Question

Writing a long book seemed to be too much for me. So, for a long time, I just wrote short articles. One day, inspiration(靈感) for an article hit me and, as I started writing, paragraphs began flowing out fast. It turned out to be too long to be an article. I thought it would not hurt to try self-publishing a booklet(小冊子). The first printing of this 32-page black and white booklet sold out within a week. Here is something that I have learned through my experience.
1.Start small.
Don’t try to have a 400-page work as your first publication. I suggest you publish a booklet under 50 pages to launch your career as an author.
2.Ask for advice.
If you know some people who have published something, ask them for advice and help. You will gain useful information from them and save yourself many problems.
3.           
When you put your heart into something only to hear“We’re not interested”,you may get hurt. But you must remind yourself that this is quite common. Every“yes”you receive comes after at least five“noes”,especially at the beginning. You need to revise your book many times to reduce the chances of being turned down.
4.The more you market, the more you sell.
You can publish an excellent book. But if no people know about it, you cannot expect many buyers. Send out an e-mail to friends, family and business partners, telling them your book’s publication date. Ask them to help sell your book.
Do not be afraid to try novel ideas.
小題1:What does the underlined word“l(fā)aunch”in Point 1 there mean?

A．Begin.

B．Develop.

C．Lead.

D．Describe.

小題2:What’s the best title for Point 3?

A．No one will like what you wrote at first.

B．You will get hurt by what you wrote at first.

C．Prepare for a“yes”rather than a“no”.

D．Be prepared to deal with“noes”.

小題3:According to the passage, if you want to have more copies of your book sold, you should      .

A．advertise your book in newspapers

B．try to make more people know your book

C．ask your business partners to buy your book

D．write something that people are interested in

小題4:About self-publishing a book, the writer would most probably agree that       .

A．one usually makes no money out of self-publishing a book

B．one should never self-publish a book longer than 400

C．self-publishing a book is impossible for most people

D．asking advice from people who have published a book is helpful

Answer 1

 
小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D

 
試題分析：
小題1:A 推理題。根據本句I suggest you publish a booklet under 50 pages to launch your career as an author.以及第二段主題Start small.說明是要我們從小規(guī)模做起。故該詞指開始的意思。故A正確。
小題2:D 段落大意題。本段的中心思想是告訴我們該如何處理別人對我們的拒絕。故D正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據倒數(shù)第二段第2句But if no people know about it, you cannot expect many buyers.說明如果人們不了解這本書，就不要期待著有讀者。那么就是指要想多賣書，就得讓更多的人知道這本書。故B正確。
小題4:D 細節(jié)題。根據第三段If you know some people who have published something, ask them for advice and help. You will gain useful information from them and save yourself many problems.說明向那些曾經出版過書的人求助對你是有很大幫助的。故D正確。
點評：本文是作者在寫作以及賣書方面的經歷以及他給那些寫書的人的一些建議。文章內容較為簡單，要求考生仔細閱讀文本，耐心審題，結合題目做出準確的定位判斷。