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Little Women
By Louisa May Alcott [America]
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Price：＄18.12
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Paperback: 544 pages
Average Customer Review：4.4 out of 5 stars
Little Women is one of the best loved books of all time.
Lovely Meg, talented Jo, kindhearted Beth, spoiled Amy: they’ve learned hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the American Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, letters, and illnesses, women of all ages have become part of this remarkable family.
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens [Britain]
List Price：＄13
Price：＄11
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Hardcover: 400 pages
Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars
In what may be Dickens’s best novel, Pip is working in a dirty forge (铁匠铺) but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day, under sudden circumstances, he finds himself in possession of “great expectations”．
The Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck [America]
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Price：＄13.2
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Paperback: 464 pages
Average Customer Review：4.2 out of 5 stars
First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel of the Great Depression describes the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s in America through the story of one Oklahoma farm family — the Joads — driven from their home and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. The novel describes the horrors of the Great Depression and reflects the very nature of equality and justice in Americans.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
By Mark Twain [America]
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Price：＄6.3
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Paperback: 208 pages
Average Customer Review: 4 out of 5 stars
This childhood classic relates a smalltown boy’s pranks (恶作剧) and naughty behavior with timeless humor and wisdom. Tom experiences a big turn of events when he witnesses a murder, runs away, and returns to attend his own funeral and testify (作证) in court.
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1．Which of the following books offers the smallest price cut?
A．Little Women.
B．Great Expectations.
C．The Grapes of Wrath.
D．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
解析：选B 细节理解题。通过比较四本书的You Save部分可知，Great Expectations减价最少。
2．If you are interested in American history of the Great Depression, you may choose to read ________.
A．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B．The Grapes of Wrath
C．Great Expectations
D．Little Women
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据The Grapes of Wrath 部分中的最后一句话可知，本书的写作背景是美国的大萧条时期。
3．What’s the difference between Great Expectations and the other three books?
A．It is written by an American author.
B．It receives the best review from customers.
C．It is the thickest one among the four books.
D．It is the only hardcover one among the four books.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据Great Expectations 部分中的Hardcover: 400 pages可知，Great Expectations是精装书，其他三本书均为简装书。
4．If you want to get free shipping, you should buy ________.
A．Little Women and Great Expectations
B．Little Women and The Grapes of Wrath
C．The Grapes of Wrath and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
D．Great Expectations and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
解析：选B 数字计算题。根据文末“FREE shipping on orders over ＄30” 可知，购书满30美元免运费，Little Women 和 The Grapes of Wrath 两本书总售价为 31.32 美元，符合免运费要求。
