单选题
Don't have time to read anymore? Now you can get free, quick literature via email. More than 100,000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book, through Chapter-A-Day, an online book club created two years ago. It's a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people, exposing them to literature they may not find on their own, inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit. About 550 public library systems representing over 3,000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. Via email, participants get about five minutes' worth of reading every day. After three chapters are emailed, the installments stop, and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online. Chapter-A-Day has eight free book clubs, and sells thousands of books each month. Chapter-A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher, a lifelong book lover, realized how many of the women who worked part-time for her software development company didn't have time in their busy lives to read. She decided to type part of a chapter of a book, and send it to her employees through email. The next day she typed a little more, and continued to send literary installments each day. She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how reading made them feel. "They were interested, and realized that, though they didn't have time in their busy lives for reading, just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit." Realizing that many other people could benefit, she decided to take the idea even further and start an email "chapter-a-day" book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading. "Reading makes changes in people's lives," Beecher says. Pat Dempsey, a librarian at a public library in Ohio, has found Chapter-A-Day helps her library clients get back in the habit of reading. "It's a different way to get people hooked on hooks," she says.
单选题
Chapter-A-Day is intended to help people ______. A. get back into the habit of reading B. relieve stress from office work C. find interesting books online D. buy books more conveniently
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题是原文重现题，我们可以在第一段第四句中找到相应的对照：It's a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people，exposing them to literature they may not find on their own，inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit．这是一项免费的电子产品服务，为工作繁忙的人们提供简短的每日一读，使他们接触一些可能自己无法找到的文学作品，促使他们恢复以前的阅读习惯。
单选题
The passage was written in ______. A. 1999 B. 2000 C. 2001 D. 2002
单选题
It can be inferred that through Chapter-A-Day ______. A. public libraries have become crowded with readers B. Ms Beecher made much money for her software company C. people begin to read very slowly and patiently D. people cannot finish reading any book online
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】题干中关键句式“It can be inferred that…”表明此题是推断题，考查学生对文章的理解能力，通读全文后，可以发现C项最符合题意。
单选题
The word "installment" in the passage probably means" ______ ". A. a library email B. a rare piece of literature C. a free novel D. a part of a book
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】本题是词汇题，考查根据上下文推测词义的能力。该词在第一段和第二段均出现过，从第一段“After three chapters are emailed，the installments stop，and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online．”可以推断出该词的意思。
单选题
Ms Beecher decided to expand her Chapter-A-Day service because ______. A. over 3,000 libraries had joined B. many other people could benefit C. eight book clubs supported her D. free email service was available
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】从第二段倒数第二句话中可以找出正确答案：Realizing that many other people could benefit，she decided to take the idea even further and start an email "chapter-a-day" book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading．