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How It Feels to Float
by Helaia Fox
If you're looking for a moving story that explores themes of mental illness, grief (悲痛), and love, pick up a copy of How It Feels to Float and follow Biz as she comes of age. This moving novel will stay with you long after you finish reading it.
Two Can Keep a Secret
by Karen M. MeManus
Put on your crime-solving cap and get swept away in this thriller about a girl, a boy, and a string of unsolved murders. As threats and clues pile up, you’ll be burning the midnight oil trying to finish the book before dawn.
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
by Julie C. Dao
The first book in the Rise of the Empress series takes the bones of a traditional fairy tale — a poor girl fated for power, an evil queen determined to stop her, love for someone who doesn't love back and magic — and gives them a richly imagined East Asian setting.
Dune
by Frank Herbert
If the Star Wars movies have made you fall in love with the space opera, eventually you're going to read Frank Herbert's most famous creation. The story of centuries-old political plotting — about warring factions (派系) battling over control of the extremely valuable planet Arrakis — is a classic and remains a wonderful introduction to the larger, more complex world of science fiction just beyond the Star Wars trilogies.
1. What is How It Feels to Float mainly about?
A. The murder of a teenage girl.
B. A girl's space adventures.
C. Challenges of growing up.
D. A poor girl with special powers.
2. What kind of book is Two Can Keep a Secret?
A. A fairy tale. B. A science-fiction story.
C. A love story. D. A detective story.
3. Which book is about battling for control of another planet?
A. How It Feels to Float B. Two Can Keep a Secret
C. Forest of a thousand Lanterns D. Dune
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. D
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了四本不同体裁和不同内容的书。
【1题详解】
主旨大意题。根据How It Feels to Float部分的If you're looking for a moving story that explores themes of mental illness, grief (悲痛), and love, pick up a copy of How It Feels to Float and follow Biz as she comes of age.（如果你正在寻找一个感人的探索精神疾病、悲伤和爱的主题故事，可以选择How It Feels to Float这本书，跟着Biz走进她的成长世界）可知，小说《How It Feels to Float》主要讲述的是通过主人公Biz成长的点滴去探索悲伤和爱的故事，因此C项（成长的挑战）可以概括How It Feels to Float的主要内容，故选C。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据Two Can Keep a Secret 部分的Put on your crime-solving cap and get swept away in this thriller about a girl, a boy, and a string of unsolved murders.（戴上你的破案帽，在这部关于一个女孩，一个男孩和一系列未侦破的谋杀案的惊悚片中，你会被卷入其中。）可知，《Two Can Keep a Secret》属于侦探小说。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据Dun部分的The story of centuries-old political plotting — about warring factions (派系) battling over control of the extremely valuable planet Arrakis— is a classic（这个有着几个世纪历史的政治阴谋的故事——关于交战的派系为争夺对极具价值的阿拉基斯星球的控制权而争斗——是一部经典之作）可知，Dune讲述一场争夺另一颗行星控制权的战争的书是Dune。故选D。
