Question

【題目】 An idea that started in Seattle’s public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a _______ of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time.

In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit to be _______ by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who _______ the “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” project in 1998. Her original program _______ author visits，study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and _______ to Hong Kong.

In Chicago, the mayor appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the “One Book, One Chicago” _______. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories _______ of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about _______ and character.

The only problem arose in New York, where _______ readers could not decide on which book to represent the huge and __________ population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and __________ into the choice of the book __________ discussion about a book itself.

__________，as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are __________ by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not __________ have shared a word.

【1】A.senseB.feelC.appreciationD.impression

【2】A.discouragedB.monitoredC.enjoyedD.appealed

【3】A.matteredB.motivatedC.analyzedD.launched

【4】A.usedB.transformedC.measuredD.stimulated

【5】A.stillB.evenC.onlyD.very

【6】A.taskB.programC.eventD.design

【7】A.explainedB.inferredC.emergedD.showed

【8】A.transmissionB.argumentC.scanningD.plot

【9】A.interestedB.educatedC.foreignD.local

【10】A.diverseB.availableC.undevelopedD.colorful

【11】A.passionB.financeC.nervousnessD.temperature

【12】A.other thanB.rather thanC.let aloneD.regardless of

【13】A.HighlyB.SubconsciouslyC.UltimatelyD.Directly

【14】A.expandedB.enrichedC.reservedD.persevered

【15】A.otherwiseB.certainlyC.elseD.eventually

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】D

【10】A

【11】A

【12】B

【13】C

【14】B

【15】A

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，向人們介紹了源自西雅圖公立圖書館而后波及整個美國的一個新思想：通過讓所有人同時讀同一本書而培養(yǎng)集體意識。雖然這一想法存在一定的問題，但正如Nancy所說：衡量成功的標準不是看讀書的人的數量，而取決于有多少人從中受益。

【1】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：概念很簡單:通過讓每個人在同一時間讀同一本書來幫助建立社區(qū)的集體意識。A. sense觀念；B. feel感覺；C. appreciation欣賞；D. impression印象。a sense of community“社群意識，團隊意識”，故選A。

【2】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：除了鼓勵所有人都享受閱讀，該項目還允許陌生人在公共汽車上通過討論這本書進行交流，并將閱讀作為一種體驗推廣到家庭和學校。A. discouraged使灰心；B. monitored監(jiān)控；C. enjoyed享受；D. appealed呼吁。由下文as an experience to be shared“作為一種被分享的經歷”，推測上文是“作為一種被享受的追求”，故選C。

【3】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：這個想法來自西雅圖圖書管理員南希·珀爾，她在1998年發(fā)起了“如果所有西雅圖人都讀同一本書”的項目。A.mattered要緊；B. motivated激發(fā)…的積極性；C. analyzed分析；D. launched啟動。發(fā)起項目，故選D。

【4】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：她的最初計劃是從拜訪作者、研究指導和書籍討論小組轉變到用一本書使人們聚在一起。B. transformed轉換；C. measured測量；D. stimulated積累。transform… to… 使…轉變成…，故選A。

【5】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：擴展到其他美國城市甚至是香港，A. still仍然； B. even甚至；C. only僅僅；D. very非常。擴展到其他美國城市甚至是香港，表示遞進關系副詞，故選B。

【6】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：在芝加哥，市長在電視上宣布選擇《殺死一只知更鳥》作為“一本書，一個芝加哥”節(jié)目的第一本書。B. program項目；C. event事件；D. design設計�！�One Book, One Chicago”是這個項目的名稱，故選B。

【7】考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：在美國各地，出現(xiàn)有這樣的故事:父母和孩子晚上互相朗讀，陌生人在公交車上閑聊故事的情節(jié)和人物。A. explained解釋；B. inferred推測； C. emerged出現(xiàn)；D. showed顯示。發(fā)生這樣的故事，故選C。

【8】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：陌生人在公交車上閑聊故事的情節(jié)和人物。A. transmission傳動；B. argument爭吵；C. scanning掃描；D. plot情節(jié)。plot and character 情節(jié)和故事，故選D。

【9】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：唯一的問題出現(xiàn)在紐約，當地的讀者無法決定哪本書來代表這龐大而多樣化的人口。A. interested感興趣的；B. educated受過教育的；C. foreign外國的；D. local當地的。紐約當地的讀者，故選D。

【10】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：當地讀者不知哪本書能代表這個由多樣化人口組成的城市。A. diverse不同的；B. available可利用的；C. undeveloped未開發(fā)的；D. colorful多彩的。表示紐約城龐大而多樣化的人口,故選A。

【11】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：這可能表明，紐約人并沒有抓住重點，而是把所有的精力和熱情都放在了對這本書的選擇上，而不是討論這本書本身。A. passion激情；B. finance財政；C. nervousness緊張；D. temperature溫度。energy and passion“精力和熱情”，故選A。

【12】考查短語詞義辨析。句意：而不是討論這本書本身。A. other than不同于；B. rather than而不是；C. let alone不必說；D. regardless of不管；文中有rather“寧愿”，故應選rather than“而不是”，故選B。

【13】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：最終，正如南希所指出的那樣，成功的水平不是衡量有多少人讀一本書，而是有多少人在過程充實了自己，或享受原本與他們不會共享一個字的人說話。A. Highly高度地；B. Subconsciously下意識地；C. Ultimately最后；D. Directly直接地。此處是指最后，故選C。

【14】考查動詞詞義辨析。意思同上。A. expanded擴大；B. enriched使豐富；C. reserved保留；D. persevered堅持。在過程充實了自己，故選B。

【15】考查副詞詞義辨析。意思同上。A. otherwise否則；B. certainly確切地；D. eventually最后地。此處表示轉折關系，故選A。