| A．A film. |
| B．A book. |
| C．A record. |
2 . A book club can be a good way to develop new friendships and an appreciation (欣赏) of reading. Or it can be a big failure.
Choose the right types of members.
A book club isn’t necessarily something you want to do with all of your good friends, but it can be an excellent way to hear opinions from different types of people.
Most book clubs meet once a month, but there’s no rule that says you have to. Some clubs meet every two or even three months, because the members are so busy. In the beginning, choose a day that works well for most members. Of course you can change it as needed. But consistency (连惯性) is really the most important thing.
Have a facilitator (协调者).
Discussion groups that are facilitated tend to have higher levels of happiness because they stay on topic better. Either hire a professional facilitator or have someone within the group responsible for keeping things running well.
Keep the discussion lively.
The facilitator should always be armed with a list of questions worth discussing, although they’re not always necessary. Be prepared, but be flexible(灵活的).
| A．Set up proper meeting times. |
| B．Decide how to pick out a book. |
| C．Remind the members to read carefully. |
| D．Life experience can influence people’s thoughts on literature. |
| E．If things are going off topic, be ready to move those into discussion. |
| F．The direction it takes really depends on how it’s planned and managed. |
| G．It can be the same person always, or you can take turns doing the job at each meeting. |
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Dear Mr Wang，
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I’ll be glad if you can consider my recommendation.
Yours sincerely,
Li Yue
4 . Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website Book Crossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register (登记) the books they own and would like to share. Book Crossing provides an identification number (识别码) to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson, the managing director of Book Crossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. Book Crossing combines both.”
Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E— mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
Book Crossing is part of a trend (趋势) among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual (虚拟).The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty—five countries.
1. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?| A．To explain what they are. | B．To introduce Book Crossing. |
| C．To stress the importance of reading. | D．To encourage readers to share their ideas. |
| A．An adventure. | B．A public place. |
| C．The book. | D．The identification number. |
| A．Keep it safe in his bookcase. | B．Mail it back to its owner. |
| C．Meet other readers to discuss it. | D．Pass it on to another reader. |
| A．Online Reading: A Virtual Tour | B．Electronic Books: A New Trend |
| C．A Book Group Brings Tradition Back | D．A Website Links People through Books |
5 . BBC: Top 4 Wonderful English Novels
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens, 1861
Mrs Dalloway
By Virginia Woolf, 1925
Middlemarch
By George Eliot, 1874
Wuthering Heights
By Emily Bronte, 1847
1. Which of the following might be the purest British novel?
| A．Great Expectations. | B．Mrs Dalloway. |
| C．Wuthering Heights. | D．Middlemarch. |
| A．In 1847. | B．In 1861. | C．In 1874. | D．In 1925. |
| A．Its plot is very simple. |
| B．It describes the hero’s events in one day. |
| C．It is powered by more psychological energy than any other book. |
| D．It is the greatest social and psychological novel written in English. |
| A．George Eliot. | B．Virginia Woolf. |
| C．Emily Bronte. | D．Charles Dickens. |
你的英语老师要求你在寒假里读一本英文小说，并为该小说写一篇120—150词左右的书评。
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1.同学们的读书现状；
2.读书的好处；
3.发出倡议。
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1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear schoolmates,
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Guangming Middle School
8 . Best books for 12 to 14-year-olds
Mortal Engines
Author: Philip Reeve
Publisher: Scholastic
London is on the move again: the city searches the world for resources on wheels, eating smaller towns. But when he is thrown off the city, young hero Tom is soon forced to reexamine life as he knows it.
Set in a futuristic (科幻性的) background, this imaginative story is a combination of action and adventure. The book has won the Blue Peter Book Award.
Coram Boy
Author: Jamila Gavin
Publisher: Egmont
Toby’s and Aaron’s lives are linked by the Coram Man, who collects unwanted children from across the country, supposedly to send them to a safe new life. In reality, the man sells the children into slavery (奴役). Soon, Toby and Aaron find themselves united on a journey, filled with danger and excitement.
Rich with historical detail, this book provides an important insight into the 1750s society. It was a winner of the Whitbread Children’s Book Award.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Mark Haddon
Publisher: Red Fox
Seen through the eyes of Christopher, a mathematical genius and Sherlock Holmes fan, this novel begins with the discovery of a dead dog on a neighbor’s lawn (草坪). In his search to discover the identity of the killer, Christopher uncovers some information about his own family and he starts a journey to London to find his mother.
Watership Down
Author: Richard Adams
Publisher: Penguin
Young rabbit Fiver believes that a great disaster is about to strike the place where he lives—but no one will listen to him. At last he manages to ask a few brave rabbits to leave before it’s too late. Hunted by dogs and foxes, their journey is a dangerous one—but the rabbits can still dream of a peaceful and safe new life at Watership Down. This book won both the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal.
