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FOUR BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ

Cruel Beautiful World Written by Caroline Leavitt
At age 16，Lucy is a lonely orphan living with older sister Charlotte and devoted aunt Iris in Waltham，Massachusetts.On the last day of school，she runs away with her 30-year-old teacher，William，and settles in a hillside cottage in rural Pennsylvania，near his new teaching job.Though Lucy feels increasingly isolated，William won't allow her any outlet.Leavitt draws upon a real-life crime that involved a girl she knew in high school.She tells her story from multiple viewpoints，building tension and sympathy for Lucy and Charlotte as tragedy swallows them.

By Gaslight Written by Steven Price
Price，an award-winning Canadian poet，achieves an extraordinary achievement of Dickensian storytelling in his weighty second novel.His hero is William Pinkerton，son of the founder of the legendary detective agency，who finds clues in his late father's safe to the case of William Shade.This mythic thief had disturbed and upset his father.William tracks a Shade accomplice（共犯），Charlotte Reckitt，to London，only to find she's been found dead in the Thames.Price ably arranges dozens of interlinking plotlines as he spans three continents and several decades，from American Civil War battlefields to Scotland Yard at the end of the 19th Century.

The Invisibility Cloak Written by Ge Fei
Beijing-based Ge Fei（pen name for Liu Yong）won the 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize for fiction "describing the changing spirit of Chinese society" over the past century.The Invisibility Cloak，his first English publication，revolves around Cui，a divorced man who creates customized hi-fi speakers for Beijing's newly wealthy and a few intellectuals.Beijing's rapid expansion has left Cui longing for an invisible life away from the city.His chance comes when he agrees to build a world-class sound system for a gangster（匪徒）.Ge Fei's nice work，translated from the Chinese by Canaan Morse，should find many fans.

Messy Written by Tim Harford
The temptation to be neat and tidy may be powerful，but "we would be better served by embracing a degree of mess，" Harford argues.His defense of the creative potential of the imperfect，random，vague，difficult，diverse and even dirty is refreshing.Reaching into the arts，politics，business，science and technology，Harford makes an appealing case for opening up to disorder and luck.

（1）Which author does NOT tell a story in his/her work listed above？
D
D

A．Caroline Leavitt.
B．Steven Price.
C．Ge Fei.
D．Tim Harford.
（2）Jack is an American who loves detective stories.He is going to work and live in Beijing for the next three years，and he is very curious about the place he is heading to.Which book will he most likely choose to read now？
C
C

A．Cruel Beautiful World.
B．By Gaslight.
C．The Invisibility Cloak.
D．Messy.
（3）This page is intended for people who want to
C
C
.
A．buy newly-published books at a discount
B．market latest books to friends and family
C．know what books are worthwhile to read
D．understand the current trend in literature

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【答案】D；C；C

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1．I experienced years of loneliness as a child. （1）

.His friends teased him about babysitting his sister and his interests were far different from mine.With no other kids of my age in the neighborhood，I had to spend hours by myself.
   A bright spot for me turned out to be reading.My love of the written word began early as my mother read to me every evening. （2）

.I started reading books on my own before age 5 and my mother took me to the public library once a week to borrow several books.I quickly graduated from typical children's books to ones with fewer pictures and longer chapters.Reading opened new worlds to me. （3）

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   My mother also encouraged me to make what I wanted.I tried making toy cars with cardboard boxes and constructing buildings from leftover cardboard and bits of wood my father gave me.When my mother saw my creations，she told me how creative my designs were. （4）

.I learned a lot about how to extend the life of objects and transform them into something new and useful.It was a trait（特點(diǎn)） others found helpful，and I soon had friends who wanted to make things with me.
   （5）

.My parents made it a point for their two kids to spend time outside，no matter the weather or season.My brother，of course，raced off to be with his friends，while I had plenty to do myself.There was making leaf houses in autumn，ice skating in winter，and so much more.They're all memories I treasure today.

