Question

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books — especially paperbacks（平装本）, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing.  They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound（装订）between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling.  Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock（贮存）, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad（无数的）subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture（敢于去） off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small barrows（流动集售货车） which line the gutters（贫民窟）. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs（业余爱好者）, have been waiting for them. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

1.“Londoners are great readers” means that ________.

A. Londoners are great because they read a lot

B. There are a great number of readers in London

C. Londoners are readers who read only great books

D. Londoners read a lot

2.Charring Cross Road ________.

A. is in the suburbs of London

B. is famous for its bookshops

C. contains various kinds of shops

D. is the busiest street in London

3.If you want to buy really cheap second-hand books, you must ________.

A. venture in a most busy street

B. venture away from a busy street

C. take the risk of going to the beaten track

D. take the risk of wasting time to hunt them in less noticeable streets

4.The book sellers on Farringdon Road ________.

A. keep fine bookshops

B. keep only small bookshops

C. sell books on hand-carts

D. sell the same books as the bookshops on Charring Cross Road

5.The best topic for this passage is “________”.

A. Bookshops in London

B. The biggest bookshop in the world

C. Charring Cross Road

D. Buying books in London

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：伦敦人都爱读书，每年都会买大量的书籍，本文介绍了在伦敦一些买书的地方。

1. 句意推测题。根据文章大意及第一段They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books可推知，伦敦人喜欢阅读。故D正确。

2. 细节理解题。根据文章第二段Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London.可知，此地以它的书店而出名。故B正确。

3. 推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture（敢于去）off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London.可知，要想买到便宜的二手书必须冒着浪费时间的风险在不显眼的街道上去买。故选D。

4. 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts.可知，这条路上的书商是用手推车卖书。故C正确。

5. 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books — especially paperbacks（平装本）, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing.以及全文内容可知，本文主要讲述在伦敦购书的一些事情。故选D。

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要注意不是所有的段落都有主题句，有时主题句暗含在句中。阅读这样的文章，就需要自己根据文章的细节来分析，概括出段落的主题，从而推导出文章的主旨。分析的方法是：先弄清该段落主要讲了哪几方面的内容，这些内容在逻辑上有什么联系，然后加以归纳形成主题。6. 以及全文内容可知，本文主要讲述在伦敦购书的一些事情。故选D。

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