1 . Finding just the right book to read together can open a door to helping a child understand difficult subjects like illness, loss, and big change. Here’s a list of some of the best.
Black Dog
Author: Levi Pinfold
A black dog appears outside the Hope family’s home. As each member of the family sees it and hides, the dog grows bigger and bigger. Only the youngest Hope has the courage to face the black dog. When it chases (追逐) her she shows no fear, so it grows smaller and smaller. Finally, back to the size of a normal dog.
I Remember
Author: Jeanne Willis
A sweet little boy visits an old lady one day. He seems familiar to her. He’s even got the same name as her grandson, George! Of course, he is her grandson George. He gently reminds her of what they’ve done together before. A beautiful book that might help children learn about dementia (痴呆).
I Talk Like a River
Author: Jordan Scott
In class, a boy hides at the back in the hope that he won’t be asked to speak. But the teacher directs a question his way. All his classmates watch him stumbling over (结结巴巴地说) his words. His father collects him from school, and takes him for a walk by the river.
Susan Laughs
Author: Jeanne Willis
Susan can do so many things - she can laugh, sing, fly, dance, swim and much more. The final page of this book reveals that Susan is in a wheelchair, showing that "disabled" doesn’t mean “disadvantaged”.
1. Which book is about overcoming our fears?A.Black Dog. | B.I Remember. | C.Susan Laughs. | D.I Talk Like a River. |
A.She has lost her memory. | B.She has problems with speaking. |
C.She has a poor relationship with George. | D.She completely relies on a wheelchair for mobility. |
A.They focus on various diseases. | B.They remind readers of their family. |
C.They were written by the same author. | D.They help children learn about tough topics. |
2 . The Adventures of Huckleberry Fine by Mark Twain is one of the first Great American Novels. It was also one of the first major American novels ever written by using Local Colorism (地方色彩主义). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is famous for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River.
This book is about how a boy called Huck set the slave (奴隶) free and realized his dream of living an adventures life. In order to get out of his father’s control. Hook pretended that he was dead by Jim, who is practical and loyal to friends. Jim went together with Huck in the journey, and they became friends after experience. scenes of adventures. In their voyage, they met two frauds (骗子). One called himself king, the other duke. Because of the king, Jim got caught by his master. By an expected chance, Huck and Tom, best friend of Hack. Got together, and they decided to set Jim free. At last, they made it.
Although the book has been popular with young readers since it came out, the book immediately became controversial (有争论的) and has remained so today because the Southern society that it satirized (讽刺) had already been history.
1. Where did the story happen in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? ________A.In the northern states. | B.In Canada. | C.Beside the Mississippi River. |
①Huck met two frauds.
②Huck met a run-away slave Jim.
③Jim was caught by his master and then set free.
④Huck pretended to be dead.
A.④②①③ | B.①②③④ | C.③①②④ |
A.popularity of the book |
B.Huck’s experience |
C.history of Local Colorism |
A.The book has attracted many attention. |
B.Buck’s dream was to live a peaceful life. |
C.Huck succeeded in setting Jim free on his own. |
3 . An ordinary day in 2008, first grade teacher Alvin Irby stopped by a Bronx barbershop after school for a haircut. Before long, one of his students came in.
“He is getting antsy; he’s kind of looking bored,” Irby recalled. “I’m looking at this student (thinking), ‘He should be practicing his reading.’ But I didn’t have a book.” That moment stayed with Irby, and five years later he started Barbershop Books. Since 2013, the nonprofit has brought more than 50,000 free children’s books to more than 200 barbershops in mainly Black neighborhoods across the country.
According to Irby, they are putting books in a male-centered space. “Less than 2% of teachers are Black males and many Black boys are raised by single moms. Black boys don’t see Black men reading.” So, Irby involves the barbers in his mission—training them to engage boys about reading.
“We want them to encourage kids to use the reading spaces,” he said. “Then they can talk to them about how they like reading, how funny a book was, or tell them about another book another kid was reading.” Irby believes that talking about books with a Black man can be powerful for the boys he serves. “Our goal is not to turn barbers into tutors,” he said. “This is an opportunity to provide boys with male role models.”
