2025年上饒職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析

2025年上饒職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共35題)1、材料IfyouarelearningEnglishbecauseyou'regoingtotravelinEnglandandwishtobe（1）there,don'ttrytospeakEnglishperfectly,（2）ifyoudoso,noonewillunderstandyou.InLondonninety-nineineveryhundredpeoplespeak（3）English.Youmaysaythat（4）theydon'tspeakEnglishwellthemselves,theycan（5）understanditwhenitiswellspoken.They（6）whenthespeakerisEnglish.Butwhenthespeakerisa（7）,thebetterhespeaks,the（8）itistounderstandhim.

Noforeignercan（9）stressthesyllables(音節(jié))andmakethetone（10）andfallinquestionand（11）exactlyasa（12）does.（13）thefirstthingyouhavetodoistospeakwithastrong（14）accent,andspeakbroken,thatis,Englishwithoutany（15）.TheneveryEnglishpersonyou（16）willatonceknowyouareaforeigner,andtrytounder-standyouandbereadyto（17）you.Hewillnot（18）youtobepoliteandusegram-maticalphrases.Hewillbe（19）byhisclevernessinmakingoutyour（20）andbeingabletotellwhatyouwanttoknow.第1空填（）。(1分)A、settledB、heardC、understoodD、known正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析【主旨大意】本文主要講述去英國旅游時(shí)，你不必說很好的英語，只要能表達(dá)自己的意思就行，因?yàn)橛艘膊徽f很標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的英語，即使你的英語不是說得很好，他們也會明白你的意思。考查動詞詞義辨析。settled意為“定居”;heard意為“聽見”;understood意為“明白”;known意為“知道”。去英國旅游，當(dāng)然希望當(dāng)?shù)厝四苈犆靼鬃约旱脑?。故選C。

2、—Wouldyoulikemetobringyouacupofhotcoffee?—________.

(1分)A、Idon'tlikecoffeeB、Yesplease.C、It'sapleasure.D、YesI'dliketo.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析句意:——要我給你拿一杯熱咖啡嗎?——好的,勞煩。考查交際用語。Idon'tlikecoffee.我不喜歡咖啡;Yes,please.好的，勞煩;It'sapleasure.不用客氣;Yes,I'dliketo.是的，我很樂意。問句是主動提供幫助，答句接受幫助，所以答句是對問句有禮貌的回應(yīng),故選B

3、材料Wouldyouliketoliveinacitywherebuildingsturnthelightsoffforyou,andself-drivingcarswillfindthenearestparkingspacethemselves?Althoughitmightsoundalittlefarfromyou,livingina“smart”citylikethiscouldhappensoonerthanyouthink.

Greatchangeshavetakenplaceintownsthatwehavelivedinforcenturies,whilecompletelynewcitiesarebeingbuilt.OnesuchplaceisthecityofSongdo.Everyhometherewillhavea“tele-presence”system(遠(yuǎn)程遙控系統(tǒng))—allowinguserstocontroltheheatingandlooks,takepartinvid-eomeetings,andreceiveeducation,healthcareandgovernmentservices.Aroundthecity,escalators(自動扶梯)willonlymovewhensomeoneisonthem,andofficesandschoolswillallbeconnectedtothesystem.

ThegreatmindbehindSongdoisfromthecompanyCisco.Infact,technologycompaniesroundtheworldsuchasIBM,SiemensandMicrosoftarealreadyinthebusiness.

About75%oftheworld'spopulationwillliveincitiesby2050,socitieswillneedtobemoremoderntodealwiththecomingproblems.“Makingcitiessmarterisonewayout,andIthinkthiswillinturnmakecitiesgreener.”saidDanHill,headofaresearchcompany.DanHillthinksthatmakingcitiessmarterisonewayto（）(1分)A、drivepeopleoutofcitiesB、controltheworld'spopulationC、develophisowncompanyD、solvethecities'comingproblems正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句“.…socitieswillneedtobemoremoderntodealwiththecomingproblems.”可知，使城市更智能化可以解決城市中將會出現(xiàn)的問題。故選D。

4、從下列選項(xiàng)中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)。（）carri(e)d(1分)A、play(e)dB、need(e)dC、ask(e)dD、talk(e)d正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析carried[?k?rid]A：played[ple?d]B：needed[?ni?d?d]C：asked[ɑ?skt]D：talked[t??kt]

5、I'mafraidyourluggagewillbeamong（）toarrive.(1分)A、fourthB、forthC、thefourthD、fourths正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C

6、—Cookinghelpsusshowloveforfamilymembers.

