Question

【题目】Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Virginia Bookstore Finds the Secret to Success

A large bookstore in a small U. S. town has succeeded for many years by giving people a chance to buy a lot of books for a low price.

The large and simple bookstore is in the small eastern town of Mount Crawford，Virginia.

The Green Valley Book Fair is made up of two large storage buildings totaling 2, 300 square meters.

Some customers like Zoe Dellinger have been buying books at the store for many years.

“I have been coming here since I was in my early 20s. The thrill of finding a new book is very serendipitous (机缘巧合的) here because you can’t come and say Fm buying the new Nicholas Sparks book today.’ That’s not what this place is about—this place is about finding wonderful treasures. ”

And those treasures are not costly.

“I found a wonderful book that I wanted. It was very expensive at the time—26 dollars was expensive for me to purchase a new book. I found the book here for five dollars. I was so excited, so that has kept me coming back just to see what treasures 1 11 find. ”

The Green Valley Book Fair has 500，000 new and old books about politics, religion, science，travel, cooking and many other subjects.

Michele Branner is the manager of the store.

“My parents actually started this bookstore about 46 years ago. My dad collected old books and then decided that he wanted to sell some of them. And it went so well that it’s just kind of evolved to what it is today. ”

The bookstore is only open six times a year for three weeks. About 25, 000 people visit during each period. The store sells about $ 2 million worth of books every year.

“We buy our books at a fraction of retail (零售价的几分之一) and we can sell them for the prices that we do and keep our overhead low. That’s why we don’t have any fancy buildings or anything like that.”

People have visited the store from many American states and from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Russia.

Tom Whitlon is from the eastern city of Bristol, Connecticut.

“We have our whole family with us this time. So we said, ‘Oh you gotta see this book fair, ’ and so we brought ’em all here today. It meets every family’s need that likes to read. ”

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Answer 1

【答案】A bookstore in Virginia has succeeded for many years. Customers buy books through finding wonderful treasures of books by themselves. The books are cheap and of all kinds. The Green valley Book Fair is open six times a year but with high sales. The storekeeper sells books at a low profit. It attracts many people from various places.

【解析】

这是一篇概要写作。

写作步骤

1）细读原文。首先要仔细阅读短文，掌握文章主旨。文章说明了弗吉尼亚州的一家书店多年来一直很成功。顾客通过自己寻找书籍的奇珍异宝来购买书籍。这些书既便宜又种类繁多。绿谷书展每年开六次，但销量很高。这个店主以低利润卖书。它吸引了许多来自不同地方的人。

2）弄清结构，归纳段意。概要写作是写全文概要，不是写某一部分的概要，或者就某些问题写出要点。

3）列出原文要点。分析原文的内容和结构，将内容分项扼要表述并注意在结构上的顺序。在此基础上选出与文章主题密切相关的部分。

4）在写作时要特别注意下面几点：

（1）概要应包括原文中的主要事实，略去不必要的细节。

（2）安排好篇幅的比例，概要应同原文保持协调，即用较多的文字写重要内容，用较少的文字写次要内容。

（3）注意要点之间的衔接，要用适当的关联词语贯通全文，切忌只简单地写出一些互不相干的句子，但也不要每两句之间都加关联词语，以免显得生硬。

（4）不排斥用原文的某些词句，但不要照搬原文的句子，如果不能完全用自己的话语表达，至少对原文句子做一些同义词替换，如果结构上也能有一些转换会更好。

（5）计算词数，看是否符合规定的词数要求。