高考英语阅读理解及书面表达练习（3）高考英语阅读理解及书面表达练习（3）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的 A,B,C 或 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Book reviews can be a great foot in the door if youre looking to get your writing published somewhere.Most magazines,whether online or print,will include book reviews about books that tackle the topics the magazine discusses.Also,most editors and staff writers are usually too busy to read books and review them themselves(unless they are specifically assigned to a book review column).Therefore,writing book reviews can be a great way to get started with a writing career.Many people that are reading your review may not know anything about the book youre reviewing.Instead of making them go find information on their own by searching for the book title,start out with a little description of the book.Make sure you avoid too long of a summary,though,because if too much of your article is a summary of the book,it wont be interesting.Start with a short paragraph or so that hits all the major points but doesnt give too much away.You dont want to tell your reader everything about the book,because then they wont have to read it at all.Just give enough information so your reader is interested in reading the book.Some magazines like to publish book reviews that are completely objective（客观的）.This means that they want a review of the book that doesnt share your opinion and that in which your opinion isnt obvious from reading what you wrote.If you hated a book,it might not be a great book to review.You probably want to review books that you enjoyed.This will give your review a positive spin.Avoid gushing about how much you loved the book,however.You should not include your personal reaction to the book until the very end,where you include a sentence or two about whether or not you would recommend a book and to whom you would recommend it.A great way to get your review noticed is to look at a book through a specific lens.Read the book as a feminist（女权主义者）would,for example,and talk about what a feminist might say to applaud or criticize the book.You can choose any number of lenses,and feminism is just one option.An economic lens,a family lens,the lens of a different nationality,or the lens of a child could all be interesting ways to look at a book.If you look at a book in this way,instead of just reading it and forming your own opinion,it will be much more interesting and marketable.This is especially the case if you look at a lens that relates to the subject of the magazine to which you are submitting.Feminist magazines love book reviews about books read through a feminist lens,for example,because it pertains to their readership.Another great way to write a book review is to talk about the writers style.Anyone can pick up a book and read for the plot,but it takes an experienced writer to note interesting things about another writers style and write about them intelligently.1.Whats the first paragraph mainly about?A.Standards of good book reviews.B.Benefits of writing book reviews.C.Ways to get your writing published.D.Topics usually discussed in magazines.2.Which of the following is a characteristic of a good book review?A.Including much information on a major point of the book.B.Stating clearly the writers opinion of the book.C.Giving a brief summary of the book.D.Avoiding describing the book.3.The fourth paragraph is developed mainly by.A.giving examplesB.telling personal experiencesC.making comparisonsD.analyzing causes4.According to the text,only a skilled writer can.A.look at a book through a specific angle B.give an objective description of a bookC.find a book and understand its plot easily D.pay close attention to another writers style【参考答案】14、BCAD阅读理解。You are busy filling out the application form for a position you really need；lets assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree.Isnt it tempting to lie just a little,to claim on the form that your diploma(文凭)represents a Harvard degree?Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?More and more people are turning to an utter deception(欺骗)like this to land their first job or to move ahead in their careers.For personnel officers,like most Americans,value degress from famous schools.A job applicant may have a good education anyway,but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a wellknown university.Registrars(学籍管理员)at most wellknown colleges say that they deal with dishonest claims like these at the rate of about one per week.Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms.It turns out that when an applicant is lying,most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly.One Ivy League school refers to them as“special cases”.One wellknown West Coast school,in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all,says these claims are made by“no such people”To avoid complete lies，some job seekers claim that they“attended”or“were associated with”a college or universi