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56．Which book might a young man faced with difficulties in his career choose？B
A．Life On Air．
B．Our Zoo．
C．Nigella Christmas    
D．Doctor Who
57．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．This passage is probably taken from a newspaper column．
B．People are likely to get a discount whichever book they purchase．
C．Each of the reviewers thinks highly of the four books．
D．All of the four books don't belong to a certain book series．

分析 本文属于广告类阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了四本不同的书，介绍了其作者售价及主要内容，方便读者选择性阅读．

解答 56．B　细节理解题，根据Funny and tender，June Mottershead's memoir Our Zoo shows how with dogged determination and a little daring，anything is possible．
可知Our Zoo可能是一个年轻人在他的职业生涯中遇到困难时选择的书，故选B．
57．D　细节理解题，根据文章中四本书都是Quantity：1可知它们都不属于某本书的系列，故选D．

点评 做阅读理解时要快速的浏览全文，把握文章主旨大意，带着问题回到原文，寻找细节或概括相应的答案，最后要理清作者写作思路．

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A．Peterborough Museum
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Alvin and the Chipmunks return in Alvin and the Chipmunks：The Road Chip．They misunderstand what their good friend Dave is up to．They think he is going to propose to his girlfriend in New York City and dump them．They have just three days to stop him!

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C．Arlo is afraid of his human friend．
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77．Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 2with proper words． （no more than 5words）
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79．List the three general themes in collecting stamps mentioned in the passage． （3words）sport（s）； astronomy；animal（s）
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