Question

    To encourage reading, a Chinese company placed over 10,000 books around the underground, in taxis and on planes in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The activity got the support of many Chinese stars. The “book-dropping movement,” however, won little praise. Instead, the movement caused much criticism(批评).

Some books were left untouched. Around the underground, passengers thought the books were left there to save the seats. Some books were taken away by cleaners. People also complained that they couldn’t get to the books—the trains and buses were too crowded.

The movement led to a hot debate.

Most people thought it could do little to encourage reading. “I think the best result is that people take photos when they pick up the books and write a post in WeChat. After that, they will just bring the books back home and place them on their bookshelves,” wrote one Weibo user.

Some pointed out that, the Chinese stars who supported the movement didn’t seem to be reading much. Isn’t it embarrassing(尴尬) that the movement is supported by stars who don’t read a lot?

Murong Xuecun is a famous Chinese writer. He thought the book-sharing movement was not at all a bad thing. “In the past years, the Chinese economy(经济) has been developing rapidly. Everybody is busy with work. They don’t have time for reading,” said Murong. “However, just because Chinese people don’t read often, it doesn’t mean we should do nothing to encourage reading,” Murong added.

1.What’s purpose of The “book-dropping movement”?

A.To test how much people like reading. B.To encourage people to read.

C.To encourage people to take public transport.

2.What result of “book-dropping movement” isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A.Some books were thought to save the seats.

B.Some books were taken away by cleaners.

C.Some people thought it affected the traffic.

3.The underlined word “debate” means          in the passage.

A.风气 B.争论 C.兴趣

4.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us          .

A.“book-dropping battle” works little B.Most people like taking selfies

C.people prefer reading in WeChat.

5.What is Murong Xuecun’s idea about “book-dropping battle”?

A.Book-sharing campaign may improve the economy

B.Chinese people are too busy to read books.

C.We shouldn’t give up encouraging reading,

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文，主要讲述了“丢书大战”活动引发的人们的议论。大多数认为“丢书大战”对鼓励阅读并没有什么作用，然而著名作家慕容雪村表示，图书共享活动并不是一件坏事。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段“To encourage reading…The‘book-dropping movement,’”可知，“丢书大战”的目的是鼓励人们阅读。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段“passengers thought the books were left there to save the seats. Some books were taken away by cleaners”可知，有些书被用来占座，有些书被清洁工拿走了，因此A、B两项均是“丢书大战”导致的结果，故排除。C选项“有些人认为影响交通”，这在文章中并没有提及，因此不是“丢书大战”的结果。故选C。

3.词句猜测题。根据文章后三段的描述可知，有人认为“丢书大战”对鼓励阅读没什么作用，也有人认为这并不是一件坏事，故此处的debate意为“争论”。故选B。

4.主旨大意题。根据第四段“Most people thought it could do little to encourage reading”以及本段内容的描述可知，大多数人认为“丢书大战”对鼓励阅读并没有什么好处，因此本段主要讲述了“丢书大战”的效果不好。故选A。

5.推理判断题。根据最后一段“However, just because Chinese people don’t read often, it doesn’t mean we should do nothing to encourage reading”可知，慕容雪村认为“丢书大战”不是一件坏事，我们不应该放弃鼓励阅读。故选C。