12．AWL is well known for its dictionaries and English language teaching materials．Some readers have written in to ask us for the latest information on high quality books on English，so here we introduce two books that aim to improve spoken English fluency．
Let's speak （Beginner）
By Bev Dusuya，Naoko Ozeki and Kevin Bergman
ISBN：962001359X
Speak Up（Pre Intermediate）
By Kev Kusuay，Nako ZeKi
ISBN：058222805F
"Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own．"How often are these worthy goals kept from being achieved by the limitations of your beginner level learners？Students at all levels want to talk about culture．
Topics include food，shopping，sports，fashion，the roles of men and women，health，music，and many more．
These are all chosen from surveys of over 15，000 students about their own interests in cross cultural communication．
"Let's speak"and"Speak Up"share a special but excellent way that allows all students to take part in．
The series has questions which start thinking and then help collect opinions about personal topics．Conversation practice is provided by using models of basic exchanges on the topic．Also，the cultural information presented in the series comes in the form of interesting，relevant（相关的） facts and ideas from other countries through listening tasks and Culture Quiz exercises．
Team activities in books provide lively problem solving games to enable sharing and comparison of cultural values．
"Let's speak"is fit for entry level students of all ages．"Speak Up"provides for the needs of higher level beginners．Offering the same careful listening and speaking help，but with slightly more open ended discussion．
For any information about AWL's books，please get in touch with the following address；
Beijing Addison Wesley Longman Information Center
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36．Bare NOT mentioned about both the two books in the passage．
A．Publishers and titles
B．Prices and pages
C．Writers and publishers
D．Content and book numbers
37．In the sentence"Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own"，"your culture"here means the culture ofA．
A．the English native
B．the English learners
C．the readers of the two books
D．the readers of the newspaper
38．The two books have in common everything exceptA．
A．the same level of learners
B．the same interesting topics
C．proper ways to excite the learners to talk
D．right kinds of activities for cultural communication
39．According to the passage，you can have at leastCways to be connected if you want to know something about （AWL's） books．
A．two B．three C．four D．six
40．The passage is probably taken from theBsection in a newspaper．
A．EDUCATION B．BOOKSHELF
C．ADVERTISEMENT D．NEWS．
分析 短文主要提供了两本提高英语口语流利性的书籍．
解答 36．B，细节理解题，通读全文，关于这两本书的价格和页码没有提到，故答案为B．
37．A，推理判断题，短文主要讲的是提高英语口语流利性，因此教学生"你的文化"，指的是英语为本族语的人的文化，故答案为A．
38．A，细节理解题，根据Let's speak （Beginner）可知这本书是适合初学者的，Speak Up（Pre-Intermediate）是适合预备中级的学生的，因此它们是适合不同水平的学习者，故答案为A．
39．C，细节理解题，如果想更多了解此类书，可以通过写信、打电话、传真、发邮件等方式，因此至少有四种，故答案为C．
40．B，主旨大意题，短文主要介绍了两本提高英语口语流利性的书籍，因此有可能是从报纸上的"书架栏目"摘取下来的，故答案为B．
点评 解答任务型阅读理解题，首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意．因为阅读理解题一般没有标题，所以，速读全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速读的过程中，应尽可能多地捕获信息材料．其次，细读题材，各个击破．掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读每篇材料后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主题句，阅读时，要有较强的针对性．对于捕获到的信息，要做认真分析，仔细推敲，理解透彻，只有这样，针对题目要求，才能做到稳、准．
