Amazon just released its list of the 10 best-selling books of 2014，and chances all you’ve already seen people reading them on the train．It's not too late to read—or reread—the bestsellers of the year．The following are the top four of them．

“The Invention of Wings”by Sue Monk Kid

Set in the south in the early 1800s，this Oprah Book Club book follows the complicated relationship between Handful，a slave，and Sarah，her owner，as they grow up together from childhood．Their confusing friendship，in the face of politics and societal norms，becomes a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changes over time．

“Gray Mountain”by John Grisham

When the economic recession(蕭條)causes Samantha Kofer to lose her Wall Street law firm job．she takes a job at a legal aid clinic in Virginia until she can hopefully get back to big law．But while her new job，for the first time，puts her front and center in the court room，it also puts her in terrible danger．

“All the Light We Cannot See”by Anthony Doerr

This National Book Award Finalist follows both Marie—Laure，a blind French girl living with her father during World War II，and Werner，a German orphan with a skill for building and fixing radios．As their paths cross，this moving story will question how life and art are influenced by war．

“Twenty Seconds Ago(Jack Reacher，#19)”by Lee Child

After years of being out of the Army，Jack Reacher is pulled back into service at the CIA and State Department after someone tried to shoot the president of France．In Child’s latest Jack Reacher installment(系列叢書)，Reacher finds himself face to face with all old enemy and old memories．

1.If you prefer emotional(情感)stories，you’ll choose _______________.

A．The Invention of Wings and Gray Mountain

B．All the Light We Cannot See and Twenty Seconds Ago

C．The Invention of Wings and All the Light We Cannot See

D．Twenty Seconds Ago and Gray Mountain

2.What is Samantha Kofer?

A．A lawyer． B．A doctor．

C．A merchant． D．An official．

3.Which book has won the top honor?

A．The Invention of Wings

B．All the Light We Cannot See

C．Gray Mountain

D．Twenty Seconds Ago

4.What type of writing is this text?

A．A test report． B．An announcement.

C．A book review． D．Introduction of books．

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：亞馬遜所發(fā)布的2014年10本最暢銷圖書書單中的前4本書的圖書簡介。

1.C推理判斷題。讀了文章對這四本書的簡介可知，《發(fā)明的翅膀》講述的是：奴隸Handful和她青梅竹馬的主人Sarah之間錯綜復雜的關系。他們之間令人費解的友誼，面對政治和社會的種種基準，在時間的洗禮中見證了美麗又艱難的蛻變。《我們看不見的光》講述的是二戰(zhàn)時期法國盲人女孩瑪麗·勞爾和她的父親一同生活，還有擁有搭建和維修無線電本領的德國孤兒維爾納的故事。他們的人生道路交叉之時，這本發(fā)人深省的小說將會提出疑問：生活和藝術(shù)會怎樣影響戰(zhàn)爭？這兩本書重在講述情感方面的故事，故該題正確答案為C.

2.A細節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章“Gray Mountain”部分可知，經(jīng)濟大蕭條使得薩曼莎·酷弗失去了她華爾街律師事務所的飯碗，她在弗吉尼亞州的一家法律援助診所另尋了份工作，直到她能夠滿懷希望的再次投身大律所。所以她是為律師。故該題正確答案為A.

3.B細節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章"All the Light We Cannot See" 部分第一句This National Book Award Finalist follows…（這本獲得美國國家圖書獎的書籍，講述的是…），故該題正確答案為B.

4.A．A test report．測試報告；B．An announcement.公告，布告，通知；

C．A book review．書評；D．Introduction of books．圖書簡介；通讀全文可知，該文主要對亞馬遜所發(fā)布的2014年10本最暢銷圖書書單中的前4本書籍進行簡介，故該題正確答案為D.

考點：應用文之圖書簡介的閱讀

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