语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。主要介绍了几本书的内容，以及它们的价格等。

1．"Animal Hospital" is ________.

　　A．a news story　　　　　　 B．a popular book

　　C．a research report D．a TV program

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一部分的"Tales From Animal Hospital will delight all fans of the program and anyone who has a lively interest in their pet"可知，这是一个电视节目。

2．In Michael White's book, Newton is described as ________.

　　A．a person who did not look the same as in many pictures

　　B．a person who lived a colorful and meaningful life

　　C．a great but not perfect man

　　D．an old­time magician

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第二部分的"Newton is shown ...science began."可知，Newton是一个有天赋但是也有弱点的人。

3．The underlined word "baffled" probably means ______.

　　A．to encourage people to raise questions

　　B．to cause difficulty in understanding

　　C．to provide a person with an explanation

　　D．to limit people's imagination

　　解析：选B　词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的"beaten the finest mathematical minds"可知，这里的画线词与beaten意义接近，即让很多的数学家们感到困惑。

4．The purpose of these three advertisements is ________.

　　A．to make the books easier to read

　　B．to show the importance of science

　　C．to introduce new authors

　　D．to sell the books

　　解析：选D　写作意图题。这篇文章主要是介绍了几本书的内容、价格和书号等，因此目的是为了出售这些书。

　　B

I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way