Question

What do you do for fun in your spare time? Do you like reading? Do you often go to a book store? There is a store that is so different from others.

The World’s Smallest Bookstore, whose official name is just these three words, sits quietly about 100 miles northeast of Toronto.

The bookstore is about 10 feet by 10 feet, so it is easy to imagine how tiny it really is. The bookstore is open 24 hours a day. Inside the bookstore are various books, especially literary books and classic authors’ works. So if you are looking for something less popular, you may get a bit disappointed there.

Another special feature of this bookstore is that each book only costs three dollars. All the expenses are paid on the honor system, which means buyers should make a note of what they’ve bought and leave their money by themselves. So the tools of the trade in this bookstore are quite simple: pens, papers, light bulbs and a label-maker.

In order to catch passers-by’s attention, the billboards (广告牌) of the bookstore are several times bigger than the store itself. With these large eye-catchers, many people are willing to stop by and have a visit.

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. A strange way of selling books.

B. The popular bookstores in the world.

C. The world’s smallest bookstore.

D. The popular books nowadays.

2.Which of the following books might you most probably get in the store?

A. Books on less popular science.

B. Books on economic control.

C. The year book of a university.

D. Literary books.

3.How could you buy a book from the store?

A. Choose the book(s) and leave the money there.

B. Pay on the net and then get the book(s) in the store.

C. The salesman will help you find the book.

D. The salesman will get the money for the book.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。这篇文章主要介绍了世界上最小的书店。

1.主旨大意题。第二段The World’s Smallest Bookstore, whose official name is just these three words, sits quietly about 100 miles northeast of Toronto.是全文的主题句，结合全文内容，可知这篇文章主要介绍了世界上最小的书店，故选C。

2.细节理解题。答案定位在第三段Inside the bookstore are various books, especially literary books and classic authors’ works.（书店里有各种各样的书，特别是文学书和古典作家的作品），可知选D。

3.细节理解题。答案定位在倒数第二段All the expenses are paid on the honor system, which means buyers should make a note of what they’ve bought and leave their money by themselves.可知你选择一本书，并且把钱留在那里，你就可以从这个书店里买书，故选A。