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Mini Book Excerpts(节选)
Biography
When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land,the middle-aged writer was shocked
and quickly bought the netghboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and
came to help their most famous neighbor.
J. D. Sulinger:A Life by Kenneth Slawenski(Random House,$27)Mystery(疑案小说)
"You're a smart boy. Benny's death was no accident, and you're the only who saw it happen. Do
you think the murderer should get away with it ? "The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.
A thought suddenly occerred to Annika,"Did you …You recognized the man in the car,didn't you?"
The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers,"Maybe,"he said quitely.
Red Wolf by Liza Marklund(Atria Books, $25. 99)
Short Stories
She wants to say to him what she has learmed,none of it in class. Some women are borm stupid,and
some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give ,and some women only
know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers,some who they don't
want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won't. Some mothers love so their daughters won't.
You Are Free by Danzy Senna (Riverhead Books,$15)
Humor
Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring
them to Fun Times! Fun Times!'s "amusement cycling"is the most fun you can have,legally,in the United
States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can speng less than
half to that within a day's drive lf most cities?
Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle(Ecco,$14. 99)
1. If the readers want to know about the lite of Salinger , they should buy the book published by_____.
A. Ecco
B. Atria Books
C. Riverhead Books
D. Random House
2. The book Hbppy And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for
.
A. young children
B. Disney World workers
C. middle school teachers
D. parents with young children
3. Which book describes women with characters of their own?
A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts
B. J. D. Salinger:A Life
C. You Are Free
D. Red Wolf
4. After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that
.
A. the boy helped arrest the murderer
B. Benny died of an accident
C. the murderer got away with the crime
D. Ammika carried out the crime