Denny Moe was the first barber to work with Irby. Moe had previously offered video games at his Harlem shop, to bring in extra income, but he was willing to forego that to help the community. “I decided to pay it forward by getting rid of the video games, putting books in here, just to get the kids’ minds going,” he said. “You want to make an impact.”
And that’s what keeps Irby motivated. “I’m just excited that we get to create a safe space for boys to do something that’s really life changing,” he said. “That’s what I really believe reading is. It unlocks potential.”
1. What inspired Irby to launch the project Barbershop Books?A.His encounter with his student in the barber’s. |
B.His childhood experience in his neighborhood. |
C.His bad impression on Black men. |
D.Barbers’ enthusiasm and generosity. |
A.To collect books for Black boys. |
B.To set a good example as a behaved citizen. |
C.To help Black boys comprehend books. |
D.To draw Black boys to reading. |
A.Give up. | B.Build up. | C.Give away. | D.Open up. |
A.Black boys’ increased interest in reading. |
B.New policies concerning barbers’ shops. |
C.Irby’s firm belief in the power of reading. |
D.Effective cooperation between Irby and Denny Moe. |
4 . When I was 12 years old, I spent most of my free time reading. But sadly, not everyone around me enjoyed reading as much as I did, and not being able to talk about my favorite hobby with my friends made my reading a lonely experience.
In my senior year of high school, I came across a channel, “Clau Reads Books” run by Claudia Ramirez Lomeli, who makes book-related content in Spanish, and was introduced to the book world of social media. I could finally hear someone else’s reaction to the stories I like. I love her videos because we prefer the same kind of books. Eventually, I followed her on another social networking site, and I learned about the community on it where users blog about their favorite books. I really wanted to be part of this space and seeing others being so interactive and supportive made it seem like an acceptable community. However, I doubted my ability to express my thoughts well because I was unfamiliar with creating content to engage other readers.
Therefore, I started reading blogs on how to start a new account for guidance and after weeks of researching, I learned about the necessary social media skills. I had to spend time designing small sets and finding natural lighting and household items for photo shoots, and learn how to write engaging reviews while using hashtags (主题标签) in posts to attract other users.
My first post was a photo of my favorite book, Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, with my hand’s shadow cast on a page. I also took pictures of several of my favorite sentences from the book and included a few hashtags to increase interaction. Attracting people with similar interest was hard at first. But gradually, it became kid’s stuff. The community quickly became a good place for me to talk about my favorite books with people having the same interest.
1. Why did the 12-year-old author feel upset?A.She couldn’t spare time for play. | B.No one around her liked reading. |
C.She couldn’t share her love of reading. | D.No friend was fond of her favorite book. |
A.She comes from Spain. | B.She hosts a TV program. |
C.She taught the author how to blog. | D.She led the author to a new book world. |
A.Skills of choosing suitable hashtags. | B.The author’s efforts to attract viewers. |
C.Guidance on registering new accounts. | D.The author’s techniques for creating content. |
A.It is easily done. | B.It faces new challenges. |
C.It is mentally demanding. | D.It needs topics related to kids. |
1. What do the speakers agree on heroes?
A.They are like film characters. | B.They achieve great success. | C.They can be common people. |
A.He is devoted to his career. |
B.He motivates Hank to be better. |
C.He tries his best to help others. |
A.Uninteresting. | B.Acceptable. | C.Realistic. |
A.It’s great to read more. | B.Great writers do count. | C.He dislikes storybooks. |
6 . TikTok is making a mark on the world of publishing. Much of this is done through BookTok, the app’s community of users who comment on books. It is among the largest communities on the app; videos with this tag have been viewed 179 billion times, more than twice as many as BeautyTok. Whoever said books are dead has not spent much time on TikTok, nor in bookstores, which now have whole displays promoting titles “as seen on TikTok”.
