C．The Pigman and Me.

　　 D．The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.

　　57．Why was Paul Zindel honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Prize?

　　 A．His books were widely read by children.

　　 B．His books were interesting and helpful to adults.

　　 C．He made great contributions to contemporary literature.

　　 D．He wrote a number of horror books for young adults.

　　58．When did Paul Zindel win the ALAN Prize?

　　 A．In 2002． B．In 2003．

　　 C．Between 1967 and 1992． D．Between 2002 and 2003．

　　59．Choose the correct statements from the following according to the passage.

　　 a.The Pigman and Me was one of the Best Books for teenagers.

　　 b.Zindel was one of the earliest writers who wrote for adults only.

　　 c.The Doom Stone and Rats are not popular with young adults.

　　 d.Zindel was given four prizes for literature before he died.

　　 e.At least eight of Zindel's books were very popular in his times.

　　 A．c, d, e B．a, b, c C．a, b, d D．a, d, e

　　解析：这四题都是细节判断题。56、57、58三题, 只要我们根据题干的问句找到信息源，很快就能找到正确答案分别是：A、C、A，做第59题时我们要对五个陈述作出正误判断，b、c两个说法是错误的，因此，正确答案为D。

　　下面请同学们实战演练上述方法和技巧。

　　【实战演练练习一】（05北京卷 A 篇）

　　Chances

　　I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career（职业）.

I wasn't an excellent student because I didn't do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn't have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn't the type to have a career.