Question

Four books that will inspire you to travel the world

There’s truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspective(远景) and exposing yourself to other cultures. To get you in the adventuring mood, we asked Amazon Senior Editor Chris Schlep to help us come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. Below, see his list of four books that will inspire you to travel around the world. For more information, please click Amazon.com.

SEATTLE: Where You d Go, Bernadette

Price: $16.73

Maria Sample’s first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laughs. Buy it on Amazon.

ITALY: Beautiful Ruins

Price: $16.29

This book by the popular author Jess Walters is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. With the settings of the background from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on Amazon.

ENGLAND: Wolf Hall

Price: $15.57

You can’t travel to Thomas Cromwell’s England without a time machine，but reading Hilary Mantel’s prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. Buy it on Amazon.

NANTUCKET: Here’s to Us

Price: $ 17.16

Eli Hildebrand has built a writing career out of writing about her hometown island of Nantucket. Her latest is Here’s to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read.

1.Whose book has been made into a film according to the text?

A. Hilary Mantel’s.

B. Jess Walter’s.

C. Maria Semple’s.

D. Elin Hilderbrand’s.

2.What can you buy if you have only $32?

A. Beautiful Ruins and Where You’d Go, Bernadette.

B. Where You’d Go, Bernadette and Wolf Hall.

C. Beautiful Ruins and Wolf Hall.

D. Wolf Hall and Here’s to Us.

3.What do the four books have in common?

A. They have the same price.

B. They have the similar content.

C. They have the similar background.

D. They have the same place of sales.

4.Where does the text probably come from?

A. A website.

B. A magazine.

C. A newspaper.

D. A textbook.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】本篇文章主要向我们介绍了四本书，书籍由亚马逊网的高级编辑推荐，可以更好地让我们了解世界，开阔眼界。

1.细节推断题。由“This book by the popular author Jess Walters is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood.”可知，是Jess Walters的书被改编成了电影，最终出现在好莱坞的荧幕上；故选B。

2.细节推算题。本题需要计算价格，所以我们可将每一选项中的书的价格相加，总和不超过$32即可，经过计算可知，Beautiful Ruins and Wolf Hall两本书的价格总额不超过$32；故选C。

3.细节考查。四本书的共同点就是在每本书介绍的最后一句话，都有“Buy it on Amazon.”我们都可以从亚马逊买到，因此是他们的销售地一样；故选D。

4.细节考查。由第一段的最后一句话“For more information, please click Amazon.com.”为获取更多信息，请点击亚马逊网站，我们可知，这篇文章是出现在网上的；故选A。