Question

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a booklover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower.

Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book. You soon become absorbed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment—without buying a book, of course.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the unavoidable greeting: "Can I help you, sir?" You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire considerately and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on, say ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest bestselling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing--something which had only slightly interested you up till then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of the text you read proved so interesting that you just had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.

1.The underlined phrase "dust jacket" means ________.

A. a kind of clothes           B. a paper cover of a book

C. a dusty book                D. a title of a book

2.You may spend too much time in a bookshop because________.

A. the dust jackets are very attractive

B. you start reading one of the books

C. it is raining outside

D. you have to make sure you won't buy a dull book as a present

3.It can be learned from the text that an assistant should offer you help _______.

A. as soon as you have entered the shop

B. just before you finish browsing

C. only when you have finished reading

D. when he leads you to a particular section

4.The author implies that it is very easy to enter a bookshop and buy ______.

A. a book on ancient coins

B. a best-selling novel on brass-rubbing

C.a book that only vaguely interests you

D. a book that unexpectedly fascinates you

5. The best title for this passage may be________.

A. The Attraction of Bookshops

B. How to Spend Your Time

C. Bookshops and Their Assistants

D. How to Select Books

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析: 你喜欢读书吗？ 文章介绍在书店中度过的时间事非常愉快的，有时间你也可以去感受一下。

1.B 词义猜测题。根据此句 The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book. 所表达的意思，想要找一本有吸引人的封面的书是不可抗拒的，尽管这种方法不应该被仿照，因为你可能结果发现这是一本相当无趣的书。故画线部分的意思是B。

2.B 细节理解题。根据第二段“You soon become absorbed in some book or other, and usually……”可看出你可能在书店花费时间太长是因为你专注于读某本书，故选B。

3.C 推理判断题。根据 In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary.可知，店员提供帮助是在你浏览完之后。故选C。

4.D 推理判断题。 根据最后一段的描述，你走进书店本来想买某种书，结果读到一本书那时使你感兴趣，结果买下来是经常的，故你有可能会买无意中吸引你的书，故选D。

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考点：考查日常生活类短文阅读。