Question

【题目】A.根据短文内容，完成下列表格中的信息。

In the past two days, I’ve been to two very different bookstores. They were both in Beijing, and both attracted people in their 20s and 30s. So why were they so different? Because one store was for Chinese people, and one was for Westerners.

At the Western bookstore, in Sanlitun, the books put on display in front—the ones expected to be the most popular—were biographies (传记), books about history, and books about politics and current (现在的) events. Farther back, there was a big shelf full of novels.

At the Chinese store, at the Beijing airport, there were very few books on history, and books on politics and current events were even harder to find. There were a few biographies, but they seemed to be of an instructive (教育性的) nature; almost all of them were about rich people, and how they got rich. What the store did have was lots and lots of books on how to learn English.

As a Westerner, I found this surprising. The kinds of books I’m used to seeing people read—the kinds that were at the first store—are the kinds people read to escape (逃脱) their daily lives. But here most of the books were on how to get rich and how to study English—how to work better and how to study better.

These Chinese books offered no escape from daily life—only ways to improve it. Perhaps this is another area where Westerners and Chinese people can learn from each other. We Westerners could certainly read a bit more for practical purposes (目的). But I also think Chinese people might benefit (受益) from more of something my teachers always encouraged: Reading for fun.

Two different bookstores
Location	Sanlitun	Beijing 【1】
Customers	【2】	Chinese people
Books	biographies books about history，politics and current【3】； a shelf of【4】	biographies about rich people and the【5】 to their success； about how to learn English It’s not【6】 to find the books which are popular in Sanlitun’s bookstore.
The purposes of 【7】	to be【8】 from daily life	to 【9】 daily life
The writer’s attitude	The western readers should read a bit more for 【10】 purposes.	Chinese readers should learn how to read for fun.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】airport

【2】Westerners

【3】events

【4】novels

【5】way(s)

【6】easy

【7】reading

【8】away

【9】improve

【10】practical

【解析】试题分析：本文作者通过对比，揭示了西方人和中国人在阅读内容和阅读目的方面存在的较大差异，表达了为兴趣读书的观点。

【1】考查细节理解题。根据In the past two days, I’ve been to two very different bookstores. They were both in Beijing，结合下文内容，可知先后介绍了三里屯书店和机场书店，故填airport。

【2】考查细节理解题。根据第一段结尾Because one store was for Chinese people, and one was for Westerners.和第二段开头At the Western bookstore, in Sanlitun，可知三里屯书店是西方人的，故填Westerners。

【3】考查细节理解题。根据第二段开头At the Western bookstore, in Sanlitun, the books put on display in front—the ones expected to be the most popular—were biographies, books about history, and books about politics and current events.，可知最受欢迎的书籍有传记、历史书、政治和时事书，故填events。

【4】考查细节理解题。根据第二段Farther back, there was a big shelf full of novels.，可知大书架上是小说，故填novels。

【5】考查词义理解题。根据almost all of them were about rich people, and how they got rich.，可知多是些富人是如何致富的书。and how they got rich.同义句为and the ways to their success，故填way(s)。

【6】考查综合理解题。根据文中两家书店的对比，可知在三里屯书店很难找到（机场书店）那些书，故填easy。

【7】考查细节理解题。the purposes of目的是，介词of后接动名词（名词），相当于所有格。根据短文内容，作者介绍的就是西方人和中国人在读书方面的不同，故填reading。

【8】考查词义理解题。根据The kinds of books I’m used to seeing people read—the kinds that were at the first store—are the kinds people read to escape their daily lives.，句中的to escape their daily lives（西方人读书是为了）摆脱他们的日常生活，同义说法是be away from their daily life，可知填away。

【9】考查词义理解题。根据第三段结尾的三个how to，可知中国人（读书）是为了改善生活，故填improve。

【10】考查细节理解题。根据最后一段We Westerners could certainly read a bit more for practical purposes.，可知填practical。