Name: Off the Beaten Path

Cover price: $30.00

Our price: $l9.80

The best-selling Reader’s Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It spotlights over l, 000 of the United States’ most overlooked must-see destinations.

Name: Container Gardens by Number

Cover price: $l5.95

Our price: $9.49

A unique book contains 50 easy-to-follow container designs. Each design provides a simple numbered planting plan that shows exactly how to create each display, with an instruction of the finished planter and in-depth plant information. The plans are easy to follow and for any type of living space or garden.

Name: Best Weekend Projects

Cover price: $l7.95

Our price: $l3.96

Choose from 80 unique ideas to create an extraordinary living space. The projects are practical, as well as attractive, and will improve your home and yard and can be made in a weekend. These 80 well-designed projects are presented in a clear, easy-to-follow style that addresses readers in an accessible, user-friendly tone.

Name: l80l Home Remedies

Cover price: $40.00

Our price: $29.96

Plenty of health complaints can be handled at home. Each and every remedy will be tested by a doctor to make sure it is safe and sound.

Dozens of conditions are covered, from headaches, sunburn, bad breath, and blisters(水泡) to allergies(过敏), and hiccups(打嗝).

You can most probably read the passage in a ___________.

A. newspaper  B. travel guide              C. reference book         D. textbook

How much money could you save if you want to buy a travel book?

A. $6.46                B. $l0. 20                    C.$l3.96                  D. $l9.8

Which of the following could help you to deal with common diseases without a doctor? [来源:

A. Off the Beaten Path.                       B. Container Gardens by Number.

C. l80l Home Remedies.                                   D. Best Weekend Projects.

What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To share his opinion about the books with readers.

B. To advise readers to read more in spare time.

C. To share the pleasure of reading with readers.

D. To advise readers to buy their books.

Name: Off the Beaten Path
Cover price: $30.00
Our price: $l9.80
The best-selling Reader’s Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It spotlights over l, 000 of the United States’ most overlooked must-see destinations.
Name: Container Gardens by Number
Cover price: $l5.95
Our price: $9.49
A unique book contains 50 easy-to-follow container designs. Each design provides a simple numbered planting plan that shows exactly how to create each display, with an instruction of the finished planter and in-depth plant information. The plans are easy to follow and for any type of living space or garden.
Name: Best Weekend Projects
Cover price: $l7.95
Our price: $l3.96
Choose from 80 unique ideas to create an extraordinary living space. The projects are practical, as well as attractive, and will improve your home and yard and can be made in a weekend. These 80 well-designed projects are presented in a clear, easy-to-follow style that addresses readers in an accessible, user-friendly tone.
Name: l80l Home Remedies
Cover price: $40.00
Our price: $29.96
Plenty of health complaints can be handled at home. Each and every remedy will be tested by a doctor to make sure it is safe and sound.
Dozens of conditions are covered, from headaches, sunburn, bad breath, and blisters to allergies, and hiccups.
【小题1】You can most probably read the passage in a ___________.

A．newspaper

B．travel guide

C．reference book

D．textbook

【小题2】How much money could you save if you want to buy a travel book?

A．$6.46

B．$l0. 20

C．$l3.96

D．$l9.8

【小题3】Which of the following could help you to deal with common diseases without a doctor?

A．Off the Beaten Path.	B．Container Gardens by Number.
C．l80l Home Remedies.	D．Best Weekend Projects.

【小题4】What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To share his opinion about the books with readers.

B．To advise readers to read more in spare time.

C．To share the pleasure of reading with readers.

D．To advise readers to buy their books.

根据对话内容，从对话的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项

L:  ____1____.

S: I want to borrow a book, can you recommend(介绍) an interesting one?

L:  ____2____.

S:  I like story and travel books.

L:   Have you read “Song of Youth”?

S:  Oh, yes, I have. I want a book written by Mark Twain.

L:  ____3____.

S:  “ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”?

L:  All right. I’ll get it for you.

S:  ____4____

L:  You may keep it for two weeks.

S:  ____5____.

L:  You may come and renew them.

S:  Thank you for your kind help.

L:  You are welcome. Good-bye!

S:  Good-bye!

A．What shall I do if I can’t finish it on time.

B．Good morning! What can I do for you?

C．What’s the title of the book?

D．What do you want?

