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New books this month
The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and…	Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…	Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year.Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

1.The Long Night was written by             .

A. David Reilly   B. Maha      

C. Joanna           D. Marcie Jacome

2.The story of Hard Work happened in             .

A. Australia     　　  B. Thailand                  

C. India               D. England

3.From the passage we can see Tina is ________.

A. a doctor             　　B. a film star              

C. a writer            D. a college student

4.           is about a difficult journey.

A. Hospital or Cinema      B. Hard Work        

C. The Long Night               D. Harry Potter

5.The passage above is      .

A. an ad                  B. a story              

C. a novel                D. a diary

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇阅读介绍三本新书《漫漫长夜》，《努力工作》，《医院或者电影院》。分别介绍了这三本书的作者和主要内容。

1.

2.

3.

4.细节理解题。文章第一段最后一句话They have a lot of problems getting there and…“他们在去那的途中遇到很多问题……”可知这本书是关于一个旅程的，故选C。

5.推理判断题。这篇阅读主要向我们介绍三本书籍，在每篇介绍的结尾都留下了悬念。因此，可以推断这是一则广告。故选A。

考点：广告类短文阅读。