I used to think of myself as a person learned in books, but my bookshelves told a different story. Apart from a few Indian novels and an Australian book, my literature collection only consisted of British and American titles. Worse still, I couldn’t ever found anything in translation. My reading was limited to stories by English-speaking authors.So, at the start of 2012, I set myself the challenge of trying to read a book from every country in a year to find out what I was missing.

With no idea where to get those books, I was unlikely to find publications from nearly 200 nations on the shelves of my local bookshop, so I decided to ask the readers all over the world for help. I created a blog called A Year of Reading the World and put out an appeal for suggestions of titles that I could read in English.

The response was amazing. People all over the world were getting in touch with me, offering ideas and book lists. Some posted me books from their home countries. In addition, several writers, like Turkmenistan’s Ak Welsapar and Panama’s Juan David Morgan, sent me unpublished translations of their novels, giving me a rare opportunity to read works unavailable in Britain. Even with

such an extraordinary team of bibliophiles(愛書者) behind me, however, sourcing books was no easy task. With translations making up only around 4.5 per cent of literary works published in the UK, getting English versions of stories was tricky.

One by one, the books from the countries on the list filled my heart with laughter, love, anger, hope and fear. Lands that had once seemed exotic and remote became close and familiar to me. At its best, I learned, reading makes the world real.

1.The author realized she was not a learned person when she found ________.

A. she could do nothing but read books

B. she didn’t have any translated books.

C. she had never been to Indian and Australian

D. she could only read simple English stories

2.What was the challenge the author set for herself?

A. Looking for publications to publish her own books.

B. Creating a blog to offer help to other readers.

C. Reading books from nearly 200 countries in a year.

D. Giving some suggestions on learning English.

3.It was not easy to find the books mainly because ________.

A. the readers were unwilling to offer help

B. there were too few translations in the UK

C. the author had no time and no chance to do it

D. the writers didn’t want to publish their books

4.We can infer that by reading the books from other countries, the author feels ________.

A. satisfied and rewarded

B. thankful and pitiful

C. calm and peaceful

D. bored and regretful

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文講了作者覺得自己讀的譯本太少了,他下決心在一年內(nèi)讀遍世界各國(guó)的譯本。然而當(dāng)?shù)氐男瓴荒軡M足他這個(gè)愿望。作者便在網(wǎng)上設(shè)立了一個(gè)博客尋求網(wǎng)友的幫助。世界各國(guó)的人們,甚至是著名的作家都給予了作者很大的幫助和建議。在他們的幫助下,作者實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的愿望。

1.根據(jù)文章第一段Worse still, I couldn’t ever found anything in translation.可知作者覺得他并不是一個(gè)好學(xué)的人是因?yàn)樗麤]有讀過什么譯本。故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句With no idea where to get those books, I was unlikely to find publications from nearly 200 nations on the shelves of my local bookshop可知作者的目的是一年讀200本書。故選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后一句With translations making up only around 4.5 per cent of literary works published in the UK, getting English versions of stories was tricky.可知作者很難找到譯本是因?yàn)樵谟?guó)譯本太少了。故選B。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一句At its best, I learned, reading makes the world real.可知作者是滿足的,感到有回報(bào)的。故選A。

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