Question

【题目】 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】

这是一篇记叙文，向人们介绍了源自西雅图公立图书馆而后波及整个美国的一个新思想：通过让所有人同时读同一本书而培养集体意识。虽然这一想法存在一定的问题，但正如Nancy所说：衡量成功的标准不是看读书的人的数量，而取决于有多少人从中受益。

【1】考查名词词义辨析。句意：概念很简单:通过让每个人在同一时间读同一本书来帮助建立社区的集体意识。A. sense观念；B. feel感觉；C. appreciation欣赏；D. impression印象。a sense of community“社群意识，团队意识”，故选A。

【2】考查动词词义辨析。句意：除了鼓励所有人都享受阅读，该项目还允许陌生人在公共汽车上通过讨论这本书进行交流，并将阅读作为一种体验推广到家庭和学校。A. discouraged使灰心；B. monitored监控；C. enjoyed享受；D. appealed呼吁。由下文as an experience to be shared“作为一种被分享的经历”，推测上文是“作为一种被享受的追求”，故选C。

【3】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个想法来自西雅图图书管理员南希·珀尔，她在1998年发起了“如果所有西雅图人都读同一本书”的项目。A.mattered要紧；B. motivated激发…的积极性；C. analyzed分析；D. launched启动。发起项目，故选D。

【4】考查动词词义辨析。句意：她的最初计划是从拜访作者、研究指导和书籍讨论小组转变到用一本书使人们聚在一起。B. transformed转换；C. measured测量；D. stimulated积累。transform… to… 使…转变成…，故选A。

【5】考查副词词义辨析。句意：扩展到其他美国城市甚至是香港，A. still仍然； B. even甚至；C. only仅仅；D. very非常。扩展到其他美国城市甚至是香港，表示递进关系副词，故选B。

【6】考查名词词义辨析。句意：在芝加哥，市长在电视上宣布选择《杀死一只知更鸟》作为“一本书，一个芝加哥”节目的第一本书。B. program项目；C. event事件；D. design设计。“One Book, One Chicago”是这个项目的名称，故选B。

【7】考查动词词义辨析。句意：在美国各地，出现有这样的故事:父母和孩子晚上互相朗读，陌生人在公交车上闲聊故事的情节和人物。A. explained解释；B. inferred推测； C. emerged出现；D. showed显示。发生这样的故事，故选C。

【8】考查名词词义辨析。句意：陌生人在公交车上闲聊故事的情节和人物。A. transmission传动；B. argument争吵；C. scanning扫描；D. plot情节。plot and character 情节和故事，故选D。

【9】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：唯一的问题出现在纽约，当地的读者无法决定哪本书来代表这庞大而多样化的人口。A. interested感兴趣的；B. educated受过教育的；C. foreign外国的；D. local当地的。纽约当地的读者，故选D。

【10】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当地读者不知哪本书能代表这个由多样化人口组成的城市。A. diverse不同的；B. available可利用的；C. undeveloped未开发的；D. colorful多彩的。表示纽约城庞大而多样化的人口,故选A。

【11】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这可能表明，纽约人并没有抓住重点，而是把所有的精力和热情都放在了对这本书的选择上，而不是讨论这本书本身。A. passion激情；B. finance财政；C. nervousness紧张；D. temperature温度。energy and passion“精力和热情”，故选A。

【12】考查短语词义辨析。句意：而不是讨论这本书本身。A. other than不同于；B. rather than而不是；C. let alone不必说；D. regardless of不管；文中有rather“宁愿”，故应选rather than“而不是”，故选B。

【13】考查副词词义辨析。句意：最终，正如南希所指出的那样，成功的水平不是衡量有多少人读一本书，而是有多少人在过程充实了自己，或享受原本与他们不会共享一个字的人说话。A. Highly高度地；B. Subconsciously下意识地；C. Ultimately最后；D. Directly直接地。此处是指最后，故选C。

【14】考查动词词义辨析。意思同上。A. expanded扩大；B. enriched使丰富；C. reserved保留；D. persevered坚持。在过程充实了自己，故选B。

【15】考查副词词义辨析。意思同上。A. otherwise否则；B. certainly确切地；D. eventually最后地。此处表示转折关系，故选A。