Award­winning 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 Solar, a novel about a Nobel prize­winning 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 good­feeling 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

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　　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 1,000 pages and has many characters，the story is remarkably connected.

◆Published in September 2010

◆Publisher: Dutton

◆1,008 Pages

68. 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.

69. 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

70. 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 Follett are both publishers

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　　One day I pulled up to my apartment building and noticed there was a father and daughter 　　1　　 some things from a moving truck．Normally I'm shy away from contact with 　　2　　．That particular day, though, something was in me；I can't explain 　　3　　, but I felt like I should just help these people, even 　　4　　 something as seemingly unimportant as unloading a truck．So I 　　5　　 and introduced myself, welcomed them to the town, and asked them to give me a(n)　　6　　 to put some proper shoes on．After I had flip－flops(夾趾拖鞋)on, I went over and helped them move all of their 　　7　　 into the apartment．

　　After we finished, we talked some and I got to know my new 　　8　　．It might seem unimportant, but it seems like people are less 　　9　　 and friendly to their neighbors these days；I wanted to 　　10　　 that, at least in my small 　　11　　 block．So we did talk, and they're from Florida, just like me．

　　At that 　　12　　 time in my life, I was going through a really difficult 　　13　　 with my girlfriend of 7 years．I didn't feel like helping anyone or doing anything 　　14　　, but I figured why not？And I'm glad I did．Also, as 　　15　　 would have it, their daughter is my age(college student)and we each had a mutual(相互的)　　16　　 in one another．This developed into a friendship, and in the coming months, probably more．

　　The 　　17　　 was the act itself, though．I got to know my new neighbors and made some new friends in the 　　18　　．And I felt really good about it．Since then, I've tried 　　19　　 my comfort zone to perform other unplanned acts of 　　20　　．So far, so good．I'd encourage everyone else to do the same!

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stealing

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burdening

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packing

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friends

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parents

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which

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why

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what

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when

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with

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came up

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students

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　　Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family．As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her．Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避)into books．Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate．

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work for a school magazine

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[　　]

A．

Her early years in college．

B．

Her training in the Workshop．

C．

Her feeling of being different．

D．

Her childhood experience．

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[　　]

A．

It is quite popular among students．

B．

It is the only book ever written by Cisneros．

C．

It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish．

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It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine．

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Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

[　　]

A．

She had seven brothers．

B．

She felt herself a nobody．

C．

She was too shy to go to school．

D．

She did not have any good teachers．

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The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to ________．

[　　]

A．

work for a school magazine

B．

run away from her family

C．

make a lot of friends

D．

develop her writing style

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According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

[　　]

A．

Her early years in college．

B．

Her training in the Workshop．

C．

Her feeling of being different．

D．

Her childhood experience．

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　　In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine．Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband．Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa．At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely－a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families．The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice．”

　　“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice．I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about．”

　　Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine．The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child．The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level．Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection．

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Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

[　　]

A．

She had seven brothers．

B．

She felt herself a nobody．

C．

She was too shy to go to school．

D．

She did not have any good teachers．

(2)

The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to ________．

[　　]

A．

work for a school magazine

B．

run away from her family

C．

make a lot of friends

D．

develop her writing style

(3)

According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

[　　]

A．

Her early years in college．

B．

Her training in the Workshop．

C．

Her feeling of being different．

D．

Her childhood experience．

(4)

What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

[　　]

A．

It is quite popular among students．

B．

It is the only book ever written by Cisneros．

C．

It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish．

D．

It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine．

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  　　Award­winning 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 Solar, a novel about a Nobel prize­winning 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                                                                                                                                     

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◆Published in the U．S. in June 2010

◆Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries

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◆Published in September 2010

◆Publisher: Dutton

◆1,008 Pages                                                                                                                                  

1.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.

2.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

3.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 Follett are both publishers

 

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