【1.TheWrightBrothersbyDavidMcCulloughAnothermust-readforhistoryfansMcCulloughtellsthestoryofOrvilleandWilburWrightthebrotherswhotaughttheworldhowtofly.Drawingonalltypesofhistoricaldata—fromperson】
1.TheWrightBrothersbyDavidMcCullough
Anothermust-readforhistoryfansMcCulloughtellsthestoryofOrvilleandWilburWrightthebrotherswhotaughttheworldhowtofly.Drawingonalltypesofhistoricaldata—frompersonaldiariesandscrapbookstothousandsofprivatelettersoffamilyletters—wegetacloselookattheactualpersonalitiesbehindoneofthemostinfluentialmomentsinhistory.
2.TheWonderGardenbyLaurenAcampora
Thisnovelisreallyacollectionofseveralinterwoven(交织)storiesofpeoplelivingintherichConnecticutsuburbs.FromtalesofanelderlyartisttoayoungmothertoawomanwhosehusbandjustbehavescarelesslyTheWonderGardengivesusanunforgettablereminderthatthere’softensomuchwedon’tknowaboutwhathappenswithourneighborsbehindcloseddoors.
3.BetweenYou&Me:ConfessionsofaCommaQueenbyMaryNorris
Doessomeonemistakingwhoforwhommakeyourbloodboil?Doyouwanttothrowadictionaryatsomeoneformistakingsitforcite?EnterBetweenYou&Me.MaryNorrisbringsherexperienceworkinginTheNewYorker’scopydepartmenttoeagergrammarfansinthislaugh-out-loudbookthatlooksatsomeofthemostcommonspellingpunctuationandusageproblemsintheEnglishlanguage.
4.MyStruggle:BookFourbyKarlOveKnausgaard
MyStruggleisasix-volumeautobiographicalnovelthatfollowsthelifeofKarlOveKnausgaardaNorwegianfatherofthree.InBookFourhewritesofhisdecisionattheageof18tomovetoafisherman’svillageinthefarnorthoftheArcticcircletoworkasaschoolteacher.It’stherethathestruggleswithlovealcoholismandbecominglovedbyoneofhisstudents.
25.WhatdoesthebookTheWrightbrothersfocuson?
A.Inventionofairplanes. B.Natureofthecharacters.
C.Historyofairplanes. D.Ordinarylifeofthecharacters.
26.Whodescribeshisorherreallifeexperiencesinthenovel?
A.DavidMcCullough. B.LaurenAcampora.
C.KarlOveKnausgaard. D.MaryNorris.
27.Whichofthefollowingbooksmightmakeyouburstintolaughter?
A.MyStruggle.