【題目】閱讀理解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
“You're a smart boy. Benny's death was no accident, and you're the only one who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it?” The boy was staring 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 suffer 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's “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have 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 in most cities?
Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle (Ecco, $ 14.99)
（1）What did Salinger do for his town?
A.He built a car park.
B.He tried to protect its land.
C.He wrote some good novels.
D.He rescued many townspeople.
（2）The book You Are Free is mainly about .
A.smart children
B.happy daughters
C.different women
D.suffering mothers
（3）Which book should readers choose, if they want to know something about Fun Times?
A.Red Wolf.
B.You Are Free.
C.J.D Salinger: A Life.
D.Happy And Other Bad Thoughts.

【答案】
（1）B
（2）C
（3）D
【解析】本文主要向讀者推薦了幾種不同類型的書，并分別作了介紹。
(1)細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Biography中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…可知Salinger盡力保護(hù)他城鎮(zhèn)的土地。所以答案是B。
(2)細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Some women are born stupid, and dome 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.可知，這是一本用婦女自己的性格來描述她們的書。所以答案是C。
(3)細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Humor中Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times's “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have in the United States right now. ---Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle (Ecco, $ 14.99)可知如果你想了解關(guān)于Fun Times，讀者應(yīng)該選擇Happy And Other Bad Thoughts.所以答案是D。

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