阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Upcoming Book Fairs and Festivals
If you’re an author, you owe it to yourself to check out this list of book fairs and festival s that authors can attend.
Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, October 14—15, San Diego, CA. The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization which holds an annual convention in honor of Anthony Boucher, the distinguished mystery fiction critic, editor and author. Bouchercon is their annual world mystery convention, where every year readers, writers, publishers, editors, and booksellers gather for a weekend of education, entertainment, and fun!
The Appalachian Writer’s Conference, October 28, Berea, KY. The conference is a literary workshop that offers beginning writers a chance to sharpen existing skills and learn new techniques from award-winning, seasoned novelists, non-fiction writers, memoirists, and poets. The guests will stay at Historic Boone Tavern Hotel and have a chance to meet Kentucky Artisans.
Kansas Book Festival, November 10—12, Topeka, KS. This event, designed to celebrate the best of Kansas literature, arts and history, will offer a variety of activities for Kansans of all ages, including meet-the-author sessions, panel discussions, book signings and sales, and a special tent with projects for children. This event is free and open to the public.
Indie Book Fair, November 19, Orlando, FL. The Indie Book Fair’s mission is to create a space to allow independent authors to sell and showcase their work, build their readership and make everyone aware of their brand. The vision is through multiple book fair events that are FREE to the public and will include virtual buying for readers who cannot attend. The fair will be held 3 times a year.
21. What’s special about the event to be held in San Diego?
A. It lasts the longest. B. It aims to entertain the volunteers.
C. It educates the public on publications. D. It is intended to honor a well-known author.
22. What opportunity does the event on October 28 offer its attendants?
A. Staying at a hotel for free. B. Improving their writing skills.
C. Winning writing awards. D. Meeting with independent authors.
23. Where can you expect to get your favorite author’s signed book?
A. In San Diego. B. In Berea. C. In Topeka. D. In Orlando.
B
At age 14, Kristin Beale suffered injuries in an accident. She was riding one Jet Ski on a lakewhen a schoolmate ran over her, leaving her with a serious spinal cord(脊髓) injury.
Before the accident, Beale was an active student at Henrico’s Deep Run High School, involved in competition cheerleading and hockey. Afterward, she had to relearn how to perform daily tasks. “When I was in hospital, doctors told my parents I would be a vegetable, and that I wouldn’t be able to breathe or swallow. I wanted to disprove everything they had on their list,” she says.
Beale began writing about her experiences while working on her recovery in California. By the time she finished, she had written 32 stories. She narrowed them down and eventually gathered them into her first nonfiction book, “Greater Things”, about how people react to her and how she has overcome her injuries and stays positive. “I never thought it would become a book, but that’s how it all started,” Beale says.
Her second book, “Date Me”, is a collection of comics coming from three dozen unsuccessfuldates. “I would turn those dates into comic strips,” Beale says. Instead of typical banter(戏谑), she says, each meeting was a “disability-centered date. It felt like interviewing about my disability. I would open up on the dates.” Trying to find humor in something that is not really funny. Beale drew comics about her dates’ reactions to her wheelchair-bound status. She didn’t start dating to get material for a book. Beale notes, “I love to meet people, go out and do things. It turned into, ’How can I turn a waste of time and hurt feelings into something good?’”
Now working as a literary scout for her publisher, Morgan James Publishing in Hampton, Beale continues to write. Another nonfiction book, “A Million Suns”, details her journey “from the darkness of disability into the sunlight of circumstance” and how she has found happiness.
24. What might be on the doctors’ “list” for Beale?
A. Daily tasks for treatment. B. Consequences of Beale’s injury.
C. Diets during recovery. D. Instructions on using drugs.
25. Why did Beale begin writing stories during her recovery?
A. To publish a book of her own. B. To cheer herself up in the hospital.
C. To record her experiences after injury. D. To encourage the patients with disabilities.
26. How did Beale usually behave while dating?
A. She didn’t take it seriously. B. She was careful and sensitive.
C. She talked with a sense of humor. D. She was honest and open-minded.
27. What’s the theme of the book “A Million Suns”?
A. Beale’s skills in successful dates. B. Beale’s theory on true happiness.
C. Beale’s dream of a brighter future. D. Beale’s struggle with spinal cord injury.
