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(1)词句猜测题。根据第一段划线词后面句子"How could a single sentence convey the essence (精髓) of a masterpiece with over five hundred pages?(一句话怎么能表达一部500多页的杰作的精髓呢?)"及划线词所在句子"As it turned out, the joke was on us.(事实证明,the joke was on us)"可知,一句话无法表达长篇巨著的精髓,毫无疑问,我们是自取其辱,划线句意为"我们只是在让自己难堪(We were just embarrassing ourselves.)"。A.We were actually joking.我们其实是在开玩笑;B.We were laughed at by others.我们被别人嘲笑;C.We were underestimating ourselves.我们低估了自己;D.We were just embarrassing ourselves.我们只是让自己难堪。故选D。
(2)段落大意题。根据第二段Blinkist,a website and an app,now summarizes nonfiction titles in the form of quick takes labeled "bliks." The end result is more than one sentence,but not by much.Sarah Bakewell's "At the Existentialist Cafe" is broken into 11 screens of information;Michelle Obama's "Becoming" fills 13.(Blinkist是一个网站和应用程序,现在以标记为"bliks"的快速拍摄形式总结非小说类标题。最终结果是不止一句话,但不会太多。莎拉•贝克威尔的《在存在主义咖啡馆》被分成11个信息屏幕;米歇尔•奥巴马的《成为》填补了13个空缺)可知,第二段主要是在讲什么是Blinkist。故选A。
(3)推理判断题。根据第三段Blinkist has been around since 2012.It calls its summaries"15﹣minute discoveries" to indicate how long it takes to read a Blinkist summary. "Almost none of us," the editors assure us, "have the time to read everything we'd like to read." Well,yes,of course. "So many books,so little time." declares a poster I once bought at a book market.But I judge the quality of someone's library by the books he or she has yet to read.(Blinkist从2012年就开始出现了。它将其摘要称为"15分钟的发现",以表明阅读一份Blinkist摘要需要多长时间。"几乎没有人,"编辑们向我们保证,"有时间阅读我们想读的一切。"嗯,是的,当然。"这么多书,这么少时间。"我曾在书市上买过一张海报。但我根据某人尚未读过的书来判断其图书馆的质量)可推知,第3段中提到的阅读问题是人们不像以前那样喜欢读书了。所以"D.People do not like reading as much as before.人们不像以前那样喜欢读书了。"正确。故选D。
(4)细节理解题。根据最后一段When reading a book,we need to dive in,let it take over us,demand something of us,teach us what it can. (当我们阅读一本书时,我们需要全身心投入,让它接管我们,对我们有所要求,教我们能做什么)可知,作者认为理想的阅读模式是我们深深地沉浸在书中。所以"D.Deeply involving ourselves in books.深深沉浸在书中。"正确。故选D。