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| u GONE WITH THE WIND Author: Margaret Mitchell ￥25 (in bookstores) ￥18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O’Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time. |
| u A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ￥18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin’s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty (贫穷) and the scorn (嘲笑) of her fellows. It’s an excellent book with 4 tapes for children. | 
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| u PETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie ￥15 (in bookstores) ￥12 (online) It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never—Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes) |
| u  UNCLE TOM’S CABIN Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe ￥20 (in bookstores) The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle (斗争) between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago. | |
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| u THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ￥35 (in bookstores) ￥30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan (孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic (魔法) of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. |
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1. All of the following books have children as their main characters (主角) except _________.
A. PETER PAN B. GONE WITH THE WIND
C. A LITTLE PRINCESS D. THE SECRET GARDEN
2. We can know from the passage that _________.
A. there are only three books with tapes
B. we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores
C. two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett
D. THE SECRET GARDEN is ￥5 cheaper in bookstores than online
3. Mary in THE SECRET GARDEN brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of _________.
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. nature’s magic
A. abc B. acd C. bcd D. abd
4. This article may appear ___________.
A. as an advertisement B. as an introduction to the western literature (文化)
C. in a Chinese film D. only to middle school students
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On May 3
On May 3, 1937, Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Gone with the wind”.
On May 3, 1898, Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel, was born.
On May 3, 1802, Washington, D.C. officially became a city.
On May 2
On May 2, 1903, Benjamin Spock, the American pediatrician (儿科医生) whose book on child rearing (扶养) influenced generations of parents, was born.
On May 2, 1885, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about the construction of the Statue of Liberty.
On May 1
On May 1, 1967, Singer Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas.
On May 1, 1907, Kate Smith, the American singer who was considered the “first lady of radio”, was born.
On May 1, 1880, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about the mass migration of Southern blacks to the West.
On April 30
On April 30, 1945, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler committed suicide (自杀) along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun, as Russian troops approached his Berlin Bunker.
On April 30, 1902, Theodore Schultz, the American economist who won a Nobel Prize for his important studies of the human factor in the workplace, was born.
On April, 30, 1859, Harper’s Weekly featured a cartoon about a U.S. military expedition to Paraguay (巴拉圭).
1.Arrange the following events in order of time they happened.
a. Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize b. Benjamin Spock was born
c. Elvis Presley got married d. Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler died
A. a-b-c-d B. b-a-d-c C. b-a-c-d D. a-b-d-c
2.Who later became a political leader?
A. Golda Meir B. Elvis Presley C. Kate Smith D. Theodore Schultz
3.Harper’s Weekly is most probably _____.
A. a daily newspaper with a cartoon column
B. a cartoon newspaper started in the late 19th century
C. an American magazine with a cartoon column
D. a European cartoon magazine with a long history
4.The section of a newspaper containing this type of information can best be titled _____.
A. History focus B. History’s celebration
C. Important historical events D. On this day in history
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—Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind?
—Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ______.
A. affordable B. acceptable C. available D. avoidable
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—Tommy, are you reading Gone with the Wind? I don’t think you can understand it as a child.
—The English in this book _____, so it’s easy to understand.
A. has been simplified B. had been simplified
C. has simplified D. simplified
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The first English novel _____ I read was “Gone with the Wind”.
| A．which | B．that | C．who | D．whom |
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First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.
Piscine “Pi” Molitor Patel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patel’s family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.
However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. Pi along with an orangutan (猩猩), an injured zebra, a hyena (鬣狗) and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat. Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena. The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.
In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm. Since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going mad by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive.
The life of Pi then enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the Mexicans refuse to believe Pi’s story, he changes his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the Mexicans which one they prefer. They prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it.
In my view, Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love reading.
1.We can learn that the book Life of Pi _____.
A. was written in 2001
B. was awarded two prizes
C. tells a story about friendship
D. is based on the author’s personal experience
2. In the book Life of Pi the hyena is killed by _____.
A. Pi
B. the zebra
C. the orangutan
D. Richard Parker
3. How does Pi escape being eaten by the tiger?
A. By catching fishes for the tiger.
B. By locking the tiger in a cage.
C. By being the leader of the two of them.
D. By fighting with the tiger.
4. What happens after Pi arrives in Mexico?
A. The tiger dies.
B. He tries to escape.
C. The Mexicans feel sorry for him.
D. The Mexicans doubt his experience.
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The book is popular because the author wrote it in friendly and _________ language.
A.confusing B.difficult C.ordinary D.special
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J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, began writing at age 6. In her biography（传记）, she well remembers her good friend, Sean, whom she met in secondary school, helped build her confidence in becoming a very good writer. “He was the first person to know my serious dream to be a writer. He was also the only person who thought I was certain to be a success at it, which meant much more to me.”
Rowling met many difficulties in her writing, especially fantasy(幻想) stories. It wasn't until l990 that she first got the idea about Harry Potter. As she recalls, it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that “the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. I didn't have a pen with me, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one. I think, now, that this was probably a good thing, because I simply sat and thought, for four(delayed train) hours, and all the details appear in my brain, and this thin, black-haired, glasses-wearing boy who didn't know he was a wizard (男巫) became more and more real to me.”
