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Goodreads recommends the following books you want to read for the event to come.
1.The Lyrics: 1961-2012
By Bob Dylan
Simon & Schuster,$60
What it's about: This heavy,well-timed publication contains lyrics by the songwriter who just won the Nobel Prize in Literature,from his first album,Bob Dylan,through Tempest.
What's to love: The times may be changing,but Dylan's fans are a constant,traditional devotees who will want this epic collection for their shelves,to sit beside those beloved old large papers.
2.Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song
By Tyler Conroy
Simon & Schuster,$28
What it's about: An elegant fanzine celebrating all things about Taylor Swift,especially the pop star's countless fans. What's to love: Mom and/or Dad,the fan of Taylor Swift,will think you're pretty cool if he or she discovers this temple to Taylor under the Christmas tree (even if it is a book).
3.Misty Copeland
By Gregg Delman
Rizzoli,$39.95
What it's about: Star-figure female ballet dancer Misty Copeland strikes a pose(95,to be exact) in photos taken between 2011 and 2014,in the casual setting of dance studios.
What's to love: Since becoming the first African American woman to be named a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre,Copeland has become a cultural phenomenon,and Delman's arresting pictures capture（捕捉）her muscular power and elegance.
4.@ NatGeo: The Most Popular Instagram Photos
By National Geographic
National Geographic,$19.95
What it's about: National Geographic's popular Instagram account(nearly 63 million followers) comes to book form in this title filled with eye-popping images from around the world.
What's to love: Here's proof that NatGeo's talented photographers have conquered social media while maintaining the usual quality of their work.And for fans of more traditional coffee-table-size books,check out National Geographic's Wild,Beautiful Places:Picture-Perfect Journeys Around the Globe ($40).
1.Which author is noted for literature achievements?
A. Bob Dylan. B. Tyler Conroy.
C. Gregg Delman. D. National Geographic.
2.For what event are the books most probably recommended?
A. New Year's Day. B. Christmas Day.
C. One's anniversary. D. Literature awards.
3.How much would a photographer normally spend on his favourite books listed?
A. $39.95. B. $19.95.
C. $59.9. D. $99.9.
4.Which book would a pop star's fan probably buy?
A. The Lyrics: 1961-2012 .
B. Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song.
C. Misty Copeland.
D. @ NatGeo: The Most Popular Instagram Photos.
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Goodreads recommends the following books you want to read for the event to come.
1.The Lyrics: 1961-2012
By Bob Dylan
Simon & Schuster,$60
What it's about: This heavy,well-timed publication contains lyrics by the songwriter who just won the Nobel Prize in Literature,from his first album,Bob Dylan,through Tempest.
What's to love: The times may be changing,but Dylan's fans are a constant,traditional devotees who will want this epic collection for their shelves,to sit beside those beloved old large papers.
2.Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song
By Tyler Conroy
Simon & Schuster,$28
What it's about: An elegant fanzine celebrating all things about Taylor Swift,especially the pop star's countless fans. What's to love: Mom and/or Dad,the fan of Taylor Swift,will think you're pretty cool if he or she discovers this temple to Taylor under the Christmas tree (even if it is a book).
3.Misty Copeland
By Gregg Delman
Rizzoli,$39.95
What it's about: Star-figure female ballet dancer Misty Copeland strikes a pose(95,to be exact) in photos taken between 2011 and 2014,in the casual setting of dance studios.
What's to love: Since becoming the first African American woman to be named a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre,Copeland has become a cultural phenomenon,and Delman's arresting pictures capture（捕捉）her muscular power and elegance.
[email protected] NatGeo: The Most Popular Instagram Photos
By National Geographic
National Geographic,$19.95
What it's about: National Geographic's popular Instagram account(nearly 63 million followers) comes to book form in this title filled with eye-popping images from around the world.
What's to love: Here's proof that NatGeo's talented photographers have conquered social media while maintaining the usual quality of their work.And for fans of more traditional coffee-table-size books,check out National Geographic's Wild,Beautiful Places:Picture-Perfect Journeys Around the Globe ($40).
