Question

In the USA, books that tell how to do things are very popular today. Thousands of these “how to” books are selling __ in bookstores. In fact, there are about four thousand books with names that____the words “how to”. One book may tell you how to _    money, another may tell you how to spend it, and another may say how to give your money away.

Many “how to” books tell you how to__    They tell you how to choose a job and how to do it well. __      if you fail to get a job, you can buy a book called “how to__   _ money”. If you__   make any money at all, you may need a book with a name“how to live on nothing”.

Why do many of these books__   so popular? It is because life has become hard today and people have far more__  to face. “How to” books        people live through the modern life.

1.A. well       B. soon        C. slowly       D. badly

2.A. begin with  B. deal with    C. come up with  D. make up

3.A. study      B.make        C. get          D. use

4.A. keep healthy B. make progress . get jobs      D. do sports

5.A. However    B. In general   C. Luckily       D. Instead

6.A. need       B. invent       C. make        D. spend

7.A. nearly      B. never       C. always       D. ever

8.A.be         B. show       C.become       D. take

9.A. methods    B. secrets      C. problems      D. opportunities

10.A. ask       B. tell         C. help          D. lead

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了现在许多怎么做……的书变得很受欢迎。这是应为现代生活更艰难，人们会遇到更多的问题，而这种书会给人们带来帮助。

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2.……开头B deal with处理C come up with想出D make up 组成。实际上，有大约四千本带有以How to开头的名字的书。故选A

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考点：社会现象类短文。