—________.EverytimeImakedishesforMum,sheisveryhappy.

(1分)A、Ican’tbelieveitB、TakeiteasyC、Icouldn’tagreemoreD、Thatdepends正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意：——烹飪幫助我們表達(dá)對家人的愛?！彝耆狻Ｃ看挝医o媽媽做飯，她都很高興?？疾榍榫敖浑H。Ican’tbelieveit我不能相信；Takeiteasy放輕松；Icouldn’tagreemore我完全同意；Thatdepends視情況而定。根據(jù)“EverytimeImakedishesforMum,sheisveryhappy.”可知，后者同意前者的說法，故選C。

7、Everyonetriedtofindananswertotheproblem,but（）ofthemcoulddoit.(1分)A、noneB、neitherC、eachD、all正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A

8、材料It'softensaidthatyoucanjudgeapersonbylookingatwhat'sontheirbookshelves.Well,whenIaskedmyselfthisquestionafewyearsago,Imadea(n)（1）discovery.Prettymuchallthe（2）onmybookshelveswerewrittenbyBritishauthors,andtherewasalmostnothingintranslationfromother（3）.Whatashame!So,Idecidedtolaunchmy（4）readingproject.

ButhowcouldIfindbooksfrommuchoftherestoftheworld?Ihadtoaskfor（5）.SoinOctober2011,Istartedmyblog,and(6)ashortappealonline.Withinhours,peoplebeganto（7）.Atfirst,itwasfriendsandcolleagues.Thenitwasfriendsoffriends.Andsoon,itwas（8）.

Fourdayslater,Igota(n)（9）fromawomancalledRafidahinKualaLumpur.Shesaidshelovedmyproject,（10）ifshecouldgotoherlocalEnglish-languagebookshopandchoosemyMalaysianbookandpostittome.Iaccepted（11）,andafewweekslater,apackage（12）containingnoone,buttwobooks—Rafidah'schoicefromMalaysia,andabookfromSingaporethatshehadalso（13）forme.Atthetime,Iwas（14）thatastrangermorethan6,000milesawaywouldgotosuchlengthstohelpsomeoneshewouldprobablynever（15）

ButRafidah'skindness（16）tobethepatternforthatyear.Timeandagain,peoplewentoutoftheir（17）tohelpme.Andbooksoftencamefrom（18）sources.Awriterevenemailedmeanunpublishedtranslationofhisnoveltome,allowingmetobecomeoneofthe（19）peopleevertoreadthatbookinEnglish.

Thatyear,thankstokindstrangersfromthefour（20）oftheworld.Ireadbooksfromover100countries第18空填（）。(1分)A、usefulB、surprisingC、familiarD、ordinary正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。useful意為“有用的”;surprising意為“令人驚訝的”;fammiliar意為“熟悉的”;ordinary意為“普通的”。根據(jù)下文的“Awriterevenemailedmeanunpublishedtranslationofhisnoveltome”可知，作者收到了未出版的書，所以很多書的來源讓人驚訝。故選B。

9、Therewere（）peopleintheroom.(1分)A、twoscoreofB、twoscoresofC、twoscoreD、twoscores正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C

10、—Didyougotobedearlylastnight?—No.Iwatcheda（）movie,soIdidn'tgotobeduntilllo'clock.(1分)A、3hoursB、3-hours'C、3-hour'sD、3-hour正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查復(fù)合形容詞。句意為：“——-昨天晚上你睡得很早嗎?——不，我看了三個(gè)小時(shí)的電影，因此我直到11點(diǎn)才睡。”“數(shù)詞+連字符+單數(shù)名詞”構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞修飾名詞，或者用“數(shù)詞+名詞復(fù)數(shù)的所有格”作定語。故選D。

11、Itwasthen______Istartedtoappreciatethetoughchoicesshehadtomakeonbalancingfamilyandwork.