1.Which author is noted for literature achievements?
A. Bob Dylan. B. Tyler Conroy.
C. Gregg Delman. D. National Geographic.
2.For what event are the books most probably recommended?
A. New Year's Day. B. Christmas Day.
C. One's anniversary. D. Literature awards.
3.How much would a photographer normally spend on his favourite books listed?
A. $39.95. B. $19.95.
C. $59.9. D. $99.9.
4.Which book would a pop star's fan probably buy?
A. The Lyrics: 1961-2012 .
B. Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song.
C. Misty Copeland.
D. @ NatGeo: The Most Popular Instagram Photos.
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With the Reading Day coming,I'd like to recommend a couple of books to you.
A License to Heal by Steven Bentley
It describes the real world of emergency medicine from the viewpoint of a practicing emergency physician, Bentley.In the world of emergency medicine,there's lots of pain,blood and sadness in our daily life,but there's also hope,excitement and a surprising amount of humor—for both the patients and the staff.The narrative（叙述）writing is effective,for Bentley appears as the doctor everyone needs in a medical emergency.
Battering Rocks over the Barn by Lawn Griffiths
An Iowa farm boy's Odyssey.The rhythm of rural life during the 1950s and 1960s comes alive through the eyes of a boy who grew up to become a newspaper journalist and farm editor.Follow his journey in this book.
Imperfect Family by Leyland A.king
This is a novel describing an ordinary family's union,strength,ambition and determination that contribute to the great possibility for one generation to climb the shabby ladder from the low class to the American middle class.
Walking the Stones of Time by Oswald Brown
This is a tale of two lovers separated by social status in primitive Scotland.It unfolds as a young man makes it his task to free a beautiful young girl from slavery.What follows is an adventurous story of disloyalty（不忠实）overcome by courage.
Honeyball by Pete Liebengood.
Rachel's father hands her a minor league baseball team.She hired an all female staff and created a highly successful marketing campaign called honeyball.The book Honeyball offers an entertaining perspective（视角）of the league baseball where a group of women pull together in a campaign to find success at the box office while their leader finally finds the love of Rachel's life.
1.What can we know about A License to Heal?
A. It tells readers stories about patients.
B. It's about a humor story of a physician.
C. It impresses readers with a heart-broken story.
D. It's convincing because of its narrative writing style.
2.Which book is about country life?
A. Honeyball.
B. Battering Rocks over the Barn.
C. Walking the Stones of Time.
D. Imperfect Family.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The writer of A License to Heal is a humorous doctor.
B. Imperfect Family describes an amazing women baseball Learn.
C. There're love stories in Walking the Stones of Time and Honeyball.
D. Battering Rocks over the Barn describes the city life of a journalist.
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The following books have been published recently, and maybe you would like to read them.
This Atmosphere of Love
Franklin Bass Jr.
www.authorhouse.com
Paperback丨E-book
$12.95丨$3.99
This Atmosphere of Love shares Franklin Bass Jr.’s poetry collection from 2008 to 2012 that speaks about his true feelings and experiences of love.
An Irish Girl
Marilyn Hering
www.iuniverse.com
Paperback丨E-book
$13.99丨$3.99
Inspired by true events of the Irish famine(饥荒), An Irish Girl combines a tale of the famine with a heart-broken story of love and loss.
The Prison Planet
Handbook
Denis Goodwin
www.xlibris.com
Hardback丨Paperback丨E-book丨Audiobook
$46.98丨$34.45丨$4.99丨$9.99
Sometimes, the reality prescribed to us doesn’t explain what we experience. If you too know something isn’t right and want to see the bigger picture, the bottom line is here.
A Deadly Homecoming
Jane Bennett Munro
www.iuniverse.com
Hardback丨Paperback丨E-book丨Audiobook
$23.99丨$13.99丨$3.99丨$9.99
When her mother asks her to investigate a friend’s disappearance, Toni Day heads to her hometown to solve a complex murder case that leaves her own life hanging in the balance.
