Question

    Whenever I’m invited to somebody’s house for the first time, I’ll take a close look at their bookshelves. What they keep on their shelves, in my eyes, is a reflection(反映) of their personal tastes and interests. The books on a bookshelf tell the story of a life.

My own shelves are a kind of roadmap through my life, telling a chronological tale. First up come my favorite childhood reads, like Watership Down and His Dark Materials. The collection then moves on to teenage things I read in school — Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid’s Tale and A Clockwork Orange. Finally, we come out of full-time education and enter the real world, and this part is a reflection of my professional(职业的) life, from the first exciting days of work experience to the present.

If you pointed to any book on my shelves, I could name the year I got it, where I was working, and probably where I was living at the time.

__▲ It is an easy way to get to know about his hopes, dreams and interests. And a big part of that story is how we arrange(排列) our books, and get on with them. It’s such a personal thing, different from each other. Some want to be with their books in every room, others have them on shelves, behind glass or simply lining their floors. Each home has a story to tell through the way they live with their books.

It’s often said that what we read says something about who we are. The way we fill our bookshelves might also send a message about ourselves. From the pile of books on your bedside table to your well-organized shelves, whether we notice it or not, our book collections are telling a story before a single page has been turned.

1.The books on the writer’s own shelves are organized according to _________.

A.their prices B.their writers

C.his personal interests D.the periods of his life

2.Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 4?

A.Every book is worth reading. B.Each bookshelf holds a special dream.

C.Book collections tell so much about a person. D.The books a person reads depend on his choices.

3.The writer seems to agree that ____________.

A.we’d better not put our books on the floor

B.the way we arrange our books shows our tastes

C.the books at our bedside are usually more important

D.we can know about a person by reading the message he sends

4.It can be learned from the passage that the writer is probably__________.

A.a book lover B.a story teller C.a shelf collector D.a fashion designer

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文，作者提出了从一个人的书来了解一个人的观点。

1.

题意：作者自己书架上的书的排列方式都是按照_______。

细节理解题。根据原文My own shelves are a kind of roadmap through my life, telling a chronological tale可知，我自己的书架就像是我人生的路线图，讲述着一个按时间顺序排列的故事。D选项the periods of his life“他人生的各个时期”符合题意，故选D。

2.

题意：下列哪一项是填入第4段空白处的最佳句子？

推理判断题。根据原文It is an easy way to get to know about his hopes, dreams and interests可知，这是了解一个人的希望、梦想和兴趣的简单方法，故空格处所填句子应该与通过书的收集方式可以观察一个人有关。C选项Book collections tell so much about a person“书籍的收集方式告诉我们很多关于一个人的信息”符合题意，故选C。

3.

题意：作者似乎同意_______。

观点态度题。根据原文Book collections tell so much about a person. It is an easy way to get to know about his hopes, dreams and interests. And a big part of that story is how we arrange(排列) our books, and get on with them可知，作者同意这样一个观点，即“人们安放自己书籍的方式反映了个人品味”。B选项the way we arrange our books shows our tastes“我们整理书籍的方式显示了我们的品味”符合题意，故选B。

4.

题意：从这篇文章中可以看出，作者可能是_______。

推理判断题。根据原文My own shelves are a kind of roadmap through my life, telling a chronological tale和If you pointed to any book on my shelves, I could name the year I got it, where I was working, and probably where I was living at the time可知，作者很爱书，以至于他能记得购入每一本书的时间和当时自己生活的状态，可见书已经融入了作者的生活。A选项a book lover“爱读书的人”符合题意，故选A。