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Moonshaker
G. V. Chillingsworth
ISBN: 978－1466906358
Price: D|S14.50 Pages: 186
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When space plans secretly to harm the world, scientists develop a satellite to save it. However, not everyone wishes for change, and destruction leads to a new fight, a long way from home. The crew must now work together in order to get back.
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The War Around Us
Wolfgang Peter May
ISBN: 978－1426921452
Price: D|S22.34 Pages: 460
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As a young child, Wolfgang Peter May fled from his home in Breslau, Germany during World War Ⅱ and witnessed the destruction of Dresden. He eventually joined the US Army. In The War Around Us, May explores and debates many faces of war and delivers thoughtprovoking (引人深思的) comments about warfare using his personal experiences and real world events.
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The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
ISBN: 978－0684830490
Price: D|S14.99 Pages: 132
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The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. It tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin (枪鱼) far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba.
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
ISBN: 978－0553212754
Price: D|S4.99 Pages: 560
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Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832－1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books over several months at the request of her publisher. Following the lives of the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy — the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters.
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Order online and you can save 20% off your total purchase on orders over D|S15.
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语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四本书。
1．If we are interested in science fiction, which book will we choose to read?
A．Moonshaker.
B．The War Around Us.
C．The Old Man and the Sea.
D．Little Women.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据对第一本书的介绍中的“When space plans secretly to harm the world, scientists develop a satellite to save it”可知，第一本书是与科幻有关的。故选A项。
2．How much does it cost to order The War Around Us online?
A．D|S14.99. B．D|S17.872.
C．D|S20.79. D．D|S23.75.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据对第二本书的介绍中的“Price: D|S22.34”和文章最后一句“Order online and you can save 20% off your total purchase on orders over D|S15”可知，从网上订购此书需花费：22.34×(1－20%)＝17.872(美元)，故选B项。
3．Whose book tells a story set in Cuba?
A．Ernest Hemingway's. B．Wolfgang Peter May's.
C．G. V. Chillingsworth's. D．Louisa May Alcott's.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据对第三本书的介绍中的“It tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin (枪鱼) far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba”可知，选A项。
