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(1)F.细节理解题。根据前句A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps,for there is the companionship of books as well as of men表示"一个人通常可以通过他所读的书和他所结交的朋友来认识,因为书和人都有朋友",可知表示"一个人应该生活在最好的同伴中,不管是书还是人"的选项F符合前后的语境,books or men是原词复现,故选F.
(2)D.推理判断题。根据前句A good book may be among the best of friends.It's the same today that it always was,and it will never change.It is the most patient and cheerful of companions表示"一本好书可能是最好的朋友们。是的,今天和以前一样,永远也不会改变。是最有耐心和快乐的同伴";以及后句It always receives us with the same kindness,amusing and instructing us in youth,and comforting and supporting us in age表示"它总是以同样的善意接待我们,在年轻时给我们娱乐和指导,在年老时给我们安慰和支持",可知表示"在困难的时候,它不会背弃我们"的选项D符合前后说明书作为朋友的特点的语境,故选D.
(3)G.细节理解题。根据后句They do so just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which they both have for a third表示" 他们是这样做的,就像两个人有时会因为对一个共同的朋友的钦佩而发现彼此成为朋友一样",可知表示"人类通过对一本书的爱来发现他们对彼此的喜爱"的选项G符合前后的语境,so代指discover their liking for each other by the love they each have for a book,故选G.
(4)E.细节理解题。根据后句We hear what they said and did;we see them as if they were really alive表示"我们听到他们的言行;我们看到他们好像真的活着",可知表示"它们把我们带到有史以来最伟大的思想(家)面前"的选项E符合前后的语境,they代指the greatest minds,故选E.
(5)A.细节理解题。根据前句one was a king,who dreamed every night that he was a beggar;the other was a beggar,who dreamed every night that he was a prince,and lived in a palace表示"一个是国王,他每天晚上都梦见自己是乞丐;另一个是乞丐,他每天晚上都梦见自己是王子,住在宫殿里",可知表示"想象有时比现实更生动"的选项A符合前后的语境,Imagination和reality是关键词,故选A.