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Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Katherine Anne Porter was a celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist. Her works deal with dark themes including justice and the unforgiving nature of the human race. Pale Horse, Pale Rider（ 1939）is her short novel set during the influenza pandemic（流感大流行）of 1918, which killed five times as many Americans as did World War I. Its main character, Miranda, is a young reporter who falls in love with a soldier； the book's fever-dream style captures the experience of the disease.
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton was one of the most successful novelists of his generation. The Andromeda Strain（ 1969 ）is his best-selling techno-thriller that begins when a military satellite crashes to the earth and releases an organism that kills almost everyone in a nearby small town. Then things get bad.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a major Latin-American author of novels and short stories, a central figure in the so-called magical realism movement in Latin American literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1982. Love in the Time of Cholera ( 1985 ) is his great Colombian authors attractive tale of a 50-year courtship, in which lovesickness is as stubborn as disease. u My best, " he said of it. " The novel was written from my soul."
The Road
Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. The Road (2006) is his beautifully written, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set after an unspecified extinction event has wiped out most of humanity. An unnamed man and a boy travel on foot toward a southern sea, having to avoid cannibals(食人者)and despair. The Road is a specially moving story1 of a journey.
1. What can be inferred from the first two books mentioned in the text?
A. They're the bestsellers. B. They're fairly tales.
C. They're about disasters. D. They're non-fiction.
2. Which book is written by the author who couldn't think highly of it too much?
A. Pale Horse, Pale Rider B. The Andromeda Strain
C. Love in the Time of Cholera D. The Road
3. Who wrote the book that described an adventurous journey?
A. Katherine Anne Porter. B. Michael Crichto.
C. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. D. Cormac McCarthy.
【答案】1. C 2. C 3. D
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四本小说。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章对前两本书的介绍可知，第一本书提及流感大流行，第二本书提及一颗军用卫星坠落到地球上，释放出一种生物，杀死了附近小镇上的几乎所有人。可以推断出它们是与灾难有关的书。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Love in the Time of Cholera部分中的“My best," he said of it. “The novel was written from my soul."可知，作者说这本小说是他最好的作品。故选C。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据The Road部分中的An unnamed man and a boy travel on foot toward a southern sea, having to avoid cannibals（食人者）and despair.可知，这本小说描写了一位无名男子和一个男孩为了逃避食人者和绝望，徒步踏上了前往南部海洋的旅途。故选D。
【点睛】文章主题和中心思想的阐述往往需要大量细节信息的支持，这些细节对于理解全文内容至关重要，同时也是归纳和概括文章中心思想的基础。命题人往往会要求考生根据不同的要求阅读文章，以获得某些特定的信息，或准确地寻求所需的细节，并对细节进行直接或间接辨认和理解。文章细节的理解可以细化为：（1）一一对应型。答案与题目在表达形式和意义上直接吻合，一一对应，一目了然。属于浅层次的阅读试题，分数比例较少。（2）语言转述型。这是一类间接事实细节题，答案与题目在意义上从分运用了词义之间的转述关系，即正确选项是原文有关词语和句子的另类表达。属于中档难度题，分数比例较大。（3）语意理解型。这是一类深层事实细节理解题，答案与题目之间存在着一定的逻辑联系，这种联系需要建立在事实的基础上通过上、下文来进行判断、分析、归纳和整合，才能得出正确答案。属于较高难度的事实细节题。（4）是非辨别型。这是一类综合事实细节题，出题形式常常是“三正一误”(三项正确，只有一项不符合原文内容)或“三误一正”（三项错误，只有一项符合原文内容)。（5）事实排序型。这是一类运用多项事实进行排序的事实细节题，要求根据动作发生的先后顺序、时间顺序或者句子之间的逻辑关系，找出时间发生，发展的正确顺序。本文中的第2小题和第3小题都属于语言转述型细节题。
