The French publisher hopes the story will be used to fill the “dead time” of a passenger. “In the bus or the subway, everyone can make the most of these moments to read short stories, poems, or short picture books, ” said a statement from Short Edition. “And they can be sure to enjoy the quality. ”
The dispensers are now in locations including Grenoble’s town hall, its tourist office and its library. The stories are drawn from more than 60, 000 stories on Short Edition’s website. But there is a problem that users are not able to choose what type of story they would like to read. “Right now they can only choose the length. But that is exactly what really counts, isn’t it? ” said Pleple.
【文章大意】Quentin Pleple和他的团队发明了短篇小说自动售卖机, 该发明已经在法国城市Grenoble投入使用。
5. Where can you probably see a short-story dispenser at present? A. In Chile. B. In Canada. C. In France.
D. In Italy.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第一段“Readers in Grenoble can now nibble fiction after Publisher Short Edition introduced eight short-story dispensers around the French city”可知, 在法国城市Grenoble, 出现了8个短篇小说自动售货机。
6. What does the underlined word “launch” in the third paragraph probably mean?
A. Coming into use. C. Being found out.
B. Being thrown away. D. Breaking down.
【解析】选A。词义猜测题。由第三段中的“The feedback we got has been extremely positive. Just two weeks since its launch, more than 10, 000 stories have already been printed”可知, 在这些短篇小说自动售货机投入使用之后两周里, 已经有一万多个小说被打印出来。说明售货机开始使用。
7. Why did Short Edition provide short-story dispensers? A. To help people kill time in the journey. B. To encourage people to write short stories. C. To attract international tourists to Grenoble. D. To do research in the field of new technology.
【解析】选A。 细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的The French publisher hopes the story will be used to fill the “dead time” of a passenger. “In the bus or the subway, everyone can make the most of these moments to read short stories, poems, or short picture books”可知, 人们在乘坐地铁, 公共汽车的时候来读这些短篇小说, 用来打发无聊的时光。 8. In what aspect does the short-story dispenser need to improve? A. The length of the stories. B. The quality of the stories. C. The number of the stories. D. The choice of different stories.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。由最后一段中的“But there is a problem that users are not able to choose what type of story they would like to read”可知, 使用者无法选择他们想读的小说类型。故D选项正确。 【知识拓展】难句解读
Pleple said he and his team initially came up with the idea a couple of years ago when taking a break at a drink dispenser.
翻译: Pleple说他和他的团队最初是在饮料机旁休息时想出这个主意的。
分析: when后面是状语从句的省略。 【知识拓展】词汇积累
co-founder n. (学说、组织学的)共同创立者 initially adv. 最初; 开始 Ⅱ. 阅读填句
Most students seem to have considerable “test anxiety”. 1 If you do this, you will not be able to show what you are really able to accomplish. Here are some suggestions that you should consider.
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Waiting until the night before a test to start studying is likely to spike your anxiety. Instead of waiting until the last minute, start studying as soon as a test is scheduled. With several days or even a week to prepare, you’ll feel more relaxed because you have plenty of time to learn the material.
Organize your materials.
It’s important to gather all of your materials, including your books, notes, and other studying tools before the big exam. Keeping them all in order and handy is a great way to make sure that you can reference and cross-reference them. 3 Review your notes each night.
Reviewing your notes daily will help you to organize the material for yourself. Don’t expect that your understanding will come during the lecture. 4 You need to spend time thinking about the course outside of class.
Get a good night’s sleep before the exam.
Staying up too late studying the night before an exam is a bad idea, in general. If you do just one thing, this is it: get enough sleep the night before your exam. Sleep, particularly deep sleep, is critical for memory formation. Make it a practice to get a good night’s rest after any intense day of learning and studying. 5 A. Draw up a schedule.
B. Learning simply doesn’t work that way. C. Leave yourself plenty of time for studying.
D. Most students suffer mental illness when preparing for a test. E. It will help your brain to retain as much information as possible. F. Many talk themselves out of doing well before they even have the exam.
G. This will also make your life a lot easier when you get heavy into your studying.
【文章大意】文章主要介绍了克服考试焦虑症的方法。
1. 【解析】F。根据前句大多数学生会有考试焦虑, 后句说如果这样的话, 可知前句还是说考试焦虑的问题, 所以F合适, 很多学生在考试前心理暗示自己会做不好。因此, 如果是这样的话, 你将不可能展示出自己能够做到的。
2. 【解析】C。根据下文Instead of waiting until the last minute, start studying as soon as a test is scheduled. 可知此处建议平时要留出足够时间学习。
3. 【解析】G。根据主题句Organize Your Materials以及前文Keeping them all in order and handy is a great way to make sure that you can reference and cross-reference them. 可知此处表示把一切物品准备好的好处, 因此G正确。
4. 【解析】B。根据前句Don’t expect that your understanding will come during the lecture. 可知此处建议要经常复习, 不要指望在听课中就能全部掌握, 那样是不起作用的。
5. 【解析】E。根据主题句Get a good night’s sleep before the exam和前句Make it a practice to get a good night’s rest after any intense day of learning and studying. 可知此处是说考前睡好的作用。 Ⅲ. 短文改错
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