Last year in Britain one in four book buyers used TikTok. Although the sales share is still very small, TikTok’s influence is significant and growing. The largest group of book buyers—women aged 54 and younger—are more likely to use the app than their male peers. TikTok recommendations influence their purchases, creating new literary stars and unearthing unlikely past ones, too.
One way to think about BookTok is as a book club for the Internet age. Just as stars like Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama can cause copies to fly off bookstore shelves by updating their lists of recommended reads, BookTok does something similar. However, the tastemakers are not usually celebrities (名人) but attractive book girlies doing reading challenges, often in artfully lit bedrooms.
Some old-fashioned bibliophiles (藏书家) may suspect that BookTok is less about books than about people seeking attention by promoting them. But BookTokers are already swaying bestseller lists. For example, novels categorised as “romance” have enjoyed the biggest push due to the promotion of BookTok. In addition, because TikTok is so visual, the app has an outsize impact on sales of physical books in particular. E-books do not make such attractive visual props. BookTokers show off their notes and flick through pages. Filming themselves finishing a book in a single day against a backdrop of hundreds of them on shelves is all part of the performance, and viewers will be extra impressed if the book looks thick.
1. How has TikTok influenced the world of publishing?A.By promoting the celebrity authors and their works. |
B.By encouraging people to read e-books. |
C.By creating a community of users who comment on books. |
D.By focusing on promoting e-books. |
A.Changing direction rapidly. | B.Causing change. |
C.Moving back and forth. | D.Remaining still. |
A.The visual nature of TikTok makes physical books more appealing as props. |
B.TikTok users prefer reading physical books over e-books. |
C.E-books already have a more popular platform than TikTok. |
D.TikTok offers discounts on physical books but not on e-books. |
A.TikTok’s impact on book sales is limited to specific genres such as romantic novels. |
B.The popularity of TikTok has significantly decreased the sales of physical books in bookstores. |
C.TikTok has a great impact on the purchasing decisions of young women aged 54 and below. |
D.TikTok’s influence on book sales primarily results from the recommendations of celebrities. |
1. What does it mean to “hit the books”?
A.To study. | B.To read a novel. | C.To close one’s books. |
A.Friday. | B.Saturday. | C.Sunday. |
8 . BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
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Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain Fournier
This was the first book that really stopped me in my tracks. I lapped up its romantic but melancholy (忧郁的) story of the dreamy world between childhood and adolescence. I’ve never found as acute a description of longing as I did here, and for many things: for the mysterious castle, for love, and for freedom. It is an mysterious and dreamy book. What adds to the magic is that this was the only story that Fournier wrote—he died on the front line in the early months of the First World War.
The Oxford English Dictionary
If I could take just one book to a desert island it would (of course) be the complete Oxford English Dictionary —all 20 volumes. It may sound predictable, but the OED is anything but. In its pages you’ll find comedy, passion, tragedy, and thousands of hidden stories. Even the simplest of words have had quite a journey— “nice”, for example, has gone from meaning “stupid” to “pleasant”. Add to that a host of words that have unaccountably disappeared when—to my mind—we could really do with them, and you have entertainment forever. And which of us hasn’t met an “ultracrepidarian”: one who loves to talk about something they know nothing about?
Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
The graphic novels Maus and Maus Ⅱ by the American cartoonist Art Spiegelman are not easy reads, but they’re important ones. They’re really a tale within a tale, in which the narrator (叙述者) interviews his father about his experiences of the Holocaust and his liberation from a concentration camp. Here the Nazis are drawn as cats, and Jews are mice. Overarching it all is an unforgettable tale of a son’s relationship with his broken father. Given that German has always been my first love, it felt necessary to read these books. Spiegelman takes the unspeakable and gives it an immediacy I’ll never forget.
1. What is the probable purpose of this text?A.To recommend and classify. | B.To encourage and enrich. |
C.To introduce and inform. | D.To memorize and alarm. |
A.It inspires her to write stories. | B.It helps her describe something particular. |
C.It fuels her passion for referring to a dictionary. | D.It entertains her with the development of language. |
A.German geography. | B.Unexplained tales. |
C.Adapted life story. | D.Parent-child relationship. |
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