Question

阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

In America, where labor（劳工） costs are so high, "do-it-yourself" is a way of life. Many people 31 their own cars, build their own garages, and even rebuild their own houses.  32 many of them will also write their own books. In Hollywood there is a 33 that publishes（出版）children's books with the help of computers.  34 other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It 35  the reader to become the main character with the help of computers. Here is 36  they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody. The computer uses this information to make up a story  37 pictures. The story is then printed up. "This book is about me," a child who 38  such a book might say. So the company is called "Me-Books Publishing Company".

  39  like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their friends and their pets. But more 40 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories. Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.

1.	A．make B．build C．buy D．repair

2.	A．Otherwise B．Only C．Once D．Soon.

3.	A．director B．person C．company D．computer.

4.	A．However B．Although C．That D．Unless.

5.	A．allows B．hates C．hires D．pays.

6.	A．what B．how C．why D．where.

7.	A．with B．about C．for D．except

8.	A．prints B．borrows C．sells D．receives.

9.	A．Writes B．Children C．Companies D．Friends

10.	A．impossible B．imaginative C．important D．inactive.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.．由于美国劳工成本高，所以美国人亲自做事是他们生活的方式，许多人自己修车，建车库，甚至是重建他们自己的房屋，故本题的空格根据句意应该填repair，故本题的空格选D。

2.本句的含义为以后他们中有许多人将会写他们自己的书，表示将来，意思为很快或不久可用soon来表示，故本题的空格处选D。

3.本句后面提到公司，所以本句的含义为在好莱坞有一个出版儿童书的公司，company表示公司的意思，故本题选C。

4.本句的含义为虽然别的书籍公司也是以这种方式来出版书籍，但这个公司与别的公司不同，它可以是读者成为主角，表示让步可用although表示虽然的意思，故本题选B。

5.本句的含义是在电脑的帮助下，这个公司可以使读者成为书的主角，allow sb to do表示使某人做某事，故本题选A。

6.本句的含义是下面谈论的是如何把自己变成书的主角，how表示方式，故本题选B。

7.本句的含义是电脑根据信息使用图片编造故事，with可以表示用的意思，故本题选A。

8.书是关于我的，所以接受到书的孩子们可以把此公司叫做我书出版公司，receive表示接受的意思，故本题选D。

9.孩子们喜欢我书出版公司是由于书中是关于自己和朋友们的有关情况，根据句意本空应填孩子们的单词children，故本题选B

10.本句的含义为更重要的是，通过这种方式，读者对看这样的故事更加感兴趣，重要的比较级为更重要的more important，故本题选C。

考点：本文是一篇谈论新类别出版公司的说明文。