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Where did you buy your last book? Chances are that you bought it on the Internet. But if you did, you missed the unusual experience of browsing in a real bookstore. These days bookstores offer lots of great books and plenty more.
Taipei’s Eslite Dunnan Store
Time magazine once named Eslite Dunnan Store in Taipei "Asia's best bookstore!". One visit to the store tells you why. The store, spreading across five floors, offers a combination of restaurants, music and over 200,000 books. With its comfortable reading spots, visitors sometimes say it's like a library. Others have called it the “7-Eleven of bookstores” because it's open 24hours a day.
Saraiva Bookstore
Rio de Janeiro's Saraiva Bookstore might be the world's most colorful bookstore. The visible upper level is lined with books all ranged by their colors. This rainbow effect provides a colorful greeting for shoppers as they arrive. A rainbow path also leads young readers into the children's section.
Book Garden
The world's biggest bookstore is Tehran, Iran's Book Garden with 700,000 square feet of space. In addition to restaurants and a theater, the Book Garden features a park on the roof.
Libreria Acqua Alta
Venice, Italy, is a city surrounded by water. It seems only right then that one of its most interesting bookstores is Libreria Acqua Alta. Its books are displayed in all things related to water such as boats, bathtubs and more.
Whether you enjoy reading inside or outside, there is always an interesting bookstore to be discovered.
1. What do you know about Taipei's Ealite Dunnan Store?
A. It is a five-storeyed library with 200,000 books in it.
B. People can visit this bookstore at any time of the day.
C. People can read books, have meals, and enjoy plays there.
D. Time magazine thought it was the best bookstore in the world.
2. Which bookstore has the same feature as the city it lies in?
A. Book Garden. B. Saraiva Book store.
C. Libreria Aequa Alta. D. Taipei's Eslite Dunnan store.
3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph of the text?
A. To introduce some interesting bookstores.
B. To ask people to read books inside or outside.
C. To encourage people to go to the real bookstore.
D. To call for more creative bookstores to be opened.
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍四家有特色的书店的情况。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“Others have called it the “7-Eleven of bookstores” because it's open 24hours a day.(也有人称它为“7- 11书店”,因为它全天24小时营业)”可知,人们可以在一天中的任何时候去Taipei's Ealite Dunnan Store这家书店。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Venice, Italy, is a city surrounded by water. It seems only right then that one of its most interesting bookstores is Libreria Acqua Alta. Its books are displayed in all things related to water such as boats, bathtubs and more.(意大利威尼斯,是一座被水包围城市。那么,它最有趣的书店之一是Libreria Acqua Alta,似乎也是理所当然的。它的书中陈列着所有与水有关的东西,比如船、浴缸等等)”可知,Libreria Aequa Alta和它所在的城市有相同的特点。故选C。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Whether you enjoy reading inside or outside, there is always an interesting bookstore to be discovered.(无论你喜欢在室内还是室外阅读,总有一个有趣的书店等着你去发现)”可推知,文章最后一段的目的是鼓励人们去实体书店。故选C。