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模拟七
第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题 2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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This spring' s best page-turners
Run Towards the Danger
by Sarah Polley
Director and actor Sarah Polley last examined her personal history in her 2012 documentary, Stories We Tell. Her first book, a collection of biographic (传记的)essays, reconstructs her difficult childbirth, injuries.stage fright, and how she deals with these memories in order to move past them.
The Candy House
by Jennifer Egan.
This new novel involves many of the same characters as Egan' s 2011 bestseller, A Visit from the Goon Squad. A new social media network allows users to share every memory, and access others in return. Egan lives up to her unpredictable reputation, writing chapters as series of tweets, emails and dialogues.
Trust
by Hernan Diaz
Anyone in need of an escape from reality will enjoy Diaz' s story set in the 1920s. It' s about Benjamin and Helen Rask, a pair of wealthy,strange business people in Jazz Age New York whose tricks and secrets threaten to destroy their lives.
This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub
Emma Straub's novels offer fresh twists (转 折) on the everyday relationships that form the glue of our lives. Her latest adds a fantasy to the mix. Alice is a middle-aged school admissions officer who's transported back into her 16-year-old body, giving her the opportunity to reconnect with her father and correct the mistakes that separated them.
21. Who works in the acting industry?
A Sarah Polley.
B. Jennifer Egan.
C.Hernan Diaz.
D.Emma Straub
22. What kind of book is The Candy House?
A. A folk tale.
B. A biography.
C. A sci-fi story.
D. A detective story.
23. Which book focuses on family relationships?
A. Stories WWe Tell.
B. A Visit from the Goon Squad.
C.Trust.
D.This Time Tomorrow.
主题语境:人与社会一文学
本文是应用文,文章介想了四本扣人心弦的书。
21.A。理解具体信息。根据 Run Towards the Danger 部分对作者的介招 Director and actor Sarah Polley 可知,作者Sarah Polley既是导演也是演员。
22.C。推断。根据题干将解信息定位到The Candy House 部分,根据A new social media network al