That same year, her mother passed away after a ten-year illness, which deeply affected her writing. She went on to marry and had a daughter, but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.
During this time, Rowling suffered from depression(抑郁症). She, out of work,completed her first novel in the cafes, where she could get her daughter to fall asleep. After being refused by l2 publishing houses, the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.
Now with seven books sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages, J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history. And it all began with the confidence of a friend!
1.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A. Confidence of a Friend Helped the Success of Harry Potter
B. J.K.Rowing’s Hard Life and the Success of Harry Potter
C. J.K.Rowing---author of the Harry Potter book series
D. How J.K.Rowing Firstly Got the Idea of Harry Potter
2.According to the passage, we know J.K.Rowing_______.
A. had a happy family
B. had a ten-year illness
C. earned a lot from her novels
D. published 12 books in 64 languages
3.Where did J.K.Rowing first have the shape of Harry Potter?
A.in the cafes B.on a train
C.in a secondary school D. in a publishing house
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Harry Potter’s friends didn’t know he was a wizard until he graduated.
B.J.K.Rowing wrote down her idea while she was on the train by borrowing a pen.
C.It’s lucky that J.K.Rowing didn’t have a pen while she got the idea of Harry Potter.
D.Harry Potter was a thin, yellow-haired handsome boy with a pair of glasses on his nose.
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I Am A Pencil
Children's book author Sam Swope took a job teaching writing to third-graders in the New York City. His students were immigrants （移民） or the children of immigrants from 21 countries，speaking 11 languages and having many different beliefs. But there were a few things they had in common：family troubles，money struggles and poetry.
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What It Takes To Help Me Out
An editor for US News & World Report，David L. Marcus takes us inside a boarding （寄宿）school for troubled teens. He shows the great stresses that are put on these teens and make them lose their confidence. This should cause us to think hard about troubled teens.
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The Most Scenic Drives in America
Published again and again and translated into several languages beginning in 1997，this travel book includes over 200 brand-new photographs of the wonderful places along 120 selected routes.
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Our Brother's Keeper
Author Jedwin Smith tells what happened when he met several of his brother's old friends. They make a journey to Vietnam，to visit the place where Jeff，his brother，died. Surprisingly，their Vietnamese guide was the former commander （海军中校）carrying out the attack that killed Jeff. A powerful story of brotherhood，bravery and understanding carried out.
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1.Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut？
A. I Am A Pencil B. What It Takes To Help Me Out
C. The Most Scenic Drives in America D. Our Brother's Keeper
2.If you are interested in taking photos，you would probably choose .
A. I Am A Pencil B. What It Takes To Help Me Out
C. The Most Scenic Drives in America D. Our Brother's Keeper
3.From the book I Am A Pencil，we can learn that Sam Swope's students .
A. are homeless children B. have the same beliefs
C. are in different grades D. like writing poetry
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World Book Day is a celebration of all things wonderful about books for all ages, with author events, school fancy-dress parades and a ￡1 book token（购书券）given to all school children under 18. It is a yearly event on 23rd April, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) to promote reading.
In the United Kingdom, the day is recognized on the first Thursday in March. On 3rd March 2016 children of all ages in the UK will come together to appreciate reading. Sometimes, reading a modern novel can be tough ( Booker Prize winner The Luminaries runs to 832 pages! ), especially if reading is not your strong suit. In fact, one in six people in the UK never pick up a book because they’ve experienced difficulties or are out of the habit of reading for pleasure.
The Galaxy Quick Reads series are designed to introduce reluctant readers to bestselling short funny novels, which bring the joy of reading without demanding hours of concentrated time. They cover a range of subjects, from romance to comedy.
Jojo Moyes’s Paris For One is a romantic adventure in which 26-year-old Nell books a weekend away to Paris with her lazy, neglectful boyfriend. When he fails to turn up, she is alone in the city. That is, until she meets Fabien, who shows her the charms of the French capital -- in more ways than one.
Adele Geras’s moving story Out In The Dark was set in World War I, in which young Rob came back from the battlefields. Determined to find the officer’s widow to return the photo of her and their daughter that the captain kept with him, he traveled several thousand miles but never gave up.
Dead Man Talking is a fantastic tale of Pat, who had a terrible fight with his best friend, Joe, ten years ago -- but now hears that Joe is dead, and he must attend his funeral. But Joe is not going quietly that very night -- he’s lying in his coffin being very chatty indeed.
1.What is the main aim of the World Book Day?
A. To promote book selling. B. To encourage reading.
C. To win authors fame. D. To perfect education.
2.If you lack confidence in your reading skills, you will probably avoid reading _____.
A. The Luminaries B. Paris For One
C. Dead Man Talking D. Out In The Dark
3.What else do you expect the author to introduce?
A. A romance. B. A comedy.
C. A horror story. D. A moving story.
4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TURE ?
A. The Luminaries tells a story of a Booker Prize winner.
B. Paris For One tells a story of Nell and Fabien.
C. Out In The Dark is a story during World WarⅡ.
D. Dead Man Talking is a story of Pat and his talkative friend.