1. Which book was published by Penguin?| A．Coram Boy. | B．Mortal Engines. |
| C．Watership Down. | D．The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. |
| A．Its main characters are Toby and Aaron. |
| B．It is about some rabbits escaping a disaster. |
| C．It won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. |
| D．Its content involves the background of a future society. |
| A．When taking his trip to London. |
| B．When working with Sherlock Holmes. |
| C．When trying to find the identify of a killer. |
| D．When communicating with a mathematical genius. |
9 . If you want to make sure that you understand this story as fully as possible, you might consider printing the article and reading it on paper.
Virginia Clinton carried out the research examination. Clinton’s examination found that reading from paper generally led to better understanding and improved a person’s performance on tests connected to the reading material. And, she found no major difference in reading speed between the two. Such differences were notable only when the reading materials were expository texts—or explanatory and based on fact. Clinton said she found no major difference when it came to narrative, fictional texts.
Clinton also found that paper readers usually have a higher recognition of how well they have understood a text than screen readers. She said, “We think that we’ve reading the story or the book better than we actually are. We think we understand what we are reading better than how we are actually reading.” Yet, this inflated sense of understanding is especially common among screen readers.
Clinton said there are many possible reasons for such findings. Overconfidence of screen readers, for example, could be the result of a distracted, less focused mind. Clinton said,“If you are enjoying the reading process, you’re going to be more involved. You’re going to be paying better attention. Preferences are a key issue here.”
“Several studies have found that people often think of paper materials as more important and serious. If you are reading from paper, your mind thinks, ‘This is something important. I need to pay attention to it’.” Clinton said. Readers might connect computer screens with fun, less serious activities such as checking social media or watching Netflix. Clinton described this kind of reading as “enjoyment reading”.
Although her findings may support paper reading over screen reading, Clinton says, “When you’re reading on a screen, it can be programmed that you have to answer questions and get them right before you can continue. Paper can’t make you do that. Other tools in development will offer students reading at a lower level more simple texts while providing their other classmates more complex versions of the same text.”
1. What does Clinton think is the advantage of screen reading?| A．It can be programmed with instant answers. |
| B．It provides personalised reading materials. |
| C．It has tools to force readers to continue reading. |
| D．It makes readers have more fun in reading. |
| A．Screen time makes reading more effective. |
| B．Paper reading is more effective than screen reading. |
| C．Screen reading is more suitable for some readers. |
| D．Screen reading is improving paper reading. |
| A．Paper readers were better at reading fictional texts. |
| B．Screen reading resulted in a more focused mind. |
| C．Paper reading was found to be more efficient. |
| D．Screen reading brought more enjoyment for readers. |
| A．more serious | B．more enjoyable |
| C．too informal | D．a little funny |
10 . If you want to make sure that you understand this story as fully as possible,you might consider printing the article and reading it on paper.
Virginia Clinton carried out the research examination. Clinton’s examination found that reading from paper generally led to better understanding and improved a person’s performance on tests connected to the reading material. And, she found no major difference in reading speed between the two. Such differences were notable only when the reading material was expository texts—or explanatory and based on fact. Clinton said she found no major difference when it came to narrative,fictional texts.
Clinton also found that paper readers usually have a higher recognition of how well they have understood a text than screen readers.She said,“We think that we’ve reading the story or the book better than we actually are.We think we understand what we are reading better than how we are actually reading.” Yet,this inflated sense of understanding is especially common among screen readers.
Clinton said there are many possible reasons for such findings.Overconfidence of screen readers,for example,could be the result of a distracted,less focused mind.Clinton said,“If you are enjoying the reading process,you’re going to be more involved.You’re going to be paying better attention.Preferences are a key issue here.”
Clinton said, “Several studies have found that people often think of paper material as more important and serious. If you are reading from paper,your mind thinks,’This is something important.I need to pay attention to it’.”Readers might connect computer screens with fun,less serious activities such as checking social media or watching Netflix.Clinton described this kind of reading as “enjoyment reading”.
Although her findings may support paper reading over screen reading,Clinton says,“When you’re reading on a screen,it can be programmed that you have to answer questions and get them right before you can continue.Paper can’t make you do that.Other tools in development will offer students reading at a lower level more simple texts while providing their other classmates more complex versions of the same text.”
1. What did Clinton find in her study?| A．Paper readers were better at reading fictional texts. |
| B．Screen reading resulted in a more focused mind. |
| C．Paper reading was found to be more efficient. |
| D．Screen reading brought more enjoyment for readers. |
| A．more serious | B．more enjoyable |
| C．too informal | D．a little funny |
| A．It can be programmed with instant answers. |
| B．It provides personalised reading material. |
| C．It has tools to force readers to continue reading. |
| D．It makes readers have more fun in reading. |
| A．Screen time makes reading more effective. |
| B．Paper reading is more effective than screen reading. |
| C．Screen reading is more suitable for some readers. |
| D．Screen reading is improving paper reading. |
