D Awardwinning author Emma Donoghue's latest book, Room, is a unique and amazing story about a boy's experience living in a small，windowless room with his mother. The 11' x 11' space between the walls of the room is actually all the boy knows because he was born there and has never left. Room will horrify ，surprise, sadden, and finally delight you. Attracted from the start, readers of all sorts won't want to put Room down.
◆First published in the U. S. in September 2010
◆Publisher: Little Brown
◆321 Pages
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| Literary master Ian McEwan returns with Solar, a novel about a Nobel prizewinning physicist. The physicist's personal life is in a mess as his fifth marriage breaks，but this time he actually loves his wife and wants to make things better. Solar is a funny story, completely unusual and as good as anything the writer has ever written.
◆Published in March 2010
◆Publisher: Knopf Doubleday
◆304 Pages
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| One Day by David Nicholls was an international bestseller before it was released in the U. S. in June. Although it is well written and funny at times, don't be fooled—this isn't a goodfeeling romantic comedy. If you decide to read it, be prepared for some heavy moments.
◆Published in the U．S. in June 2010
◆Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries
◆437 Pages
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| Fall of Giants by Ken Follett is the first book in a new trilogy (three books)that will take readers through the major events of the twentieth century by following five families. In Fall of Giants, most of the action centers on World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. Although Fall of Giants is more than 1,000 pages and has many characters，the story is remarkably connected.
◆Published in September 2010
◆Publisher: Dutton
◆1,008 Pages
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小题1:Which of the following is NOT true according to the text? | A．Ian McEwan once won the Nobel Prize. | | B．Fall of Giants is mostly set in wars. | | C．One day is written by David Nicholls. | | D．Solar is a funny story about a physicist. |
小题2:We can know from the text that ________. | A．the main character of Room has a wide range of knowledge | | B．Solar is the only book that Ian McEwan has ever written | | C．all the four books were not published in the same month | | D．One Day is a funny romantic comedy that sells very well |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that ________. | A．the sixth of Ian McEwan's marriages broke | | B．Room by Emma Donoghue has a happy ending | | C．the publisher of One Day is Little Brown | | D．Dutton and Ken Follett are both publishers |
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