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If you’re on the hunt for something new and interesting to read, you have plenty of places to go. This week, we’re looking at four of the best book recommendation sites, services, or groups, based on your nominations(提名).
GoodReads
GoodReads is more than just a book recommendation site, although it excels at helping you find new books to read based on the ones you enjoy. You can build a virtual “shelf” of books you own or have already read, share your progress with the books you’re currently reading, rate the books you’ve read, leave reviews, and connect with other readers.
BookBub
While BookBub isn’t strictly a book recommendation service, it does bring you super-low-cost books based on your interests every day. The service is free, and when you sign up, you tell BookBub what kinds of books you like to read. From there, you’ll get an email from BookBub every day with book deals for that day. When we say “deal,” we mean it—many of BookBub’s titles are free entirely, $0.99, or just a couple of bucks.
LibraryThing
LibraryThing has been around for a long time and is still a great user-powered book ratings, review, and recommendation site. The service calls itself the world’s largest book club, and that’s a lot like the overall feel. Once you sign up, you’ll be encouraged to start adding books you’ve read and leave reviews for them. Behind its book ratings and reviews though, LibraryThing is a powerful tool to catalog and organize your entire book collection.
Olmenta
If you’re not interested in registering for accounts, adding your own books, or any of that hassle(麻烦), Olmenta can suggest some solid titles to you based on general popularity and the citation of the people behind the site. It’s a simple list of book covers that the service thinks you should read, and a few genres you can click on if you’re looking for something specific, like business, fiction, children’s, theatre, poetry, or nonfiction, among others.
1. Which of the following two book recommendation sites ask you to rate and leave reviews?
A. Goodreads and BookBub B. BookBub and LibraryThing
C. LibraryThing and Olmenta D. Goodreads and LibraryThing
2. Which book recommendation site can help you get super-low-cost books?
A. GoodReads B. BookBub
C. LibraryThing D. Olmenta
3. If you turn to Olmenta, you __________________.
A. need to pay more B. need to add your own book
C. don’t need to sign up D. don’t need to look for something specific
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍四个书的推荐网站。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。关键信息是rate and leave reviews（评价和留下评论）。从第二自然段的最后一句“You can build a virtual “shelf” of books you own or have already read, share your progress with the books you’re currently reading, rate the books you’ve read, leave reviews, and connect with other readers.”（你可以建立一个虚拟的“书架”，里面放着你拥有的或已经读过的书，与你正在读的书分享你的阅读进度，对你已经读过的书进行评分，留下评论，并与其他读者建立联系。）以及第四自然段的第一句：“LibraryThing has been around for a long time and is still a great user-powered book ratings, review, and recommendation site.”（LibraryThing已经存在很长一段时间了，仍然是一个伟大的用户驱动的图书评级、评论和推荐网站。）可得知这两个网站可以评论。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。可以从第三自然段的“While BookBub isn’t strictly a book recommendation service, it does bring you super-low-cost books based on your interests every day.”（虽然严格来说，BookBub并不是一个图书推荐服务，但它确实会根据你的兴趣每天为你带来超低价的图书。）可知，BookBub推荐网站可以帮助你获得超低价书籍。故选B。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。通读最后一个自然段，对照四个选项，利用排除法可得出选项C为正确选项。A属于无中生有，B和D刚好与给出的信息意义相反。C对应的信息在开头第一句：“If you’re not interested in registering for accounts, adding your own books, or any of that hassle(麻烦), Olmenta can suggest some solid titles to you based on general popularity and the citation of the people behind the site.”（如果你对注册账户不感兴趣,添加你自己的书,或任何的麻烦(麻烦),Olmenta可以根据网站的普遍受欢迎程度和对网站背后人物的引用，给你推荐一些可靠的标题。）可知，如果你转向Olmenta，你不需要注册。故选C。
