2013年江苏高考英语抢分训练41.docVIP

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Award-winning author Emma Donoghue’s latest book, Room, is a unique and amazing story about a boy’s experience living in a small, windowless room with his mother．The 11’ x 11’ space between the walls of the room is actually all the boy knows because he was born there and has never left．Room will horrify, surprise, sadden, and finally delight you．Attracted from the start, readers of all sorts won’t want to put Room down． ◆First published in the U．S．in September 2010 ◆Publisher: Little Brown ◆321 pages Literary master Ian McEwan returns with Solor, a novel about a Nobel prize-winning physicist．The physicist’s personal life is in a mess as his fifth marriage breaks, but this time he actually loves his wife and wants to make things better．Solar is a funny story, completely unusual and as good as anything the writer has ever written． ◆Published in March 2010 ◆Publisher :Knopf Doubleday 304 Pages One Day by David Nicholls was an international bestseller before it was released in the U．S．in June．Although it is well written and funny at times, don’t be fooled—this isn’t a good-feeling romantic comedy．If you decide to read it, be prepared for some heavy moments． ◆Published in the U S in June 2010 ◆Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries ◆437 Pages Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is the first book in a new trilogy （three books） that will take readers through the major events of the twentieth century by following five families．In Fall of Giants, most of the action centers on World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution．Although Fall of Giants is more than 1000 pages and has many characters, the story is remarkabby connected. ◆Published in September 2010 ◆Publisher: Dutton 1008 pages 56．According to the text, the latest and longest novel is . A．Room B．Solar C．One Day D．Fall of Giants 57．Which of the following is NOT true according to the text? A．Ian McEwan once