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My Favourite Books

     Jo Usmar is a writer for Cosmopolitan and co﹣author of the This Book Will series（系列） of lifestyle books． Here she picks her top reads．

Matilda

Roald Dahl

    I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful worlds． Matilda's battles with her cruel parents and the bossy headmistress， Miss Trunchbull， are equally funny and frightening， but they're also aspirational．

After Dark

Haruki Murakami

    It's about two sisters ﹣Eri， a model who either won't or can′t stop sleeping， and Mari， a young student． In trying to connect to her sister， Mari starts changing her life and discovers a world of diverse "night people" who are hiding secrets．

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn

    There was a bit of me that didn′t want to love this when everyone else on the planet did，but the horror story is brilliant． There's tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust． It's a real whodunit and the frustration when you realise what's going on is horribly enjoyable．

The Stand

Stephen King

    This is an excellent fantasy novel from one of the best storytellers around． After a serious flu outbreak wipes out 99.4% of the world′s population， a battle unfolds between good and evil among those left． Randall Flagg is one of the scariest characters ever．

 

（1）Who does "I" refer to in the text？　C　

A．Stephen King．

B．Gillian Flynn．

C．Jo Usmar．

D．Roald Dahl．

（2）Which of the following tells about Mari and Eri？　C　

A．Cosmopolitan．

B．Matilda．

C．After Dark．

D．The Stand．

（3）What kind of book is Gone Girl？　D　

A．A folk tale．

B．A biography．

C．A love story．

D．A horror story．

【分析】本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了"世界主义者"的作家乔·乌斯玛挑选的她最喜欢的书．

【解答】1．C． 细节理解题．根据文章第一段 Jo Usmar is a writer for Cosmopolitan and co﹣author of the This Book Will series（系列） of lifestyle books乔·乌斯玛是"世界主义者"的作家，也是这本书"威尔系列"（系列）的作者之一．可知文本中"我"指的是 Jo Usmar；故选C．

2．C． 细节理解题．根据文章第三段It's about two sisters ﹣Eri， a model who either won't or can′t stop sleeping， and Mari， a young student可知在黑暗之讲述了Mari和Eri；故选C．

3．D． 细节理解题．根据文章第四段 There's tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust． It's a real whodunit and the frustration when you realise what's going on is horribly enjoyable可知一个恐怖故事是属于Gone Girl的；故选D．

【点评】考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．