阅读下面的四篇短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

The Reason I Won’t Be Coming

Writer: Elliot PerlmanList Price: $24.95

Pages: 288Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover

ISBN: 573223212

The nine smart, thoughtful stories in this collection tell hopes, fears, and desires.

Bag the Elephant: How to Win and Keep Big Customers

Writer: Steve Kaplan List Price: $19.95

Pages: 208Publisher: Bard Press

ISBN: 1885167628

Bag the Elephant is more than a strategy book. Throughout the book you’ll find stories that show you how to put the strategy to work.

A Long Way Gone: Memories of a Boy Solider

Writer: Ishmael Beah List Price: $22.00

Pages: 240Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

ISBN: 0374105235

Ishmael Beah is one of many African children forced into local conflicts as boy soldiers. A Long Way Gone is his true life story.

Christmas Letters

Writer: Debbie MacomberList Price: $9.97

Pages: 272Publisher: Mira

ISBN: 0778323498

It is a new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling writer Debbie Macomber. Katherine writes Christmas letters for other people. But for Dr. Wynn Jeffries, Christmas means lies and deception. They disagree about everything. But finally, they both discover that love means accepting each other’s differences.

1. You can read nine smart, thoughtful stories from the book ______.

A. Bag the Elephant

B. A Long Way Gone

C. Christmas Letters

D. The Reason I Won’t Be Coming

2.How much will you pay for the book written by Steve Kaplan?

A. $24.95.B. $22.00.C. $19.95.D. $9.97.

3. Who is the writer of Christmas Letters?

A. Elliot Perlman.

B. Steve Kaplan.

C. Ishmael Beah.

D. Debbie Macomber.

4. A Long Way Gone tells ______.

A. a new romantic love story

B. memories of a boy solider

C. hopes, fears, and desires

D. some ways to win customers

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This is the true story of a great woman. Her name was Helen Keller. She was born in 1880 in Alabama in the USA. When Helen was one year and a half, she got ill and then she became blind and deaf.

Her parents tried to do their best for their daughter and they asked a young teacher called Anne Sullivan to their home to teach Helen. Anne herself was almost blind in her youth. Helen was a smart girl but she couldn’t hear or talk. She was angry at this. So she was always crying and shouting. Then Anne often went for walks with Helen in the country near her home. After two weeks, Helen became quiet. Anne began to teach her how to spell and Helen learned to write. Boards with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight.

Soon her talents were famous all over the world. There were her stories in newspapers and magazines. By the time she was 17, she was studying French, German, Latin, Physics and many other subjects. She was still blind and deaf. In 1902, she wrote a book The Story of my life. It became well-known all over the world.

1.Helen became blind and deaf when she was ___________.

A. one year old B. half a year old

C. one year and a half old D. two years old

2. Why was Helen always crying and shouting?

A. Because Anne always went out with her.

B. Because she felt lonely.

C. Because she was angry with Anne.

D. Because she couldn’t hear or talk.

3.Why did Helen need to use special boards to write on?

A. Because she didn’t like desks.

B. Because she didn’t have desks.

C. Because boards with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight.

D. Because she liked to use them.

4.How old was Helen when she finished the book The Story of my life?

A. 51. B. 42. C. 22. D. 17

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