．Bezos has a sharp business mind and a kind heart |
| D．Bezos aimed at setting up “the Earth’s biggest bookstore” |
Jeffrey Bezos, founder, president and chairman of the board of Amazon.com, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mother’s ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25,000 acre farm at Cotulla. Jeffrey spent most summers of his youth working with his grandfather on their farm.
Jeffrey showed intense and varied scientific interests at an early age. He set up an electric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents’ garage into a laboratory for his science projects.
After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering, Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends. He rose quickly, becoming a senior vice president, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history.
In 1994, there was still no internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2300 percent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities.
Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage. The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches. It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified to all kinds of products. His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dot-com entrepreneurs. He was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008, he was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. Bezos’ Amazon has become “the Earth’s biggest anything store”. Amazon.com is now called “one of the smartest strategies in business history”.
Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity activities. “Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company,” he said.
1. In his childhood, Bezos ______.
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A．had to work with his grandfather on their farm all day long |
|
B．showed great interest in science |
|
C．didn’t get along well with his brothers and sisters |
|
D．wanted to become a businessman |
2.Jeffrey changed the course of business history because he ______.
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A．looked forward to a bright career in finance on Wall Street |
|
B．considered the possibility of setting up an original company |
|
C．founded a new form of commerce that developed fast later |
|
D．was the first to speak of Internet commerce |
3.Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?
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A．How hard Bezos studied in Princeton University. |
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B．“Amazon.com” only sold books in the beginning. |
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C．Bezos not only devoted his life to Internet commerce but also to charity. |
|
D．The reason why Jeffrey Bezos decided to found Amazon.com. |
4. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
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A．it was Bezos’s grandfather on the farm who helped him a lot |
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B．Bezos invented e-commerce to win the world fame overnight |
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C．Bezos has a sharp business mind and a kind heart |
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D．Bezos aimed at setting up “the Earth’s biggest bookstore” |