13．A quarter of US adults say they read no books at all in the past year，according to an Associated Press-Ipsos survey．The typical person said that he/she read four books in the last year and，excluding those who had not read any books at all，the usual number of books read was seven．
Of those who did read，women and pensioners （領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金者） were the most eager readers，and religious works and popular fiction were the top choices．The number of books read was nine books for women and five for men．The number also showed that those with college degrees read the most，and people aged 50and over read more than those who are younger．
People from the West and Midwest are more likely to have read at least one book in the past year．Southerners who do read tend to read more books-mostly religious books and romance novels-than people from other regions．
Those who said they never attend religious services read nearly twice as many books as those who attend frequently，but the Bible and religious works were read by two thirds of the people in the survey，more than all the other categories．Popular fiction，histories，biographies and mysteries took up about half，while one in five read romance novels．Politics，poetry and classical literature were named by fewer than 5% of readers．More women than men read every major category of books except for history and biography books．Men tend to prefer non-fiction．
Book sales in the US have been flat in recent years and are expected to stay that way，which，experts think，results from competition from the Internet and other media，and the unsteady economy．

47．The passage mainly tells usA．
A．the number of Americans who read books last year dropped
B．the book sales in the US have been dropping in recent years
C．the reasons why one in four Americans read no books last year
D．a(chǎn)bout region differences in the number and kind of books read last year
48．Which kind of Americans read the most last year according to the survey？B
A．Older men with college degrees from the South．
B．Older women with college degrees from the South．
C．Younger educated men from the Midwest．
D．Younger educated women from the West．
49．What kind of books was read most according to the passage？A
A．Religious works．     B．Popular fiction．
C．Poetry．              D．History．
50．Which of the following reasons why people read fewer books is true？A
①．Competition from the Internet．
②．Competition from other media．
③．The unsteady economy．
④．People attend religious services
⑤．No time for reading．
A．①②③B．②③⑤
C．①③⑤D．②③④

分析 一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，美國成年人讀書量在下降，有四分之一的美國人根本不讀書．造成讀書量下降的原因主要是來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的競爭，其它媒介的競爭和經(jīng)濟(jì)波動(dòng)．

解答 47----50 ABAA
47．答案A．主旨大意題．根據(jù)第一段話"A quarter of US adults say they read no books at all in the past year，according to an Associated Press-Ipsos survey．The typical person said that he/she read four books in the last year and，excluding those who had not read any books at all，the usual number of books read was seven．"可知，調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，去年每人的讀書量是4本，低于常規(guī)讀書量6本．故選A．
48．答案B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段"Of those who did read，women and pensioners （領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金者） were the most eager readers"和第三段"Southerners who do read tend to read more books-mostly religious books and romance novels-than people from other regions．"可知，南部地區(qū)擁有大學(xué)學(xué)歷的女性讀的書最多，故選B．
49．答案A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"but the Bible and religious works were read by two thirds of the people in the survey，more than all the other categories"可知，讀的最多的書籍是宗教書籍，故選A．
50．答案A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"which，experts think，results from competition from the Internet and other media，and the unsteady economy．"可知，讀書量的下降是由互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的競爭，其它媒介的競爭和不穩(wěn)定的經(jīng)濟(jì)造成的，故選A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 報(bào)道類閱讀，要留意文章的開頭和結(jié)尾，一般都會(huì)有主旨句或主旨段，直接向讀者呈現(xiàn)報(bào)道的中心思想．

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