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MAINE

by J. Courtney Sullivan,fiction, $26

The Kellehers are a big,disorderly family who sometimes seem to have only one thing in common: love fortheir beach house in Maine. Lie there with this novel and listen to a summer’sworth of secrets, quarrels, and misunderstandings.

WHAT I LEARNED WHEN IALMOST DIED

by Chris Licht, nonfiction,$23

The energetic co-creator ofMSNBC’s “Morning Joe” was unprepared for the pain, fear, and helplessness hefelt after suffering a brain bleed. But as he detailed in this outspoken,thoughtful book, the lessons he took from the event surprised him the most.

FIRE AND RAIN

by David Browne,nonfiction, $26

This book transports youback to a year — the 1970 of Apollo 13, the first Earth Day — and the turningpoint of albums by the Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills and Nash thatprovided the sound for a new decade. Rolling Stone contributing editor Browneartfully describes the creation of these classic songs.

LONG DRIVE HOME

by Will Allison, fiction,$22

A moment of anger haslife-and-death consequences in this beautifully written novel. Being angry witha speeding teenage driver, Dad Glen Bauer makes a turn of his car in response,causing an accident in which the other driver dies. It’s a story about guilt,responsibility, and how mistrust can tear a loving family apart.

JESSICA LOST

by Bunny Crumpacker andJ.S. Picariello, memoir (回忆录)，$25

Two authors — a woman whogave up a baby for adoption and the child herself — write alternating chaptersin this memoir, which takes readers on a 50-year journey through their separatelives, their meeting, and their following relationship. Its account is bothoriginal and heartbreaking.

1. Which of the following is TUREaccording to the text?

A. MAINE talks abouta loving happy family. 

B. WHAT I LEARNED WHEN IALMOST DIED is a novel. 

C. JSSICA LOST isabout a mother and her daughter. 

D. LONG DRIVE HOMEis written in the first person.

2.. Which of the following may befavored by music lovers?

A. MAINE.                                                                           B.FIRE AND RAIN.             

C. LONG DRIVE HOME.                                       D.JESSICA LOST.

3.The text is most probably a(n)_______.

A. advertisement.                                                              B.literary research report.   

C. Collection ofnovels                                                        D.book review

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1.C

2.B

3.A

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