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Book 1	The Moustache Grower's Guide Written by Lucien Edwards This guide, with tons of pictures and tips from professional competitors, will help men everywhere achieve the moustache of their dreams. Included are instructions for how to grow and keep 30 classic and modern moustaches. Crustache or Pyramid looks sharp with skinny jeans and glasses.
Book 2	Moonwalking with Einstein Written by Joshua Foer As a science reporter covering the US Memory Championship, Foer became attracted by the secrets of the competitors, like the present world memory champion, Ben Pridmore. With the help of experts, Foer learned how to transform the kinds of memories he forgot into the kind his brain remembered naturally. The skills he mastered made it easier to remember information, and Foer's story shows that the tricks of the masters can be mastered by anyone.
Book 3	Vaclav and Lena Written by Haley Yanner It introduces us to Vaclav and Lena, two Russian kids who, even as teenagers, recognize that they're in love with each other. The pair dreams of performing a magic show on the Coney Island, but just as they're set to make their first performance, Lena disappears. In the years that follow, Vaclav never stops wondering where Lena could be. Then on her seventeenth birthday, the truth is uncovered.
Book 4	The Art of Instruction Written by Katrien Van Wall charts were fundamental tools of classroom instruction throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Collected here for the first item in one book are over 100 of these wonderful educational posters in the history of science, art, and design.
Book 5	The Hunger Games Written by Suzanne Collins In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Longago the districts started war on the Capitol and were defeated. And each district had to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called The Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen–year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The rules and level of audience participation may change but one thing is sure to continue: kill or be killed.

（1）According to the passage, Crustache and Pyramid are _____.
A.the names of two men
B.two types of moustaches
C.two clothing brands
D.two professional competitors
（2）What can we know from the text?
A.Book 3 introduces the first successful magic show of a young couple.
B.Ben Pridmore suffers greatly from his poor memory.
C.Joshua Foer is the present world memory champion.
D.There are a great many pictures in Book 1 and Book 4.
（3）Which of the following words best describes Katniss Everdeen's feeling?
A.Ashamed
B.Hopeless
C.Regretful
D.Relieved

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）D
（3）B
【解析】本文属于广告类阅读，介绍了五本书及其特点和故事梗概。

（1）B 推理判断题。根据第一本书中第二句Included are instructions for how to grow and keep 30 classic and modern moustaches.可知在这本书里介绍了30多种不同的胡须。本句“Crustache or Pyramid looks sharp with skinny jeans and glasses.”举例说明了这些胡须，所以Crustache和Pyramid都应该是一种胡须。故B项正确。

（2）D 细节理解题。根据第一部分中with tons of pictures and tips from professional competitors和第四部分中Collected here for the first item in one book are over 100 of these wonderful educational posters in the history of science, art, and design.可知这两本书里都有很多的图片和海报。故D项正确。

（3）B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中.... regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games.可知她认为这是必输的比赛。说明她对比赛感觉绝望。故B项正确。