A.I wasn't alone any longer.
B.I enjoyed reading stories aloud.
C.I was invited to play with another kid.
D.I loved the colorful photographs in the books.
E.Another habit I formed early was being outdoors.
F.Thus，I began my lifelong interest in making things.
G.My older brother couldn't be bothered to play with me.
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2．Edgar Degas，J.M.W.Turner and other painters captured centuries of atmospheric records as they decorated canvases with sunset scenes.
   Greek Scientists worked with an artist to confirm that the ratio of red to green in sunset painting，both old and new，increased when particles filled the air，such as after major volcanic eruption（火山噴發(fā)）or dust storms.The atmosphere physicists also found a gradual shift in artistic sunset hues over centuries，possibly due to ever-increasing air pollution during the Industrial Revolution.
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（1）The underlined word"hues"in the second paragraph probably means

.
A．a(chǎn)ngles
B．colors
C．locations
D．times
（2）What do we know about Zerefos' research from the passage？

A．Both modern and ancient artists describing sunset are involved in the research.
B．It confirmed an obvious increase in the ratio of green to red in sunset paintings.
C．The shift from green to red also existed in the records of ice cores trapped items.
D．The team used traditional techniques to confirm the earlier results of the research.
（3）How did Zerefos' team confirm that atmospheric records kept by painters were reliable？

A．By analyzing classical paintings.
B．By connecting time to color.
C．By comparing art with ice.
D．By working with an artist.
（4）Which of the following is the best title of the passage？

A．A Modern Research of Ancient Art and Ice with Pollution.
B．Art Masterpiece and Pollutants Trapped in Ice Cores.
C．An Increase in the Ratio of Red to Green in Paintings.
D．Art Masterpiece Recorded Centuries of Pollution.
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（consist） of simple pottery and sculptures.After that，Chinese art，like Chinese history，is typically classified by dynasty，（3）

probably lasted several hundred years.
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（extreme） important in Chinese art，especially in Chinese ceramics（陶器）.
   Different forms of art have changed under the influence of great philosophers，（5）

（religion） figures and even political figures.Early Chinese poetry （6）

（influence） by the Book of Songs，and the Chinese poet and statesman Qu Yuan.
   Chinese painting became a highly （7）

（appreciate） art，including a wide variety of （8）

（style） such as Ming Dynasty painting.Early Chinese music was based on percussion（打擊樂(lè)器），which later gave way to stringed instruments.In the Han dynasty paper cutting became （9）

new art form after the invention of paper.Chinese opera would also be introduced and branched regionally in addition to other （10）

（perform） formats such as variety shows.
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FOUR BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ
	Cruel Beautiful World Written by Caroline Leavitt At age 16，Lucy is a lonely orphan living with older sister Charlotte and devoted aunt Iris in Waltham，Massachusetts.On the last day of school，she runs away with her 30-year-old teacher，William，and settles in a hillside cottage in rural Pennsylvania，near his new teaching job.Though Lucy feels increasingly isolated，William won't allow her any outlet.Leavitt draws upon a real-life crime that involved a girl she knew in high school.She tells her story from multiple viewpoints，building tension and sympathy for Lucy and Charlotte as tragedy swallows them.
	By Gaslight Written by Steven Price Price，an award-winning Canadian poet，achieves an extraordinary achievement of Dickensian storytelling in his weighty second novel.His hero is William Pinkerton，son of the founder of the legendary detective agency，who finds clues in his late father's safe to the case of William Shade.This mythic thief had disturbed and upset his father.William tracks a Shade accomplice（共犯），Charlotte Reckitt，to London，only to find she's been found dead in the Thames.Price ably arranges dozens of interlinking plotlines as he spans three continents and several decades，from American Civil War battlefields to Scotland Yard at the end of the 19th Century.
	The Invisibility Cloak Written by Ge Fei Beijing-based Ge Fei（pen name for Liu Yong）won the 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize for fiction "describing the changing spirit of Chinese society" over the past century.The Invisibility Cloak，his first English publication，revolves around Cui，a divorced man who creates customized hi-fi speakers for Beijing's newly wealthy and a few intellectuals.Beijing's rapid expansion has left Cui longing for an invisible life away from the city.His chance comes when he agrees to build a world-class sound system for a gangster（匪徒）.Ge Fei's nice work，translated from the Chinese by Canaan Morse，should find many fans.
	Messy Written by Tim Harford The temptation to be neat and tidy may be powerful，but "we would be better served by embracing a degree of mess，" Harford argues.His defense of the creative potential of the imperfect，random，vague，difficult，diverse and even dirty is refreshing.Reaching into the arts，politics，business，science and technology，Harford makes an appealing case for opening up to disorder and luck.