专业英语-阅读理解分类题练习二

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1、阅读理解分类题练习二Test1Inthissectiontherearefourpassagesfollowedbyquestionsorunfinishedstatements,eachwithfoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatyouthinkisthebestanswer.Markyouranswersonyouranswersheet•TEXTATwoweeksago,IplacedanorderonAmazon,comforabooktitledLoveandConsequences.The

2、memoir1sdustjacketpromisedastoryofayoungwoman,namedMargaretB•Jones,whosurvivedLosAngelesganglife--andlivedtotellaboutit.Problemis.Thetellingisa300-pagelie.Beforetheauthor1soldersisternotifiedthepublisherthatthebookwasmade-up,NewYorkTimesbookcriticMichikoKakutaniwroteglowingly,HShecaptur

3、esthebrutalrealitiesofaplacewherechildrenlearntosleeponthefloortoavoidtherandombulletsthatmightcomesmashingthroughthewindowsandwallsatnight...Sheconveystheextraordinarystoicism(坚忍克已)ofwomenlikeBigMorn,herfostermother,whoraisedfourgrandchildrenwhileworkingadayjobandanightjob."Butinfact,t

4、henameMargaretB•JoneswasapseudonymforMargaretSeltzer,ayoungwomanwho,accordingtoasubsequentstoryinTheTimes,11grewupwithherbiologicalfamilyintheprosperousShermanOaksneighborhoodofLosAngeles.nInthatneighborhood,bulletsdon11oftentearintowalls,andmomsdon11oftenhavetoworktwojobstokeepfoodonth

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6、meonewouldlistentoit<11Thisfabricationisjustoneofseveralthathaverecentlymanagedtohitthebookshelvesbeforepublishersrealizethattheyhavebeenduped.AtthebeginningofMarch,aHolocaust(浩刼)memoir,Misha:AMemoireoftheHolocaustYearsbyMishaDefonseca,wasexposedasafake.Twoyearsago,apopularmemoiraboutam

7、an1srecoveryfromdrugaddiction,AMillionLittlePiecesbyJamesFrey,wasalsofamouslydiscredited.Besidesembarrassingthepublishersandnodoubt,ruiningthereputationofthewriters,suchbooksalsoposeproblems(thoughmuchsmallerinscale)tothoseofuswhohaveboughtand/orreadthem.Afterall,memoirsaresupp