1.Who is a poet among the following writers?
A.Jane Bennett Munro B.Marilyn Hering.
C.Denis Goodwin. D.Franklin Bass Jr.
2.What kind of book is An Irish Girl?
A.A biography B.A storybook
C.A documentary. D.A reference book.
3.Which book will you read if you like a thriller?
A.The Prison Planet. B.A Deadly Homecoming.
C.An Irish Girl. D.This Atmosphere of Love.
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根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
-- 1
-- I want to borrow a book. Can you recommend(推荐) an interesting one?
-- 2
-- I like story and travel books.
-- Have you read “The Red and Black”?
-- Oh, yes I have. I want a book by Mark Twain.
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-- “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer”.
-- All right. I’ll get it for you.
-- 4
-- You may keep it for two weeks.
-- 5
-- You may come and renew them.
-- Thank you for your kind help.
-- You are welcome. Good-bye!
-- Good-bye!
A. What do you want?
B. Of course, I can. But tell me first what kind of books you like to read?
C. How long may I borrow the book?
D. Thanks a lot. How long may I keep the book?
E. What if I can’t finish on time?
F. Good morning! What can I do for you?
G. What’s the title of the book?
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If you love to read, and if you love social networking, you should check out Goodreads. Goodreads allows you to write reviews for everything you’ve ever read. You can see and comment on your friends’ reading progress, as well as create or find a book club group page in your area.
Goodreads is simple to use. When you sign up here for an account, you will be able to find your friends by their email addresses or other accounts. Once you have some friends, every time you log in(登录), you will see a timeline of their updates. You can see when they’ve added a book to a list, or when they’ve finished or reviewed a book. As soon as you have an account, you can also start looking for books you’ve read or that you want to read. Once you finish reading a book, you can go to the book page and review it.
Finding your next book has never been easier. Now, not only can you search for individual books you know you want to read and add them to your “to read” list, but you can also easily see what your friends have recently read. When you search through friends’ reviews, you can also see who liked what kind of books, making your selection process even easier. Adding books to your “to read” list can help you keep track of what you want to read next, and seeing what books your friends enjoyed—or didn’t enjoy—can help you populate(输入数据)your list of books to read next.
If you are looking for a book club that meets in your area, you can search for that on Goodreads, too. Similarly, if you want to create your own book club, you can do that easily: just start a new group on Goodreads and update the page to show what books you’re reading.
1.If you want to use Goodreads, you must have _______.
A. an email address B. a book review
C. an account D. a book list
2.What can you do with a “to read” list?
A. You can review books you have recently read
B. You can make your selection process even easier
C. You can know what you want to read next
D. You can see what books your friends enjoyed
3.If you want to set up a book club on the Internet, you should _________.
A. inform others about book club meetings in time
B. update information about what books you are reading
C. search for your old group on Goodreads
D. refer to book clubs on Goodreads daily
4.The passage is most probably taken from ___________.
A. a research paper B. a news report
C. a website article D. a travel brochure
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After seeing the movie.____.
A．the book was read by him
B．the book made him want to read it
C．he wanted t read the book
D．the reading of the book interested him
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Will you want me to read a whole book in English?
Yes. Believe it or not, that may be easier than you think. Not all classics are so difficult or complicated. So you’re not limited to the simplified versions. And the easier books are not all for children.
In the original versions ,books may send you to the dictionary. And you might not understand everything you read. But reading one from cover to cover will give you a real sense of accomplishment.
The key is to find the right books. Let’s take a look at these.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
Stepping into an old wardrobe, four English schoolchildren find themselves in the magical world of Narnia. On this delightful land, they find friends among the many talking creatures.
The children soon discover, however, that Narnia is ruled by the White Witch. Edmund, one of the children, falls under her power. Who can free Narnia? Only Aslan, the great and noble lion. He alone knows the Deeper Magic. But the children themselves must help fight the battle against the White Witch and those who serve her.
