. ______some people dislike may be others’ favorite.

Veronica

By Mary Gaitskill.

Pantheon Books, $ 23.

This attractively dark novel from the author of Bad Behavior and Two Girls, Fat and Thin is narrated by a former Paris model who is now sick and poor; her reflections on beauty and cruelty have clarity and an uncanny bite.

On Beauty

By Zadie Smith.

Penguin Press, $ 25.95

In her new book, a cultural – politics novel set in a place like Harvard, the author of White Teeth brings everything to the table: a crisp intellect, a lovely wit and enormous sympathy for the men, women and children who read her story.

Saturday

By Ian McEwan.

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. $ 26.

As exciting and as carefully constructed as anything McEwan has written, this astringent (尖锐的) novel traces a day in the life of an English neurosurgeon who comes face to face with senseless violence.

De Kooning: An American Master

By Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan.

Alfred A. Knopf, $ 35.

A brilliant biography, impressively researched and absorbingly written, of the talented immigrant who stood at the vortex (中心) of mid – 20th – century American art.

A History of Europe Since 1945

By Tony Judt.

Penguin Press, $ 39.95.

Judt’s massive, learned, truthfully detailed account of Europe’s recovery from the wreckage of World War Ⅱpresents a whole continent in panorama (全景) even as it sets off detonations (爆炸) of insight on almost every page.

1．According to the passage, the most probable non – fiction novel is          .

A．Veronica         B．Saturday

C．On Beauty              D．A History of Europe Since 1945

2．If you’re fond art, which of the following would be your favorite?

A．On Beauty              B．Saturday

C．Veronica          D．De Kooning : An American Master

3．The novels published by the same company are           .

A．On Beauty & A History of Europe Since 1945

B．Saturday & De Kooning : An American Master

C．Veronica & On Beauty

D．A History of Europe Since 1945 & Saturday

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Mary Gaitskill is the author of both Veronica and Bad Behaviour.

B．On Beauty describes the stories that happened in Harvard.

C．Two authors finished De Kooning : An American Master together.

D．A post – war Europe can be found in A History of Europe Since 1945.

5．Which of the following novels are written by Zadie Smith?

A．On Beauty & Bad Behavior

B．Saturday & De Kooning : An American Master

C．On Beauty & White Teeth

D．Veronica & White Teeth

An old man who lived in a small back street of my hometown had to tolerate the nuisance of boys playing football and making a lot of noise outside his house at night.

One evening when the boys were particularly_16__，he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired and was__17_when he could see or hear boys playing his__18__game，football. He would__19__give them ￥25 each week to play in the street at night. The boys got__20__，for they could hardly believe__21__they were being paid to do something they__22__.

The first two weeks had passed，the boys came to the old man’s house，and went away__23__with their 25 yuan. The third week when they came back，__24__，the old man said he hadn’t had much money__25__himself and sent them away with only 15 yuan. The fourth week，the man said he had not yet received his__26__from the government and gave them only 10 yuan. The boys were very disappointed，but there was__27__much that they could do about it.

At the__28__of the fifth week，the boys came back and__29__at the old man’s door，waiting for their__30__.Slowly，the door opened and the old man appeared.He__31__that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan__32__he had promised，but said he would give them five yuan each week without__33__.

This was really too much for the boys. “You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five yuan！” they yelled.“__34__！”

They__35__away and never played on the street again.

A. hot           B．noisy             C．troublesome          D．naughty

A. happiest      B．excited        C．encouraged            D．bored

A. interesting   B．amusing        C．acceptable             D．favorite

A. more ever          B．therefore        C．willingly              D．forever

A. shouted      B．cried              C．thrilled                D．smiled

A. how          B．when             C．that                    D．what

A. expected    B．enjoyed      C．admired              D．respected

A. happily      B．thankfully      C．gratefully              D．tearfully

A. but          B．in addition      C．however              D．besides

A .earned       B．saved           C．remained             D．left

A. paycheck    B．insurance       C．food tickets        D．salary

A. not          B．no                 C．so                        D．very

A. final         B．end                C．start                     D．beginning

A. kicked       B．hit              C．beat                D．knocked

A. rewards     B．awards           C．checks              D．wages

A. expressed   B．apologized      C．stated                  D．expected

A .as            B．like                C．when                 D．though

A. fail          B．hesitation       C．joke                   D．problem

A. No way    B．No possible    C．No problem           D．No play

A. walked      B．stormed      C．broke                  D．backed

Veronica
By Mary Gaitskill.
Pantheon Books, $ 23.
This attractively dark novel from the author of Bad Behavior and Two Girls, Fat and Thin is narrated by a former Paris model who is now sick and poor; her reflections on beauty and cruelty have clarity and an uncanny bite.
On Beauty
By Zadie Smith.
Penguin Press, $ 25.95
In her new book, a cultural – politics novel set in a place like Harvard, the author of White Teeth brings everything to the table: a crisp intellect, a lovely wit and enormous sympathy for the men, women and children who read her story.
Saturday
By Ian McEwan.
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. $ 26.
As exciting and as carefully constructed as anything McEwan has written, this astringent (尖锐的) novel traces a day in the life of an English neurosurgeon who comes face to face with senseless violence.
De Kooning: An American Master
By Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan.
Alfred A. Knopf, $ 35.
A brilliant biography, impressively researched and absorbingly written, of the talented immigrant who stood at the vortex (中心) of mid – 20th – century American art.
A History of Europe Since 1945
By Tony Judt.
Penguin Press, $ 39.95.
Judt’s massive, learned, truthfully detailed account of Europe’s recovery from the wreckage of World War Ⅱpresents a whole continent in panorama (全景) even as it sets off detonations (爆炸) of insight on almost every page.
1．According to the passage, the most probable non – fiction novel is          .
A．Veronica         B．Saturday
C．On Beauty              D．A History of Europe Since 1945
2．If you’re fond art, which of the following would be your favorite?
A．On Beauty              B．Saturday
C．Veronica          D．De Kooning : An American Master
3．The novels published by the same company are           .
A．On Beauty & A History of Europe Since 1945
B．Saturday & De Kooning : An American Master
C．Veronica & On Beauty
D．A History of Europe Since 1945 & Saturday
4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Mary Gaitskill is the author of both Veronica and Bad Behaviour.
B．On Beauty describes the stories that happened in Harvard.
C．Two authors finished De Kooning : An American Master together.
D．A post – war Europe can be found in A History of Europe Since 1945.
5．Which of the following novels are written by Zadie Smith?
A．On Beauty & Bad Behavior
B．Saturday & De Kooning : An American Master
C．On Beauty & White Teeth
D．Veronica & White Teeth

______some people dislike may be others’ favorite.