(1分)A、whenB、whereC、whichD、that正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析本題考查的是“itis…that”強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，意為“到那時(shí)我才開始感激媽媽在權(quán)衡家庭和工作時(shí)所面臨的艱難的抉擇。。

12、—______wasyourtriptoJingyuePark?—Itwasgreat!Wehadagoodtimethere.

(1分)A、WhatB、HowC、WhereD、When正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

13、材料

Sincethebeginningoftime,manhasbeeninterestedinthemoon.TheRomansdesignedaspecialdaytoshowadmirationandrespecttothemoon.Theycalledit“Moonday”,or“Monday”,asweknowittoday.Later,thegreatmindofLeonardodaVincistudiedthemoonanddesignedamachinetocarryahumantothemoon.Leonardosaidthatonedayagreatmachinebirdwouldtakeapersontothemoonandbringgreathonourtothehomewhereitwasborn.

Fourandahalfcenturieslater,Leonardo'sideawasrealized.ApolloⅡtookthreeAmericans-Collins，Aldrin，andArmstrongtothemoon.Themission(任務(wù))didfillthewholeworldwithgreatsurprise,asLeonardohadsaiditwould.Numerousessays,articles,andbookswerewrittenaboutman'sfirstmoonmission,Butperhapsthemostinterestingstorywasonewrittenbeforetheevent—over100yearsbefore.

In1865,FrenchauthorJulesVernewroteastoryaboutthefirstjourneytothemoon.Hisstorywasverysimilartothe1969ApolloIImission.

Verne'sspacecraftalsocontainedthreemen,twoAmericansandaFrenchman.ThespacecraftwasdescribedasbeingalmostthesamesizeasApolloⅡ.Thelaunch(發(fā)射)siteinVerne'sstorywasalsoinFlorida.ThespacecraftinVerne'sstorywasnamedthe“Columbial”.TheAplloIIcommandshipwascalled“Columbia”.HisaccountofsendingthespacecraftintothespacecouldeasilyhavebeenwrittenabouthowApolloⅡwassentintothespace.

Verne'sstorywasthesameastheactualeventinseveralotheraspects.ThespeedofVerne'sspacecraftwas36000feetpersecond.Apollo'swas35533feetpersecond.Verne'sspacecrafttook97hourstoreachthemoon.Apollo'stimewas103hours.LikeApollo'sspacemen,Vern'sspacementookpicturesofthemoon'ssurface,relaxedontheirseats,cookedwithgas,andexperiencedweightlessness.TheytoocamedowninthePacificandwerepickedupbyanAmericanwarship.

WhatwerethereasonsforJulesVerne'sextremeaccuracyindescribinganevent

100yearsormorebeforeitactuallyoccurred?Hebasedhiswritingsonthelawsofphysicsandastronomy.Nineteenth-centuryscienceandthevividVerne'simaginationgavepeopleanunbelievablyaccuratepreviewofoneofthegreatesteventofthe20thcentury.

ThepassagesuggeststhatJulesVerne___.(1分)A、

developed

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based

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on

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works

of

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was

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futureD、

knew

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and

astronomy正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

14、從下面單詞中找一個(gè)括號部分讀音不同的單詞。（）(1分)A、pr(ai)seB、s(ai)dC、f(ai)lureD、tr(ai)n正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

15、DoesLilylikeChinese（）?(1分)A、foodB、foodsC、anyfoodD、somefood'正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A

16、ProfessorJohnsonhasleftforTokyo.He________aspeechtherenextweek.

(1分)A、willgiveB、givesC、hasgivenD、gave正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析句意：約翰遜教授已經(jīng)去東京了。他下周將在那里發(fā)表演講。根據(jù)后文nextweek可知表示將來發(fā)生的事情，應(yīng)用一般將來時(shí)。選A。

17、材料

TheotherdayIheardafewlocalmusicianstalking:

“Ihatealltheterriblepianosinthistown,Ihatethatrubbishtheyplayontheradio.Theycan'tevenunderstandabitofmusic.”

