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2011届海文钻石卡学员公外英语基础阶段测试 考试时间：120分钟 满分：100分 学员姓名： 卡号： 主管顾问： 是否学数学： 参加考试类型:(A、自愿参加 B、督促参加 C、强制参加) Section I: Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The current French bestseller lists are wonderfully eclectique. In 1 , there is everything 2 blockbuster thrillers to Catherine Millet’s “La vie sexuelle de Catherine M.”, a novel which has been 3 praised as high art and 4 as upmarket porn. Then there are novels 5 the sticky questions of good and 6 (“Le demon et mademoiselle Prym”) and faith versus science in the modern world (“L’ apparition”). Philosophical 7 continue in the non-fiction list, 8 this week by Michel Onfray’s “Antimanuel de philosophie”, a witty take 9 some of philosophy’s perennial debates. Those who like their big issues in small chunks are also enjoying Frederic Beigbeder’s “Dernier inventaire avant liquidation”, a survey of France’s 10 20th-century books, 11 with Mr Beigbeder’s 12 humour from the title on (“The 50 books of the century chosen by you and critiqued by me”). In Britain, meanwhile, there is olive oil all over the non-fiction list. It’s a staple 13 for Nigella Lawson, a domestic divinity and celebrity 14 , whose latest 15 of recipes tops the list. Annie Hawes, in second 16 , took herself 17 to the sun—drenched hills of Italy to grow her own olives and write a book about them—as did Carol Drinkwater, just 18 the border in France. Fiction-wise, it’s business as 19 , with the requisite holiday mix of thrillers, romance, fantasy and Harry Potter, with “The Goblet of Fire” still burning 20 at number three. 1. A. literature B. narrative C. story D. fiction 2. A. on B. from C. about D. of 3. A. both B. equally C. rather D. together 4. A. approved B. admired C. derided D. scolded 5. A. attempting B