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【题目】New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Price: ￡28. 00

Publication Date: 30/11/2006

Publisher’s description

Collects 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 introduction

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 memoir（自传）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 introduction

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 meditate（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 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.

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

A. Arthur Conan Doyle. B. Daniel Libeskind.

C. Art Spiegelman. D. Anita Shreve.

【2】If one would like to know something about the descriptions of the hijacking on 11th September,2001 , 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】Of the four books listed above, there are two referring to tragedies. They are ___.

A. Light on Snow & Breaking Ground

B. In the Shadow of No Towers & Breaking Ground

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

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】本文主要介绍了4本书，书名，书的价格，出版日期，以及简介。

【1】细节推断题。四本书的出版日期都是2006年，New Annotated Sherlock Holmes的日期是11月30 日，Breaking Ground是10月11日，In the Shadow of No Towers是9月2日，Light on Snow是10月7日，所以最新的出版的肯定是New Annotated Sherlock Holmes，作者是Arthur Conan Doyle.故答案为A。

【2】细节理解题。根据第三本书的简介提到的On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the World Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead.也就是2001年的911事件，和题干描述的吻合，故选B。

【3】细节推断题。第二本书Breaking Ground中可找到这样一句：and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope.此句中有关键词，tragedy；最后一本书Light on Snow中的简介A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and……，此句中有关键词tragedy；所以这两本书都提到了悲剧，故选A。