问题 单项选择题

阅读下面短文,回答下面题。

陆放翁教儿子写诗,有一句重要心得:“汝果欲写诗,工夫在诗外。”向为世人推崇,认为是大彻大悟的至理名言,不仅对写诗,而且对行行业业都有指导意义,可谓“放之四海而皆准”。譬如,对那些急于销书的作家和书商来说,就变成了“汝果欲卖书,工夫在书外”。在全国书市就有过这样“动人”一幕:美女疲惫回“家”,在木桶里注满热水,倒入香精油,撒满玫瑰花瓣,宽衣,入内……一边享受红酒、音乐,一边悠闲自得地读起小说。众目睽睽之下,新书发布会就这样举行了,主办者美其名日“行为艺术”!美女入浴自然是为了吸引读者眼球的“工夫在书外”,重点是美女手里拿的那本书,据称这是中国图书业首次采用行为艺术的方式进行首发。

天下之大,无奇不有。用美女入浴的方式来进行新书首发式,或许算得上个新创意,但用类似的暴露肉体的办法卖书,其实并不新鲜。一位“美女作家”,煞费苦心地把签名售书的地点选在游泳池,穿着十分性感的游泳衣为“慕名而来”的读者签名售书,效果也确实不错,场面十分火暴,买书的不少,看热闹的更多。

男作家虽不便“入浴”,但另有高招。沪上有个男作家,每有新作问世,必先大造舆论,告诫读者: 已有众多盗版商蜂拥而来盯上我的新著,请大家注意!这一下子就吊起读者胃口,什么样的好书引起“众多盗版商蜂拥而来”,赶快买一本先睹为快。至于读完后是大叫过瘾,还是大呼上当,都无关紧要了,反正作家和书商都已赚足赚够了。

平心而论,作家辛辛苦苦把书写出来了,想个办法宣传造势,以引起读者注意,多卖几本书,实在是很正常的事,古已有之,无非于今为烈罢了。

战国时,秦相吕不韦集合门客编写《吕氏春秋》, 以儒、道家思想为基础,集合各家之学说,是当时政治、军事、哲学、谋略思想的集大成者。书成后,为征求意见,更为扩大影响, 吕不韦命人把书张贴在咸阳的城门之上,说若有人能改书中的一个字,赏金一千两,结果无一人能改。吕不韦当之无愧是作家炒作造势的鼻祖。

英国著名小说家毛姆,为求文章畅销,有一次写完一部小说后,在报纸上登了这样一份征婚启事:“本人喜欢音乐和运动,是个年轻又有教养的百万富翁,希望能和毛姆小说中的女主角完全一样的女性结婚。”几天后,毛姆的小说被抢购一空。毛姆算是开了现代畅销书炒作的先河。

如今是信息社会,广告时代,眼球经济,不论什么事,只要能引人注目,就成功一半。那么,作家炒作造势的意义也就更重要,花样自然也会更多。但说到底,这毕竟是书外的“工夫”,最重要的还是书要好,内容要精,物有所值。今年书市规模空前,书的数量创历史新高,但有关专家认为,精品书最多不超过10%,平庸应景的东西居多,还有些文字垃圾也混迹其中。在这种情况下,如果作家们不去想办法提高书的质量,却胡闹些“美女出浴”的花花点子来哗众取宠,也实在是本末倒置。

退一步说,尽管古往今来的作家们都在推销自己,都认同“工夫在书外”,但这里又有雅俗之分,高下之别。毛姆的办法就很巧妙,富有创意,又不失文雅, 吕不韦的办法更绝,但最主要的是人家的东西好,千锤百炼,精雕细刻,下的是硬工夫。试问,今天哪个作家敢像他那样一字千金地叫板

(陈鲁民《工夫在书外》)

与作者在文末两段阐发的主要意思无关的一项是()。

A.作家炒作造势的意义十分重要。

B.最重要的是书要好,内容要精。

C.精品书只有10%,平庸应景者居多。

D.不反对推销自己,但有雅俗之分。

答案

参考答案:A

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第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family.  36  the only girl in a family of  37  children, she often  38  she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers,  39 her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and  40 , she retreated(躲避) into books.  41 her love of  42 , she didn’t do well in elementary school because she was too shy to take part in the activities.

In high school, with the 43 of one particular teacher, Cisneros   44  her grades and worked for the school literary(文学的) magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to 45 because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a  46 . Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop,   47 , she felt lonely –– a(n)  48  American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different   49 Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment   50_  I considered myself truly different that my writing got a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to   51  with why I felt so much imbalance in my life. That’s when I decided I would   52  about something my classmates couldn’t.”

Cisneros   53  her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl  54 up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level.   55 then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

36. A. To                B. For             C. As                       D. By

37. A. eight               B. seven            C. six                      D. five

38. A. looked like     B. felt like            C. liked                 D. admired

39. A. beside             B. except            C. as well as              D. except for

40. A. dependent        B. confident      C. unimportant        D. shameful

41. A. While            B. Although               C. In spite                 D. Despite  

42. A. hiding           B. writing         C. reading             D. feeling

43. A. praise           B. guidance        C. improvement          D. encouragement

44. A. increased        B. analyzed        C. improved             D. developed 

45. A. home                   B. school            C. college               D. library

46. A. friend           B. husband        C. teacher                  D. brother

47. A. but                 B. however       C. besides               D. therefore

48. A. Canadian        B. African         C. German                       D. Mexican

49. A. assisted         B. led           C. helped                 D. caused

50. A. that             B. when          C. then                     D. why

51. A. do             B. deal           C. handle                  D. affect

52. A. concern          B. read                   C. write                 D. learn

53. A. printed                  B. invented        C. punished                  D. published

54. A. growing         B. grown         C. to grow                D. has grown

55. A. Until                  B. Before        C. Since                  D. After

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