MAINE
by J. Courtney Sullivan, fiction, $26
The Kellehers are a big, disorderly family who sometimes seem to have only one thing in common: love for their beach house in Maine. Lie there with this novel and listen to a summer’s worth of secrets, quarrels, and misunderstandings.
WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I ALMOST DIED
by Chris Licht, nonfiction, $23
The energetic co-creator of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” was unprepared for the pain, fear, and helplessness he felt after suffering a brain bleed. But as he detailed in this outspoken, thoughtful book, the lessons he took from the event surprised him the most.
FIRE AND RAIN
by David Browne, nonfiction, $26
This book transports you back to a year — the 1970 of Apollo 13, the first Earth Day — and the turning point of albums by the Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills and Nash that provided the sound for a new decade. Rolling Stone contributing editor Browne artfully describes the creation of these classic songs.
LONG DRIVE HOME
by Will Allison, fiction, $22
A moment of anger has life-and-death consequences in this beautifully written novel. Being angry with a speeding teenage driver, Dad Glen Bauer makes a turn of his car in response, causing an accident in which the other driver dies. It’s a story about guilt, responsibility, and how mistrust can tear a loving family apart.
JESSICA LOST
by Bunny Crumpacker and J.S. Picariello, memoir (回忆录)，$25
Two authors — a woman who gave up a baby for adoption and the child herself — write alternating chapters in this memoir, which takes readers on a 50-year journey through their separate lives, their meeting, and their following relationship. Its account is both original and heartbreaking.
小题1: Which of the following is TURE according to the text?
A．MAINE talks about a loving happy family.
B．WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I ALMOST DIED is a novel.
C．JSSICA LOST is about a mother and her daughter.
D．LONG DRIVE HOME is written in the first person.小题2:. Which of the following may be favored by music lovers?
A．MAINE.
B．FIRE AND RAIN.
C．LONG DRIVE HOME.
D．JESSICA LOST.小题3:The text is most probably a(n) _______.
A．advertisement.
B．literary research report.
C．Collection of novels
D．book review
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
题目分析：
小题1:C 推理题。根据最后一部分的a woman who gave up a baby for adoption and the child herself说明是关于一个母亲和她收养的女儿的故事的书。故C正确。
小题2:.B 推理题。根据该部分的he turning point of albums by the Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills and Nash that provided the sound for a new decade. Rolling Stone contributing editor Browne artfully describes the creation of these classic songs.说明该部分是与披头士以及滚石有关的，这些都是与音乐有关的内容，故B的说法正确。
小题3:.A 主旨大意题。本文从本质上来说是一则广告，介绍了几本不同内容的书，文章中还详细地描述了几本书的具体内容。故A正确。
点评：本文来说是一则广告，介绍了几本不同内容的书，文章中还详细地描述了几本书的具体内容。此类文章可以先审题，再看文章，这样就会有的放矢，对其中的部分信息进行筛选和取舍，可以提高阅读效率和速度。