单选题
Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or only there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive design is irresistible, although this method of selecting ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather uninteresting book. You soon become lost in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must hurry to keep some forgotten appointment -- without buying a book, of course. The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: "Can I help you, sir?" You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
单选题
The best title for this passage may be ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】主旨题。做这类题目时,可以先从文章结构着手,注意每段的第一、二句,因为其往往是段落主题句所在,此后通常是对主题的论述。第一段主题句是:Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable;第二段是:…is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop。根据这些主题句可以断定A项“书店的吸引力”是最佳标题。
单选题
According to the author, the best way to escape the realities of everyday life is ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】归纳题。A、B、C三项内容文章中没有提到。D项内容文中虽然没有直接提到,但言语中含有此意,如第一段最后一句话:You soon become lost in some book…usually it is 0nly much later that you realize you have spent far too much time…,以及第二段讲述的书店环境:营业员不会来打扰你,而只会提供帮助。这些解释都可说明D项的意思。
单选题
In a good bookshop, ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】推断题。A项太绝对;C项太片面,书店都可避雨,不一定要在好的书店;D项与文中提到的You needn't buy anything you don't want刚好相悖。B项内容文中虽然没有直接说出,但根据阐述的内容,如:有些书能让你看得忘掉时间或其 他事,而且不买也可以,营业员不会打扰你等,可以推断读者是满意的。
单选题
An assistant in a bookshop helps you ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。文章倒数第二、三句直接说出了这道题:You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary.
单选题
According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】是非判断题。A项中only for book-lovers有错。C项错,去书店不一定要买书,D项认为封面设计吸引人的书一定很有趣,与文中所说相悖。而B项与第二段第二句意思一致,故为正确选项。