Could you survive on your own in the wild if everyone was fighting against you?

It must be hard, as 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen has found out in the book The Hunger Games, written by American author Suzanne Collins, the novel has stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for 51 weeks．

The novel takes place at a time when the United States no longer exists．North America has become Panem, and its biggest city is called the Capitol．The rest of Panem is divided into 12 districts．

Long ago, the districts started a war against the Capitol and lost．Giving up the fight, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to appear in an annual TV event called “The Hunger Games”．

The teenagers have to fight each other in a desolate （荒凉的） environment．The rules and audience may change but one rule always stays the same: kill or be killed．

Katniss lives with her mother and younger sister in District 12, the poorest district of Panem．She struggles to support her family by secretly hunting beyond the border of her district．When Katniss’ sister is chosen by the lottery, Katniss steps up to take her sister’s place in the reality TV show．However, her friendship with the other District 12 contestant （选手）, a baker’s son named Peeta Mellark, makes her situation even more complicated. Katniss knows it may be her death sentence．In order to survive, she must choose which is most important: her own survival or humanity; life or love．

The twists and turns of her adventure make it hard to put the book down．You can feel Katniss’ pain, confusion, love and hatred. And this is how a novel should be: you don’t just read it; you live it．

1.The purpose of writing this passage was mainly to _______．

       A．give us an example of how to survive in the wild

       B．introduce to us a New York Times best-seller

       C．teach us how to win The Hunger Games

       D．tell us what might happen in North America in the future．

2.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

       A．“The Hunger Games” is a televised competition held every two years．

       B．Katniss takes her sister’s place to compete because she loves adventure．

       C．The new country Panem is divided into 12 parts altogether．

       D．The young competitors in the Hunger Games are forced to kill or be killed

3.The word “complicated” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _______．

       A．difficult               B．hopeless          C．advantageous       D．impossible

4.In The Hunger Games, Katniss faces more challenges because she has to think about _______．

       A．who will support her family

       B．what is most important in life

       C．how she can defeat her opponent

       D．why she has to compete in such a violent game