Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and them need to disscus them.Now,the website BookCrossing,com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book groups.
阅读可以是一种社交活动。想想那些参加读书会的人们。他们选择书籍进行阅读,然后需要讨论。现在,BookCrossing.com网站颠覆了传统读书会的观念。

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 place, hoping that the book will have an adventure,traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
成员们在网站上注册他们拥有并愿意分享的书籍。BookCrossing提供一个识别号码,贴在书内。然后,人们离开并希望这本书能够经历一场冒险,随着每一个新发现它的读者而远行。

Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two山logs that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both”
BookCrossing的总经理布鲁斯·佩德森说:“改变你生活的两个东西是你所遇到的人和你所读的书。BookCrossing将这两者结合在一起。”

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.
成员们将书籍留在公园长椅、公交车上、火车站和咖啡店。任何找到书的人都会去网站记录他们在哪里找到的。

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it.E-mails are then can to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about 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.
找到书的人还可以留下一篇日记条目,描述他们对书的看法。然后电子邮件会发送给BookCrossers,让他们了解他们的书被找到了。布鲁斯·佩德森说,这个想法是让人们不要自私地把书留在家里积尘。

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.
BookCrossing是人们想要回归“真实”而非虚拟世界的趋势的一部分。该网站现在在超过135个国家拥有超过一百万的成员。

  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 encouraac readers to share their kleas.
    答案:C

  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:D

31.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:A

  1. 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 Baok.
    D.A Website Links People throught Books.
    答案:B