Award-winning author Emma Donoghue’s latest book, . Room, is a unique and amazing story about a boy’s experience living in a small, windowless room with his mother. The 11’ x 11’ space between the walls of the room is actually all the boy knows because he was born there and has never left. Room will horrify, surprise, sadden, and finally delight you. Attracted from the start, readers of all sorts won’t want to put Room down.         

◆First published in the U. S. in September 2010                 

◆Publisher: Little Brown

◆321 pages

Literary master Ian McEwan returns with Solor, a novel about a Nobel prize-winning physicist. The physicist’s personal life is in a mess as his fifth marriage breaks, but this time he actually loves his wife and wants to make things better. Solar is a funny story, completely unusual and as good as anything the writer has ever written.

◆Published in March 2010

◆Publisher :Knopf Doubleday

◆304 Pages

One Day by David Nicholls was an international bestseller before it was released in the U. S. in June. Although it is well written and funny at times, don’t be fooled—this isn’t a good-feeling romantic comedy. If you decide to read it, be prepared for some heavy moments.

◆Published in the U S in June 2010

◆Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries

◆437 Pages

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is the first book in a new trilogy （three books） that will take readers through the major events of the twentieth century by following five families. In Fall of Giants, most of the action centers on World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. Although Fall of Giants is more than 1000 pages and has many characters, the story is remarkabby connected.

◆Published in September 2010                                       

◆Publisher: Dutton

◆1008 pages

64. According to the text, the latest and longest novel is          .

       A. Room                 B. Solar               C. One Day               D. Fall of Giants

65. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

       A. Ian McEwan once won the Nobel Prize.

       B. Fall of Giants is mostly set in wars.

       C. One day is written by David Nicholls.

       D. Solar is a funny story about a physicist.

66. We can know from the text that          .

       A. the main character of Room has a wide range of knowledge

       B. Solar is the only book that Ian McEwan has ever written

       C. all the four books were not published in the same month

       D. One Day is a funny romantic comedy that sells very well

67. We can infer from the passage that          .

       A. the sixth of Ian McEwan’s marriages broke

       B. Room by Emma Donoghue has a happy ending

       C. the publisher of One Day is Little Brown

       D. Dutton and Ken P’ollett are both publishers

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后1￣25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳 答案。

(A)

　　    In 1962, A Russian woman told her doctor that she could see with　　 her fingers. 1 the doctor did not believe it 2 he saw with his own　　 eyes. The doctor 3 her eyes with a large handkerchief and then put　　 colored papers 4 newspapers under her hands. She was able to 5 one　　 color from 6 and read the newspaper by 7 and feeling them. The doctor　　 examined her many times and was 8 with the examination, so he sent 9　　 to Moscow, in which she was further examined by 10. Her unusual powers,　　 in the end, were 11.

　　     The early 12 into these unusual powers has shown that 13 man　　 trusts only his eyes he will 14 be able to see outside the limits of　　 time and into the 15.

(B)

(W=woman;P=policeman)

W: Excuse me. I want to buy an English dictionary for my daughter.　　 could you tell me 16 to get it?

P: I think you can get it from the book shop in the center　　 of the 17. There are all kinds of dictionaries there.

W: Thanks. But I don't know the way to the book shop. This is my 18　　 time to come here.

P: Oh, welcome to our city, madam. The book shop is a bit far from　　 here. I think it's 19 to go there by bus. The No. 4 bus will take you　　 there. The bus stop is just on the other side of the street.

W: But I want to 20 the city while I'm walking.

P: OK! Go up the road and turn right at the second 21, walk on until　　 you reach a big bridge. Go across it and take the first turning on　　 the left. Walk 22 the road with some flowers and trees on 23 sides. At the end of the road you'll find the book shop on your right, 24 the　　 museum and the Bank of China. You can't miss it.

W: Oh, it's really a long 25, But it doesn't matter. I like walking.　　 It's very kind of you, young man. Thanks a lot.

P: You're welcome.