E. Of course, I can. But tell me first what kind of books you like to read

F. How long may I borrow the book?

G. Thanks a lot. How long may I keep the book?

 

Welcome to my Message Board!
Subject Slimming down classics?
Mr. Handsome 2007-5-12&24 AM	Orion Books,which decides there is a market in creating cut-down classics(经典著作)，is slimming down some novels by such great writers as L.Tolstoy,M.Mitchell and C.Bronte.Now,each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to   40  per cent of the original,with words,sentences,paragraphs and,in a few cases,chapters removed.The first six shortened editions,all priced at ￡6.99 and advertised as great reads “in half the time”,will go on sale next month,with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow.The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions.
Mr. Edwards 2007-5-12 9:40 AM	Well,I’m publisher of Orion Group.Thanks for your attention,Mr.Handsome. I must say,the idea developed from a game of “shame”in my office.Each of us was required to confess(承认)to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading.I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times.One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping(跳读)Jane Eyre.We realised that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones. As a leading publishing house,we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but it’s not as if we’re withdrawing the original versions.They are still there if you want to read them.
Ms.Weir 2007-5-12 11:35 AM	I’m director of the online bookclub www.lovereading.co.uk. Mr.Edwards,I think your shortened editions is a breath of fresh air.I’m guilty of never having read Anna Karenina,because it’s just so long.I’d much rather read two 300-page books than one 600-page book.I am looking forward to more shortened classics!
Mr. Crockatt 2007-5-124:38 PM	I’m from the London independent bookshop Crockatt & Powell. In my opinion,the practice is completely ridiculous.How can you edit the classics?I’m afraid reading some of these books is hard work,and that is why you have to develop as a reader.If people don’t have time to read Anna Karenina,then fine.But don’t read a shortened version and kid yourself it’s the real thing.

【小题1】According to the message board,Orinon Books_______.

A．opposes the reading of original classics

B．is embarrassed for cutting down classics

C．thinks cut-down classics have a bright future

D．is cautious in its decision to cut down classics

【小题2】In Mr.Edwards’ opinion,Orion Group is shortening classics to_______.

A．make them easier to read

B．meet a large demand in the market

C．increase the sales of literary books

D．compete with their original versions

【小题3】By describing the shortened classics as “a breath of fresh air”,Ms.Weir_______.

A．speaks highly of the cut-down classics

B．shows gailty of the original classics

C．feels guilty of not reading the classics

D．disapproves of shortening the classics

【小题4】Mr.Crockatt seems to imply that_______.

A．reading the classic works is a confusing attempt

B．shortening the classics does harm to the original

C．publishing the cub-down classics is a difficult job

D．editing the classic works satisfies children’s needs

Name: Off the Beaten Path

Cover price: $30.00

Our price: $l9.80

The best-selling Reader’s Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It spotlights over l, 000 of the United States’ most overlooked must-see destinations.

Name: Container Gardens by Number

Cover price: $l5.95

Our price: $9.49

A unique book contains 50 easy-to-follow container designs. Each design provides a simple numbered planting plan that shows exactly how to create each display, with an instruction of the finished planter and in-depth plant information. The plans are easy to follow and for any type of living space or garden.

Name: Best Weekend Projects

Cover price: $l7.95

Our price: $l3.96

Choose from 80 unique ideas to create an extraordinary living space. The projects are practical, as well as attractive, and will improve your home and yard and can be made in a weekend. These 80 well-designed projects are presented in a clear, easy-to-follow style that addresses readers in an accessible, user-friendly tone.

Name: l80l Home Remedies

Cover price: $40.00

Our price: $29.96

Plenty of health complaints can be handled at home. Each and every remedy will be tested by a doctor to make sure it is safe and sound.

Dozens of conditions are covered, from headaches, sunburn, bad breath, and blisters to allergies, and hiccups.

1.You can most probably read the passage in a ___________.

A．newspaper

B．travel guide

C．reference book

D．textbook

2.How much money could you save if you want to buy a travel book?

A．$6.46

B．$l0. 20

C．$l3.96

D．$l9.8

3.Which of the following could help you to deal with common diseases without a doctor?

A．Off the Beaten Path.	B．Container Gardens by Number.
C．l80l Home Remedies.	D．Best Weekend Projects.

4.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To share his opinion about the books with readers.

B．To advise readers to read more in spare time.

C．To share the pleasure of reading with readers.

D．To advise readers to buy their books.