Jeffery Deaver looks more like a brainy villain （反派人物） in a James Bond movie than a "00" agent in Her Majesty's secret service．Best known for his thrillers starring criminalist （刑事专家） Lincoln Rhyme, Jeffery Deaver has a new mission: Bring Bond into the 21st century in a new 007 novel．

The yet-to-be-named book is cryptically （隐秘地） referred to as "Project X" by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd．, which owns the rights to Fleming's work．Most of the details surrounding Project X, to be published in May, are being kept under wraps, but under gentle coaxing （用好话劝诱） Deaver begins to spill his guts．"The novel," he says, "is set in the present day, in 2011．Bond is a young agent for the British secret service．He's 29 or 30 years old, and he's an Afghan war vet．" That in itself is big news．After all, if Bond were aging in real time — he first appeared on the screen in 1953 — the now doddering （老态龙钟的） 007 would be nearly 90．

But first up: a new stand-alone Deaver novel, Edge （Simon & Schuster, $26．99）, to be published Tuesday．It's about a federal agent who risks his life to protect a Washington police detective from a man hired to extract information from him using any means at his disposal （任由个人支配的）．

Sipping coffee while seated on a leather chair in a sitting room decorated with portraits of his dogs and show ribbons, the mild-mannered author who writes about murderers and serial killers talks about his career and the solid fan base that has allowed him to pursue writing full time since 1990．"I may not sell as many books as John Grisham（although he has sold a cool 20 million）, but I have a very loyal fan base," says Deaver, 60, who wrote some of his novels while working as a Wall Street lawyer．Deaver's initiation into the Bond family — more than 100 million 007 novels have sold worldwide — could significantly raise his profile （知名度）．

Other novelists have written Bond novels since Ian Fleming's death in 1964 — including Kingsley Amis, John Gardner and, most recently, Sebastian Faulks — but they all took place in the original era．Deaver is taking a new approach．"There's no more Cold War to fight," says Deaver, so his new Bond, of the Fleming estate, will fight "post-9/11 evil．" "I want to stay true to the original James Bond, who many people don't know much about," he says, referring to the secret agent Fleming portrayed in 14 novels, and not the movie Bond．"People know Daniel Craig, they know Pierce Brosnan, they know Roger Moore and Sean Connery, all of whom brought a great deal to the stories of 007．But the original Bond was a very dark, edgy （另类的） character．"

1.Which of the following is NOT true about Jeffery Deaver?

2.Which statement best explains the meaning of “spill his guts” in Paragraph 2?

3.Who was the author of 007 novels?

4.What do you know about the new 007 novel from the passage?

该自我介绍中共有十处错误,每句中最多有两处,错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（）, 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改十处, 多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My hobby is reading. I like reading novels, newspapers, magazines and so on. When I was 9 year old. I caught bad cold. I have to stay at home for several weeks. My mother bought to me some novels. Soon I was attracting by the stories. Since then I have made use of any time to read. And reading does give me many help. Recently, I have surfed the Internet at home, on that I’ve found that many students like read as I do. We exchange our reading experience online but we become good friends. Reading brings me all happiness and friendship.

1.According to the message board, Orion 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 cautions in its decision to cut down classics

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

3.By describing the shortened classics as “a breath of fresh air”, Ms. Weir ________.

   A．speaks highly of the cut-down classics          

    B．shows her love for original classics

   C．feels guilty of not reading the classics           

    D．disapprove of shortening the classics

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 cut-down classics is a difficult job

   D．editing the classic works satisfies children’s needs

5.How many classics are involved in the massage board?

    A．Two. B．Three.   C．Four.    D．Five

Some novels simply entertain and others contain a powerful message in the story line and characters. In his first novel, A Wind In Montana, Mitch Davies tells a story about young adults and how they accept responsibility for their lives.
A Wind In Montana is a marvelous tale of two teenagers, Rory Coleman and Victoria Beach, high school students at the same school, who struggle to make the right decision for themselves. As each of them nears adulthood, they become more concerned with the future and setting goals that will bring them happiness and fulfillment.
Without any advice from his parents, Rory chooses to pursue a profession in chemistry, applies for a chemistry scholarship, and determines to do everything he can to achieve it. Along the path, Rory finds that even though he has a plan, there are obstacles that could prevent him from realizing his goals. Victoria’s struggles are different from Rory’s. Although her father has decided that she should become a professional musician, Victoria has other plans for her life. Together, Rory and Victoria attempt to follow their dreams, despite the obstacles in their paths. A Wind In Montana contains a lesson for all teens about to enter adulthood － that disappointment and setbacks (挫折) are going to occur no matter how determined they are and that they need to develop skills along the way that will help them deal with them effectively.
There are so many major decisions facing teens today －social, parents, other influencing adults and school work － and there’s no guarantee that their plans will succeed, even if they make the so-called “right” decisions. A Wind In Montana explores how two teenagers struggle with their own unique decisions and how the choices they make affect their lives.
Mitch Davies’ book stands out among today’s teen books that deal with imaginary situations. A Wind In Montana is a real story about real people facing real-life situations. It’s entertaining and also helps readers think about their own lives and offers various ways to handle situations that may arise.
【小题1】According to the passage, both Rory and Victoria _____.