Question

    Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and even of books—especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy ‘proper’ books, too, printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being ‘the biggest bookshop in the world’ to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize — in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy(哲学), politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charing Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture(冒险) off the beaten path, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grand as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on to small barrows(手推车) which line the gutters(贫民区). And the collectors, some professional and some amateur(业余爱好者)have been waiting for them. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

1.According to the passage, we can infer that __________.

A.Londoners like borrowing books from libraries

B.Londoners like buying books, magazines and newspapers

C.Londoners like reading books in libraries

D.Londoners don't like buying ‘proper’ books.

2.Charing Cross Road which is well-known for ________ lies in the __________ of London.

A.bookstores, East Central district B.publishing houses, downtown

C.Bookshops, center D.libraries, countryside

3.The underlined word “solely” in the second paragraph means__________.

A.wholly B.partly

C.jointly D.seldom

4.The third paragraph mainly tells us _________in London.

A.where to buy the dear new books

B.where to buy the cheap new books

C.where to buy the cheap second-hand books

D.where to buy the dear second-hand books

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

伦敦人喜欢读书，喜欢买大量的报纸、杂志，书籍。文章介绍了伦敦2个买书的好去处。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and even of books—especially paperbacks,可知伦敦人是伟大的读者，他们购买大量的报纸、杂志，书籍。他们喜欢买书，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very heart of London.可知Charing Cross Road是位于伦敦市中心以书店出名的街道，故选C。

3.猜测词义题。此处指这个地区有一家书店专门卖关于芭蕾舞的书。指全部都是关于芭蕾舞的书，solely “单独地，唯一地”，在此指全部地，与wholly意思一致，故选A。

4.主旨大意题。根据第三段For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture(冒险) off the beaten path, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London.及下文的具体买书经过可知本段主要是讲述在哪能买到便宜的二手书，故选C。