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1、高二英语拓展卷阅读I am reading a novel at the moment，a story set in Britain and India in the 19th centuryIt was written by an Indian author who now lives in Denmark，but neither in the language of Hindi nor DanishAlthough the paperback edition Im holding was published in New Delhi，India，four years ago，I(an Am
2、erican)purchased it recently from a second-hand bookshop in Tokyo，JapanThats quite a history alreadyBut theres moreThe novel is a tale of various mysteries，all expertly put into a well-structured story by a very，skillful authorYet my particular copy presents even more mysteries than the taleOne summ
3、er morning in the year of my paperbacks publicationon July 15，2012someone else was reading it while eating breakfast in a restaurant in Mumbai，IndiaI know this because I found a receipt(收据)of coffee and bread insideI also know that this person was not the owner of the paperback immediately before me
4、In fact，the owner before me was not Indian at all，but JapaneseI know this because in the book there are handwritten notes in Japanesetranslations of English words which the reader was unfamiliarJapanese being a language of characters，not letter，it is not easy to determine if the note writer was a ma
5、n or a womanBut the care taken to write the translations neatly in the limited spaces available on each page bespeaks a womans handSo let us agree that it is a womanWhat can we say of her? Well educated，obviously，and probably a university student，who would keep a dictionary at hand while reading a n
6、ovelBut why did she suddenly stop reading? The last translation in my paperback appears on Page 83，less than a third of the way through the novelDid she give up because the book was proving too difficult? Or was there some other reason?Many a novel presents mysteries，all of which are solved by the e
7、nd of the taleThe mysteries presented by my little paperback，however，remain mysteries，all expertly put into a well-structured story，not by a skillful writer，but this time by the numberless vagaries(变幻莫测)of life itself32What can we learn about the novel?AIt is well writtenBIt is about a world tripCIt
8、 was written in an American restaurantDIt was first published in the 19th century33The author assumes the Japanese owner of the book was a woman based on_. Athe pretty handwriting Bthe food written on the receiptCthe good condition of the book Dthe effort taken in writing the notes34Which of the fol
9、lowing can best describe the author?AHe is a great reader of historical fictionBHe is a hard-working university studentCHe is a productive writer with sensibilityDHe is a careful observer with imagination35Whats the best title of the text?AThe Tale of a Paperback BDifferent Life ExperiencesCUnsolved
10、 Mysteries of Life DA Books Exciting Adventure七选五How to avoid a boring conversation What excuses should you use to avoid talking to people you dont want to talk to? Here are tips and non-offensive ways to get out of unwanted conversations.来源:Z.xx.k.Com1. Go for a refill. It is natural for anyone at
11、a party to be excused to gel a refill.1_And once you excuse yourself, make a move fast beforethe person requests you to get a refill for him as well.2. Pretend bad mood. Cut off the conversation before it starts by saying something along the lines of“Im not in a good mood. Can I talk to you later if
12、 you dont mind?” 2 Say it firmly so that people get the message loud and clear.3. Ask your friend to save you.3Simply text your friend and ask him or her to come for apparently something important. You will be able to skip a boring chat with a seemingly reasonable excuse.4. 4 You are advised to look
13、 away from that person and dont make eye contact, so that you can give powerful hints(暗示）that you find the conversation extremely boring. 5 Be sure to tune in to the conversation every now and then so you dont come across as rude.A. Behave in an obviously careless way.B. Just be sure that the person
14、 you are talking to does not offer to accompany you to do so.C. Dont act too polite in an attempt to draw sympathy.D. Use body language to indicate boredom.E. Your friend is bound to perform brilliantly in coping with the dull one.F.Look elsewhere and pretend that something else has caught your atte
15、ntion.G. Stuck in an unwanted conversation, how do you get out of it?完形I may be a bit old school but I think that people who store all of their pictures on their smart phones are missing out on something. There is 1 like seeing a loved ones smiling face looking down on you from a picture frame on your wall. It is both 2 and assuring, almost like they are watching 3 you while you work at your desk.As I work at my own desk I can see my Moms picture smiling down on me. She left us too soon. She was only 55 years old when cancer 4 her. If ones years here were 5 on
