| New books recommended ( 被推荐的 ) for both adults and children | |
| Love China All My Life:Isabel Crook’s Stories The book is written by Tan Kai. It is about Isabel Crook, a woman who spent many years on China’s English language education and the communications between China and Canada. | Great Wall Underground:Karez Irrigation System ( 坎儿井灌溉系统 ) The book is for children aged 5-10. With beautiful pictures and vivid language, it can let young readers know the history and function of the karez underground irrigation system in Xinjiang. |
| A Brief History of the Spreading of Chinese Culture Written by Wu Bin, once the director of the Shenyang Palace Museum, the book is about special people and great events in history when Chinese culture went abroad. | An Appreciation ( 欣赏 ) of the Old Summer Palace The beauty of the ruined ( 被毁坏的 ) Old Summer Palace could only be found in paper. However, Guo Daiheng, a professor of Tsinghua University, and her students give life to 60% of the Palace’s look with the modern technology. The book, with hundreds of pictures, is a record of their work. |
16 ． Eric is interested in ancient palaces. He will most probably choose to read ______ .
A ． An Appreciation of the Old Summer Palace
B ． Love China All My Life: Isabel Crook’s Stories
C ． Great Wall Underground: Karez Irrigation System
D ． A Brief History of the Spreading of Chinese Culture
17 ． From the text, we know that ______ .
A ． Love China All My Life: Isabel Crook’s Stories is written by Wu Bin
B ． Great Wall Underground: Karez Irrigation System is written for kids
C ． A Brief History of the Spreading of Chinese Culture is about museums
D ． An Appreciation of the Old Summer Palace is mainly about modern technology
18 ． This text is most probably from the part of ______ in a newspaper.
A ． culture B ． business C ． health D ． sports
A 17 ． B 18 ． A
【导语】本文介绍了几本成人和孩子都可以读的新书。
16 ．细节理解题。根据 “An Appreciation ( 欣赏 ) of the Old Summer Palace...her students give life to 60% of the Palace’s look with the modern technology. The book, with hundreds of pictures, is a record of their work.” 可知，如果对古代宫殿感兴趣，应该读 An Appreciation ( 欣赏 ) of the Old Summer Palace ，故选 A 。
17 ．细节理解题。根据 “Great Wall Underground: Karez Irrigation System ( 坎儿井灌溉系统 ) The book is for children aged 5-10” 可知， Great Wall Underground: Karez Irrigation System 这本书是写给孩子们的，故选 B 。
18 ．推理判断题。根据 “New books recommended ( 被推荐的 ) for both adults and children” 以及文章的理解可知，主要是新书的推荐，应该是在报纸的文化版块，故选 A 。
July 10, 2008
Dear Lily King,
I’m Wang Fang. I am a librarian(图书管理员) in Xinhua Library.
I’m sorry to remind(提醒) you that you have four overdue(过期的) books. Please return the four books tomorrow. Other people may be waiting to borrow them. You can not borrow other books until these books are returned.
Yours truly,
Wang Fang
| Name | Writer | Out | Due (到期的) |
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte | 2/5 | 2/7 |
| Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | 3/5 | 3/7 |
| David Copperfield | Charles Dickens | 4/5 | 4/7 |
| A Farewell to Arms | Ernest Hemingway | 5/5 | 5/7 |
26．The letter was sent to a ________.
A．librarian B．reader C．writer D．boss
27．________ wrote the book Gone with the Wind.
A．Charlotte Bronte B．Margaret Mitchell
C．Charles Dickens D．Ernest Hemingway
28．The book David Copperfield should be returned to the library before ________.
A．July 2 B．July 3 C．July 4 D．July 5
29．Lily King has kept these books for about ________.
A．a month B．one and a half months
C．two months D．three and a half months
30．From this letter we know that ________.
A．Wang Fang does not like reading B．Lily King and Wang Fang are good friends
C．these books are not very popular D．Lily King can’t borrow other books at the moment