Mini  Book  Excerpts（節(jié)選）
Biography
When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it. The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.
J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）
Mystery（疑案小說(shuō)）
“You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ? ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.
A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”
The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.
Red Wolf by Liza Marklund（Atria Books, $25. 99）
Short Stories
She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers love so their daughters won’t.
You Are Free by Danzy Senna （Riverhead Books,$15）
Humor
Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times! “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a day’s drive of most cities?
Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（Ecco,$14. 99）
小題1:If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger , they should buy the book published by         
A．Random HouseB．Atria Books
C．Riverhead BooksD．Ecco
小題2:The book Happy And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for       .
A．young childrenB．Disney World workers
C．middle school teachersD．parents with young children
小題3:Which book describes women with characters of their own?
A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts      B. You Are Free
C. J. D. Salinger :A Life                D. Red Wolf
小題4:After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that        .
A．the murderer got away with the crime
B．Benny died of an accident
C．the boy helped arrest the murderer
D．Annika carried out the crime

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：本文屬于文化類短文閱讀，介紹了4本不同類型的書，并對(duì)書中的部分內(nèi)容進(jìn)行了描述。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)J.D. Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）可知如果我們想了解關(guān)于Salinger的情況，就讀由Random House出版的這本書。故A正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一部分Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times!可知這本書的寫給有著小孩子的父母親的，故D正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三部分  She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take.可知You Are Free描述的正是有多種性格的女性。故B正確。
小題4:C 推理題。根據(jù)第二部分最后4行A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”
The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.
可知這個(gè)男孩同意去辨認(rèn)罪犯，說(shuō)明他愿意幫助警察。故C正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文屬于文化類短文閱讀，介紹了4本不同類型的書。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問(wèn)題快速閱讀短文，找出與問(wèn)題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子，再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。
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