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, hasn’t caught any fish in more than 80 days. Sailing far out from land, the old man hooks an enormous fish. That begins an agonizing three-day battle. First he struggles against the great fish. Then he must fight off the sharks that circle the little boat and threaten to eat his fish. Exhausted and bleeding, the old man arrives back at shore. But his fish, his beautiful fish . . .
Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for this superb story of strength and courage, of victory and regret.
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine Lingle)
Meg’s father, a U.S. government scientist, has been missing for many months. He had been experimenting with time travel when he mysteriously disappeared.
Now Meg, her little brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin will try to rescue him. But first they must outwit the forces of evil they encounter on their journey through time and space. Can they find Meg’s father before it’s too late?
This novel is more than just a science-fiction adventure. It’s an exploration of the nature of our universe.
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
One day Kino, a poor Mexican pearl diver, finds a magnificent pearl. With it he dreams of buying a better life, new clothes and schooling for his son. Instead, it brings only evil. His wife pleads with him to get rid of it. "No," says Kino. "I will have my chance. I am a man." But when he kills a man who is trying to steal the pearl, Kino and his wife must run for their lives.
This tale of dreams, justice and the power of greed is told simply and beautifully.
1.In the passage, the author intends to _______.
A. recommend a few simplified versions of classics
B. recommend a few original versions of classics
C. tell us how to read an English book from beginning to end
D. tell us how to find proper English books to read
2.In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the White Witch is probably _____.
A. an evil woman with magic power
B. a friendly woman with magic power
C. a delightful talking creature
D. a powerful lion
3.The underlined word "outwit" in the passage probably means ______.
A. get rid of
B. take advantage of
C. beat by being cleverer
D. make the most of
4.A Wrinkle in Time is different from other books mentioned in the passage in that _____.
A. it is not a science fiction
B. it tells a true story
C. it provides some scientific knowledge
D. it tells the battle between justice and evil
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Do you want to read some new books? Here are a few of Bill Gates’ favorites in 2018.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Price: $20.2
The author, who is a really strong thinker, makes it clear that big problems are not solvable by a single country. He finds that human mind wants to worry about the dilemmas we face today. The book is a better framework for all the problems that people are worrying about.
Meditation and Mindfulness
Author: Andy Puddicombe
Price: $18.5
When you meditate, they sometimes say you should empty your mind, but that really never happens. So the author’s analogy (比喻) is ideas that are like clouds coming across your head. You should just push away gently. If the book can get people doing 10 minutes daily meditation, that is fantastic for relaxing your mind.
Army of None
Author: Paul Scharre
Price: $46.1
It is about what armies are going to look like in the future. Should a drone (无人机) be able to go out and find enemies and attack them? Should the software be letting the humans make the decisions or not? The author is warning that we need to hold back and not go all the way to robotic warfare. The author thinks we should not give up human involvement in these weapons.
Bad Blood
Author: John Carreyrou
Price: $43.4
It is a story of secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley start-up. Theranos, the founders were doing diagnostics (诊断) that can be very cheap, not need as much blood, read out even your DNA. But when it all was revealed, they really didn’t have what they were talking about. In fact, they had been giving patients diagnoses, which were actually dangerous because they were so wrong. It is a thriller with a tragic ending.
1.Which book is suitable for a person who wants to find a way to get relaxed?
A. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. B. Meditation and Mindfulness.
C. Army of None. D. Bad Blood.
2.Who wrote a thriller in 2018?
A. Yuval Noah Harari. B. Andy Puddicombe.
C. Paul Scharre. D. John Carreyrou.
3.How much will you pay for Army of None?
A. $20.2. B. $18.5.
C. $46.1. D. $43.4.
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After seeing the film, __________________.
A. the book was read by him B. he wanted to read the book
C. the book made him want to read it D. the reading of the book interested him
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