【文章內容簡介】 erve airline seats. C． How to spend money wisely. D． How to make a business deal. 答案： C 主旨大意題。整篇文章作者再講什么地方該花錢，什么地方不該花錢，所以 也就是說怎樣更明智的花錢。 B What do literary greats Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns have in mon? They both lived and wrote in Edinburgh, along with many other big names in the field of literature. This fact helped UNESCO(聯合國教科文組織 )award the city the title of world39。s first City of Literature on October 14. Edinburgh left a lasting impression on Arthur Conan Doyle(1859— 1930). Although he was born there he went to school in England but returned home for medical school. After graduating he moved to London and began writing his Sherlock Holmes stories. His inspiration for the character came from one of his professors at university. Holmes39。 methods were so clever that they actually furthered the advance of the study of criminology(犯罪學 )． Robert Burns(1759— 1796)is still regarded as Scotland39。s national poet, more than 200 years after his death. He is celebrated all over the world through translations of his work and the annual Burns Night supper on his birthday. One of his songs, My Love is Like a Red Red Rose ranks among the finest love songs ever written and Auld Lang Syne(《友誼地久天長》 )is sung all around the world. As one of the first literate societies in Europe, the Scottish Parliament passed the world39。s first pulsory(義務的 )education law in 1496. By the 1790s, almost all Scots could read. Visitors to Scotland often observed that even the lowest members of society had copies of Burns39。 poems and other books. 文章大意：本文講述的是 “ 聯合國教科文組織將文藝氣息濃厚、書香味十足的愛丁堡授為世界首座文學城市 ” 事件。 40． Edinburgh was awarded the title of world39。s first City of Literature because________. A． the first award ceremony of literature was held there B． many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns were born there C． it left a deep impression on many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle D． many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns often wrote about it 答案： B 推理判斷題。根據短文第一段所表述的：文壇巨匠亞瑟 柯南 道爾和羅伯特 彭斯同文學界的其他一些名人一樣，他 們兩人都出生在愛丁堡，筆耕于愛丁堡。在這座城市里誕生了許許多多的作家，正因為這濃郁的書香，聯合國教科文組織于 10月 14日把 “ 世 界首座文學之城 ” 的榮譽授予了愛丁堡。 41． Arthur Conan Doyle was remembered mainly for his______. A． detective stories B． love poems and songs C． contribution on the study of criminology D． clever writing skill 答案： A 推 理判斷題。根據短文第二段中的描述：柯南 道爾創(chuàng)作了福爾摩斯故事系列，他將探案方法描繪得非常奇妙，這讓犯罪學研究也獲益匪淺，得到了進一步的發(fā)展。由此推斷他是以 “ 偵探小說 ” 而出名。 42． In honour of Robert Burns， ________. A． “ My Love is Like a Red Red Rose”and“ Auld Lang Syne”are sung all around the world B． his works are translated into many languages every year C． a celebration is held more than 200 years after his death D． a celebration is held every year on his birthday 答案： D 細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第三段中的 “He is celebrated all over the world through translations of his work and the annual Burns Night supper on his birthday”一句可知：每年，人們在他的誕辰日舉行 “ 彭斯之夜 ” 晚宴，以示紀念。 43． In the last paragraph, the writer mainly discussed________. A． the impression of visitors to Scotland B． how Burns39。 poems are popular in Scotland C． the possible history reasons for many literary greats in Scotland D． how was the world39。s first pulsory education law was made 答案： C 段意推測題。最后一段的主要內容為：蘇格蘭之所以產生這么多的文學巨匠是有其歷史淵源的。 C Mark, a young person, tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there39。s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You39。ve got to want to write ， ” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.” The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor173。paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20173。year job in the U. S. Coast Guard to bee a writer, I had no hopes at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn39。t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer. After a year or so, however, I still hadn39。t got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn39。t going to be one of those people who die wondering “what if”. I would keep putting my dream to the test — even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadow_land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. 文章大意：不少年輕的文學愛好者夢想成為作家。作者以自己的親身經歷告誡他們： “ 寫點東西 ” 與 “ 當作家 ” 是完全不同的兩碼事，那些成功或出名的作家是通過鮮為人知的艱難跋涉走過來的幸運者。 44． The passage is meant to________. A. warn young people of the