【推荐1】Teenagers have their own TV channels, websites and magazines. So what about books?

Last year one publisher, Martins, started publishing a series called Waves. We spoke to the director Julia Smith. She explained, “Teenage fiction has been published since the 1970s but publishers have never been very successful in getting teenagers to buy and read books. Now they're realizing that teenagers are not just older children but they are not adults either and often are not interested in adult fiction. For this series we are looking for new writers who write especially for teenagers.”

Athene Gorr's novel was published in the series last year and is selling well. Its title is The Purple Ring. She says, “The important thing is to encourage teenagers to pick up our book. I'm a new writer, although I've got an unusual name which people might remember, nobody knows it yet! But my book has fantastic cover which makes people want to look inside. Then they realize what an excellent story it is!”

And what do teenagers themselves think about the series? We talked to Sophie Clarke, aged 15. She said, “I've read a few books in the Waves series. They say they are for 14—19 year olds and I agree with that. We're not interested in the same things as people in their twenties and thirties. I like them and I think they look really good too. The only thing is that because bookshops put them in the children section, lots of teenagers won’t find them so they may not do very well. And it's a shame there's no non-fiction in the series as I think lots of teenagers, especially boys, might buy that.”

1. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To compare different series of teenage fiction.

B．To give information about a new series of books.

C．To encourage authors to write more books for teenagers.

D．To explain why teenagers fiction is easier to write than adult fiction.

2. What can we infer from paragraph 2?

A．The Waves series are suitable for adults.

B．Teenagers should be encouraged to read.

C．Teenagers are more interested in reading nowadays.

D．It is necessary to publish books aimed at teenagers.

3. What makes the Purple Ring catch people's eye?

A．Its writer.

B．Its cover.

C．The story.

D．Its title.

4. What do we know about the series?

A．They are wrongly placed in the children section.	B．They are popular with teenage boys.
C．They have attractive covers.	D．They are about real facts.

【推荐2】Bolivia has a population of three and a half million. About one tenth of the total population are white; one-fourth are mixed Indians and white; and more than half are full-blooded Indians. The government and the industries are under the control of the white people.
The Indians today live in much the same way as their ancestors. Most of them are farmers. Many work in the mines, for mining is the most important industry on Bolivia’s. Of all the mining products, tin is the most important, which makes up three-fourths of all Bolivia’s exports. The eastern slopes of the Andes, since there are very few roads there, are fertile but not highly developed. The two primary means of transportation are river boats and porters. East of the hill region is the great plains where tropical plants are grown. A serious problem for Bolivia is the transport of food from the warm regions, where it is grown to the mountainous regions, where most of the people live.
Bolivia gained its independence from Spain about a hundred years ago. It has been slow in developing, but its rich resources promise a better future in it.
1. .
The majority of the Bolivian population are        .

A．full-blooded Indians	B．mixed Indian and white
C．white citizens	D．all whites and mixed-blooded people

2. .
. The Indian’s way of life today is       .

A．quite different from that of their ancestors	B．quite interesting
C．almost the same as their ancestors’	D．very exciting

3. .
The main product Bolivia exports is        .

A．tropical plants

B．gold and silver

C．tin

D．food

4. .
Bolivia has been slow in developing, but it has hope for a better future because of its        .

A．mining products	B．rich resources
C．independence from Spain	D．two primary means of transportation

【推荐3】It was the 50th anniversary (周年) of the moon landing last year. Astronomy lovers are not the only ones who are excited about it; publishers(出版商) are also offering a number of books to mark the event.

Shoot for the Moon James Donovan
Little, Brown and Co. $30

This retelling of the space race begins with the Soviet Union’s Sputnik satellite in 1957 to the historic Apollo 11 program twelve years later. The book offers details about the characters of the spacemen, engineers and others who made the U. S. space program a success.

One Giant Leap
Charles Fishman
Simon & Schuster, $29.99

Getting to the moon required a million hours of work, this book says. Accordingly, the story centers on the engineers, project managers and others who worked long and hard to get the Apollo program off the ground.

Picturing Apollo 11
J. L. Pickering and John Bisney
Univ of Florida, $45

Packed with hundreds of photos (some are published for the first time), this book reads like a photo book of the Apollo 11 program. The photos are moments from spaceman training, as well as the excitement of liftoff, the historic landing and the return home of the three men.

Apollo’s Legacy Roger D.
Launius Smithsonian Books,
$27.95

A space historian examines the Apollo program in different ways: as a political (政治的) machine in the Cold War and an important cultural moment. The book explores different views on the U. S. moonshot project from scientists, politicians, the media and the public during the space race and beyond.

1. What is Shoot for the Moon mainly about?

A．History of the space race.	B．The shoot of two satellites.
C．Cooperation of different countries.	D．Humans’ understanding of the moon.

2. Whose book shows the Apollo 11 program through pictures?

A．James Donovan’s	B．Charles Fishman’s
C．J. L. Pickering and John Bisney’s	D．Roger D. Launius’s

3. Which book talks about different views on the Apollo program?

A．Shoot for the Moon	B．One Giant Leap
C．Picturing Apollo 11	D．Apollo’s Legacy