HundredsofgreatbooksarepublishedinAmericaeveryyear.Andeveryyear,editors,criticsandmanyreaderstrytochoosealistoffavorites.Afewbooksshoweduponlistafterlistofthebestfictionfromthisyear.Oneo
HundredsofgreatbooksarepublishedinAmericaeveryyear.Andeveryyear,editors,criticsandmanyreaderstrytochoosealistoffavorites.
Afewbooksshoweduponlistafterlistofthebestfictionfromthisyear.OneofthemwasAnnPatchett's“StateofWonder”.PublishersWeeklydescribedthenovelasone“readerswillhatetoseeend.”ThestorycentersonadrugresearcherfromMinnesotanamedMariaSingh.ShetravelstoBraziltoinvestigatethedeathofaco-worker.HersearchtakesherdeepintotheAmazonareaanddanger.But.shealsogoesdeepintoherownsoulforacloselookatwhosheis.whatshehaslostinherlifeandhowshewantsthefuturetolook.AnnPatchettlivesinTennessee.ShetoldPublishersWeeklymagazinethatthestateisleafy.Shevisitedthatareawhiledoingresearchforthenovel.
ChadHarbach'snamewasalsoalloverthecritics’bestliststhisyearforhisfirstbook,“TheArtofFielding.”TheNewYorkermagazinepraisedthenovelfortheeasywayitjoinsaloveofbaseballwithaloveofliterature.Thebookisaboutacollegebaseballstar.Hesuffersamentalcrisisandbeginstofailontheplayingfieldasaresult.Butthebookisaboutmuchmorethanthesportofbaseball.Italsoisastoryofloveloss,friendshipandgrowingup.ChadHarbachsayshisownupbringinginfluencedthebook.
“TheMarriagePlot”alsogota10tofattentionthisyear.ItisthethirdbookfromPulitzerPrizewinnerJeffreyEugenides.Hespentalmosttenyearswritingit.“TheMarriagePlot”isalsoastoryaboutbecominganadult.Itfollowsthelivesofthreestudentsintheirfinalyearofcollegeandbeyond.Leonardstruggleswithmanicdepression,Mitchell,withreligiousbeliefandMadeleinestruggleswithherfeelingsforbothmen.
61.Theunderlinedwords“readerswillhatetoseeend”mean
A.Readerslove“StateofWonder”verymuch.
B.Readersdon'tlikereading“StateofWonder”.
C.Readersdon'tlikeAnnPatchen'swritingstyle.
D.Readersdon'twanttoreadtheendof“StateofWonder”.
62.Whatcanwelearnfromthesecondparagraph?
A.MariaSingh'sco-workerdiedofseriousillness.
B.Thestoryfocusesonascientificresearch.
C.DuringtheresearchMariathinksalotaboutherownthoughtsan