MAINE
by J. Courtney Sullivan, fiction, $26
The Kellehers are a big, disorderly family who sometimes seem to have only one thing in common: love for their beach house in Maine. Lie there with this novel and listen to a summer’s worth of secrets, quarrels, and misunderstandings.
WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I ALMOST DIED
by Chris Licht, nonfiction, $23
The energetic co-creator of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” was unprepared for the pain, fear, and helplessness he felt after suffering a brain bleed. But as he detailed in this outspoken, thoughtful book, the lessons he took from the event surprised him the most.
FIRE AND RAIN
by David Browne, nonfiction, $26
This book transports you back to a year — the 1970 of Apollo 13, the first Earth Day — and the turning point of albums by the Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills and Nash that provided the sound for a new decade. Rolling Stone contributing editor Browne artfully describes the creation of these classic songs.
LONG DRIVE HOME
by Will Allison, fiction, $22
A moment of anger has life-and-death consequences in this beautifully written novel. Being angry with a speeding teenage driver, Dad Glen Bauer makes a turn of his car in response, causing an accident in which the other driver dies. It’s a story about guilt, responsibility, and how mistrust can tear a loving family apart.
JESSICA LOST
by Bunny Crumpacker and J.S. Picariello, memoir (回憶錄)，$25
Two authors — a woman who gave up a baby for adoption and the child herself — write alternating chapters in this memoir, which takes readers on a 50-year journey through their separate lives, their meeting, and their following relationship. Its account is both original and heartbreaking.
小題1: Which of the following is TURE according to the text?
A．MAINE talks about a loving happy family.
B．WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I ALMOST DIED is a novel.
C．JSSICA LOST is about a mother and her daughter.
D．LONG DRIVE HOME is written in the first person.
小題2:. Which of the following may be favored by music lovers?
A．MAINE.B．FIRE AND RAIN.
C．LONG DRIVE HOME.D．JESSICA LOST.
小題3:The text is most probably a(n) _______.
A．a(chǎn)dvertisement.B．literary research report.
C．Collection of novelsD．book review

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A

試題分析：
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)最后一部分的a woman who gave up a baby for adoption and the child herself說(shuō)明是關(guān)于一個(gè)母親和她收養(yǎng)的女兒的故事的書(shū)。故C正確。
小題2:.B 推理題。根據(jù)該部分的he turning point of albums by the Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills and Nash that provided the sound for a new decade. Rolling Stone contributing editor Browne artfully describes the creation of these classic songs.說(shuō)明該部分是與披頭士以及滾石有關(guān)的，這些都是與音樂(lè)有關(guān)的內(nèi)容，故B的說(shuō)法正確。
小題3:.A 主旨大意題。本文從本質(zhì)上來(lái)說(shuō)是一則廣告，介紹了幾本不同內(nèi)容的書(shū)，文章中還詳細(xì)地描述了幾本書(shū)的具體內(nèi)容。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文來(lái)說(shuō)是一則廣告，介紹了幾本不同內(nèi)容的書(shū)，文章中還詳細(xì)地描述了幾本書(shū)的具體內(nèi)容。此類文章可以先審題，再看文章，這樣就會(huì)有的放矢，對(duì)其中的部分信息進(jìn)行篩選和取舍，可以提高閱讀效率和速度。
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