Question

1.How many countries do the writers come from?

A. One    B. Two    C. Three    D. Four

2.If you have ten yuan only, you can buy _____.

A. Mary Queen of Scots and Under the Moon

B. The Monkey’s Paw and Under the Moon

C. The Coldest Place on Earth and Under the Moon

D. The Coldest Place on Earth and Mary Queen of Scots

3.Which is the following is NOT TRUE?

A. You could read Mary Queen of Scots in 1998.

B. The Coldest Place on Earth and Mary Queen of Scots are from the same writer.

C. The Monkey’s Paw is the story of a monkey.

D. The story of Under the Moon happens in 2222.

Answer

1. B

2. D

3. C

【解析】

本文是广告类阅读，介绍了4本书。

1.题意：这些作家来自几个国家？考查细节理解。A. One一；B. Two二；C. Three三；D. Four四。根据第一本书《Mary Queen of Scots》的简介第二行Writer：Tim Vicary ;the UK可知作者来自英国；第二本书《under the Moon》简介第二行Writer：Romena Akinyemi; the UK可知作者来自英国；第三本书《The Monkey’s Paw》简介第二行Writer：W.W. Jacobs; the USA可知作家来自美国；根据第四本书《The Coldest Place on Earth》简介第二行Writer：im Vicary ;the UK可知作者来自英国。故这些作家来自英国和美国， 选B。

2.题意：如果你只有10元，你可以买到______________________。考查细节理解。第一本书《Mary Queen of Scots》价格是￥4.5；第二本书《under the Moon》的价格是￥9.6；；第三本书《The Monkey’s Paw》的价格是￥4.5；第四本书《The Coldest Place on Earth》的价格是￥5.2。A. Mary Queen of Scots and Under the Moon一共4.5+9.6=14.1元；B. The Monkey’s Paw and Under the Moon一共4.5+9.6=14.1元；C. The Coldest Place on Earth and Under the Moon一共5.2+9.6=14.8元；D. The Coldest Place on Earth and Mary Queen of Scots一共5.2+4.5=9.7元；结合题意可知选D。

3.题意：以下哪一项是不正确的？考查细节理解判断题。A. You could read Mary Queen of Scots in 1998. 1998年你可以读《苏格兰玛丽女王》；B. The Coldest Place on Earth and Mary Queen of Scots are from the same writer.《世界上最冷的地方》和《苏格兰玛丽女王》来自同一个作家；

C. The Monkey’s Paw is the story of a monkey.《猴子的爪子》是猴子的故事；D. The story of Under the Moon happens in 2222. 《月下》的故事发生在2222年。根据第三本书《The Monkey’s Paw》最后一行Contents：The story of The Whites（内容:怀特夫妇的故事）可知《猴子的爪子》是怀特夫妇的故事，不是猴子的故事，故C不正确；选C。