(2016·全国Ⅱ，C)Reading can be a social activity.Think of the people who belong to book groups.They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them.Now the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share.BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book.Then the person leaves it in a public place，hoping that the book will have an adventure，traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson，the managing director of BookCrossing，says，“The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read.BookCrossing combines both.”
Members leave books on park benches and buses，in train stations and coffee shops.Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it.E－mails are then sent to the Bookcrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found.Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real”and not the virtual(虚拟)．The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty－five countries.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一个图书漂流的网站，该网站鼓励人们拿出自己的图书与他人分享，如今超过135个国家的一百多万人成为该网站的会员。
1．Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?
A．To explain what they are.
B．To introduce BookCrossing.
C．To stress the importance of reading.
D．To encourage readers to share their ideas.
【答案】 B 推理判断题。由题干定位到第一段，该段首先说阅读是一种社会性的活动，然后谈到读书小组(book groups)，接下来说到BookCrossing这个网站，说该网站给传统的读书小组翻开了新的一页(turns the page on)，然后逐段介绍这个网站的做法，由此推断，介绍读书小组的目的是引出这个网站，因此选B项。A项“解释它们的含义”，C项“强调阅读的重要性”，D项“鼓励读者分享他们的观点”，均不是作者提到读书小组的目的，可排除。
2．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．The book. B．An adventure.
C．A public place. D．The identification number.
【答案】 A 词义猜测题。画线词在第二段，该段详细介绍这个网站的具体做法：会员去网站登记自己愿意分享的书，网站给这本书一个身份编号并贴在书中，主人把书留在公共场所，希望这本书会跟“找到它的每个新读者”一起旅行。由此可知代词it指前文提到的the book。B项“一次冒险”，C项“一处公共场所”，D项“身份编号”，均不是it所指的内容。
3．What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?
A．Meet other readers to discuss it.
B．Keep it safe in his bookcase.
C．Pass it on to another reader.
D．Mail it back to its owner.
【答案】 C 推理判断题。从题干中的after reading it判断答案在第四段。该段说，人们在看完一本书之后就把书留在公园的长登、公共汽车、火车站及咖啡馆等地方，下一位找到这本书的人就到网站上记录他们找到这本书的地点，由此可推断选C项“把书继续传递给另一位读者”。A项“与其他读者会面，讨论这本书”，B项“把书妥善保存在书架上”，D项“把书邮寄给他的主人”，均不是会员的做法。
4．What is the best title for the text?
A．Online Reading：A Virtual Tour
B．Electronic Books：A New Trend
C．A Book Group Brings Tradition Back
D．A Website Links People through Books
【答案】 D 材料归纳题。本文主要介绍了BookCrossing这个网站，因此这篇文章的标题应体现出“网站”这一关键点，再根据第三段中的the people you meet and books you read可知只有D项涵盖了这些信息。
