【題目】 Stories are shared in many ways. They are described in books and magazines. They are read around the campfire at night. They are randomly distributed from stand-alone booths. But what else?

To revive （復(fù)興）literature in the era of fast news and smartphone addiction, Short Edition, a French publisher of short-form literature, has set up more than 30 story dispensers （分發(fā)機(jī)）in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices.

Francis Ford Coppola, the film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much that he invested in the company and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco. Last month public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too. There is one on the campus at Penn State. A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. And Short Edition plans to announce more, including at the Los Angeles International Airport.

“Everything old is new again," said Andrew Nurkin, the director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers. “We want people to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity.

Here's how a dispenser works： It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute, three minutes or five minutes. When a button is pushed, a short story is printed. The stories are free. They are chosen from a computer category of more than 100,000 original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Edition's judges, and transmitted over a mobile network. Offerings can be tailored to specific interests, like children's fiction or romance. Short Edition gets stories for its category by holding writing contests.

Short Edition set up its first booth in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide. “The idea is to make people happy," said Kristan Leroy, director of Short Edition, “There is too much unhappiness today. ”

【1】What do we know about the stories sent by dispensers?

A.They are expensive.

B.They are short in form.

C.They can be read on smartphones.

D.They are mainly taken from magazine literature.

【2】Where can you find the popularity of story dispensers in America?

A.In paragraph 3.

B.In paragraph 4.

C.In paragraph 5.

D.In paragraph 6.

【3】Which is the main purpose of setting up the dispensers according to Andrew Nurkin?

A.To get rid of people's smartphone addiction.

B.To reduce the financial stress of libraries.

C.To make people have access to literature.

D.To advertise the network literature.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.Online Reading: a Virtual Tour

B.Short Edition, a French Publisher

C.Everything Old Will Be Popular Again

D.Taste of Literature, at the Push of a Button

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。人們可以通過多種途徑讀到小說，例如書籍、雜志等。為了能夠在快新聞時(shí)代和智能手機(jī)成癮的時(shí)代復(fù)興文學(xué)，法國文學(xué)出版商Short Edition過去幾年在美國建立了30多個(gè)小說分發(fā)機(jī)，在餐廳，大學(xué)和政府辦公室只需按一下按鈕即可以閱讀小說。這樣人們能更容易地接觸文學(xué)，以此提高孩子們的讀寫能力并激發(fā)他們的創(chuàng)造力。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段中的when a button is pushed, a short story is printed”可知，按下按鈕，就會(huì)打印出一篇短篇小說，因此小說在形式上是簡短的。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“he …placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco. Last month public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too. There is one on the campus at Penn State. A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. And Short Edition plans to announce more, including at the Los Angeles International Airport.”可知，在舊金山的Cafe Zoetrope有一臺(tái)小說分發(fā)機(jī)，其他一些城市的公共圖書館也宣布將安裝小說分發(fā)機(jī)。賓夕法尼亞州立大學(xué)的校園里有一臺(tái)小說分發(fā)機(jī)。在佛羅里達(dá)州有一些小說分發(fā)機(jī)。在洛杉磯國際機(jī)場(chǎng)也將有更多的小說分發(fā)機(jī)。因此在第3段中可以看出小說分發(fā)機(jī)在美國受人歡迎。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的“We want people to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity.”可知，Andrew Nurkin說：“我們希望人們能夠很容易地接觸到文學(xué)。我們希望提高孩子們的讀寫能力并激發(fā)他們的創(chuàng)造力�！币虼�，在Andrew Nurkin看來，設(shè)置小說分發(fā)機(jī)的主要目的是使人們有機(jī)會(huì)接觸文學(xué)。故選C。

【4】標(biāo)題判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Stories are shared in many ways. They are described…”可知，文章提出的話題是閱讀小說。根據(jù)第二段“Short Edition… has set up more than 30 story dispensers in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices.”可知，法國文學(xué)出版商Short Edition過去幾年在美國建立了30多個(gè)小說分發(fā)機(jī)，在餐廳，大學(xué)和政府辦公室只需按一下按鈕即可以閱讀小說。因此D項(xiàng)（輕按一下按鈕，即可品嘗文學(xué)作品。）作為標(biāo)題符合文章大意。故選D。

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