The Pickup

Nadine Gordimer

The book talks about the love between an Arab man and a white South African woman. They come from very different cultures with very different ways of looking at the world.

List price: $16.00

Price: $11.30

You save: $4.70(29%)

Publisher: Picador

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande

The modern world has given us huge know-how. Yet failures continue to influence us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry and so on. And the reason is simple: there is so much knowledge that it is hard for people to fully command it. Atul Gawande makes an argument that we can do better, using the simplest of methods: the checklist.

List price: $15.00

Price: $ 11.76

You save: $3.24(21%)

Publisher: Picador

Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer

Micheal White

Micheal White tells the colorful life of the world’s first modern scientist. Interesting yet based on fact. Micheal White’s learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know about him. Newton is shown as a great scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began.

List price: $19.95

Price: $15.01

You save: $4.94(25%)

Publisher: Basic Books

1.Who has written a book that talks about cultural differences?

A. Micheal White. B. Adrian Vickers.

C. Atul Gawande. D. Nadine Gordimer.

2.What do The Pickup and The Checklist Manifesto have in common?

A. They have the same price cut.

B. Their list prices are the same.

C. Their authors are introduced in detail.

D. They share the same publisher.

3. In the book Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer Newton _____.

A. is a great but not perfect man

B. lives a meaningful and colorful life

C. is the same as what we commonly know

D. is an old-time gifted scientist and magician

4.Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut?

A. The pickup.

B. Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer.

C. A History of Modern Indonesia.

D. The Checklist Manifesto : How to Get Things Right

 

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文介紹了三本書，分別從作者，內(nèi)容，折扣，出版商四個方面來進行介紹。

1.D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一本書提到They come from very different cultures with very different ways of looking at the world.可知他們來自不同的文化，用不同的方式來看世界，故選D項。

2.D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)兩本書的對比，他們的出版商都是Publisher: Picador，故選D項。

3.A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Newton is shown as a great scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began可知他是一個偉大的科學家也有人類的弱點，故選A項。

4.A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一本書提到List price: $16.00 Price: $11.3 You save: $4.70(29%)可知這本書給了百分之二十九的折扣，是這三本書中最高的，故選A項。

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