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(2019·新疆适应性检测)You can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way.The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing.Here are four books we recommend that you take on your trip.
1.On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac
The book is a popular spiritual guidebook about youth.The main character in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico.After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life.
2.Life Is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan Kundera
JeanJacques Rousseau once said, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”The book describes a young artist's romantic but miserable life, about how he reads, dreams and has a relationship during his trip to Central Europe.The book invites you to deeply reflect on your current life and to honor Kundera, a Czechborn writer and who went into exile in France in 1975.
3.My Name Is Red, 1998, by Orhan Pamuk
The book, featuring a peak masterpiece of the Nobel Prize winner for Literature Orhan Pamuk, has been translated into more than 50 languages and published around the world.It tells a story of a young man, who was away from home for 12 years, coming back to his hometown in Istanbul.What embraces him is not only love, but a series of murder cases as well.
4.The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, 2013, by Rachel Joyce
The novel tells a story of a 60yearold man who lived a boring and unhappy life, until one day, he received his old friend's letter who got cancer.In deep shock and sorrow, he went out to send his reply letter.627 miles in 87 days, he walked depending on one belief that “his friend can survive as long as he walks”.
语篇解读:本文是一篇应用文,推荐了四本适合旅行携带的书。
1.Which book can make you think of your own life?
A.On the Road.
B.Life Is Elsewhere.
C.My Name Is Red.
D.The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
解析:选B 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句中的“The book invites you to deeply reflect on your current life”可知,这本书(《生活在别处》)会让你深刻地反思你现在的生活。故本题选B。
2.Who wrote a book sold globally?
A.Jack Kerouac. B.Milan Kundera.
C.Orhan Pamuk. D.Rachel Joyce.
解析:选C 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“The book ...has been translated into more than 50 languages and published around the world”可知,这本书已经被翻译成了五十多种语言并在世界各地出版,故本题答案选C。
3.When was the instructive book to the youth published?
A.In 1957. B.In 1975.
C.In 1998. D.In 2013.
解析:选A 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“The book is a popular spiritual guidebook about youth”可知,对于年轻人有指导意义的书是《在路上》,这本书出版于1957年,故选A。
4.Why did the old man walk so many miles to send a letter?
A.He was in deep sorrow.
B.He walked to keep healthy.
C.He witnessed a series of murder.
D.He expected his friend to live longer.
解析:选D 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“627 miles in 87 days, he walked depending on one belief that ‘his friend can survive as long as he walks’”可知,这位老人靠着“他能走多远,他的朋友就能活多久”的信念在87天走了627英里,故选D。