“I'mneverplayinginthatclubagain.Toomanydrunksandnobodylistens

to

us.”

But,oneyoungermusiciansaid,“Thereareafewclubsthatbookmybandafewnightsamonth,andI'mtryingtofindotherplacestoplay,I'malsolookingtobookafewsummerfestivalsthisyear.”

I'veheardthatyouaretheaverageofthefivepeoplewhomyouspendthemosttimewith,ortoputitanotherway,youarewhoyourfriendsare.

Attitudesareimportant.Whetherthey'repositiveornegative,they'rerubbingoffonyou.Ifyou'rearoundpeoplewhocomplainaboutlackofworkandaboutothermusicians，orblameothers，andyouplaytheroleofvictim(受害者)，chancesareyouwillstarttoaswell.Soit'stimetotakealookatthepeopleyoucall“friends”.

Thisisaneasyexercise:Makealistofthepeoplewhoyouhangoutwith,andsimplystopspendingtimewiththenegativepeopleonyourlist.Setanewstandardforyourselfanddon'tbecomefriendswithpeoplewhofallbelowthatstandard.

Keepsuccessfulpeoplearoundyouandyourownchancesforsuccesswillbemuchbetter.Askthemhowtheydoit.Askiftheywillhelpyougettheworkyou'relookingfor,ormaybegiveyousomeadvicetohelpyouonyourcareerpath.

Thepassageismainlywrittenfor___.(1分)A、

musiciansB、

managersC、

negative

peopleD、

people

wanting

to

succeed正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

18、—________weholdagraduationpartynextSaturday?—Allright.That'sagoodidea.

(1分)A、MayB、MustC、WillD、Shall正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析-我們下星期六舉行畢業(yè)晚會好嗎？-可以，那是個(gè)好主意。本題考察情態(tài)動詞。May可以，Must必須，Will將要。根據(jù)nextSaturday可知，此處用一般將來時(shí)，與第一人稱we連用，用shall，所以選D

19、材料TianwuhasclimbedHuashanmorethan3,000timesinthepastdecade.Heisa（1）,transportinggoodsuptheslopesonhisback,foraliving.Butheismost（2）,forhisdisability:Hehasonlyonearm.

He（3）hisleftarminanaccidentin1992atthecoalmine.Withtwoyoungchildrenandparentsto（4）,hewasworkingovertimethatdaywhenapulleybrake（5）.Afterthatheopenedastore,butitwentbankruptfromtoomany（6）sales.（7）hishardwork,hewasleftwithnothingbutdebts.ThenheheardaboutbearersforHuashanMountainfromafriendandthoughtitwouldbean（8）job.

Hisfirstjobwasto（9）30kilogramsofgoodstoHighLadder.Hehadacompanionwho（10）mid-way,buthefinishedhisjobwith（11）paininhisknees.Butashe（12）experiencethroughtheyears,hehasdevelopedhisown（13）forclimbingthemountain.

Nowhecarries60kilogramsofgoodsupthemountaineveryday—1kilogrammorethanhisownbodyweight.（14）,hemakesthreetofourtripseachdaytoandfrom.“I（15）eachstepverycarefullyandhaveneverhadanyaccidentinthepast10years.”Hesaid.

Beingabearerisatiresomeanddulljobinmanypeople'sminds,butheenjoyshimself.Heap-preciatesandremembersthecalligraphy（16）intherocksandcopiesthem.Hisfavoriteoneis,“Thoughheavysnowfallsdownonverdant(青翠的)pines,thepinesstillstand（17）?！盚eoncesaid,“I'dliketostayherebecausethemountainpaysmyhardwork（18）?！?/p>

“Idon'tlament(對……感到悲痛)formy（19）daysandwillnotfearthefuture,”Hesaid.Thepainstakingjobhasgivenhimastrong（20）第14空填（）。(1分)A、NeverthelessB、ThereforeC、MoreoverD、Thus正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查副詞詞義辨析。nevertheless意為“然而”;therefore意為“因此”;moreover意為“此外”;thus意為“因此”。根據(jù)語境可知上下文是遞進(jìn)關(guān)系。故選C。

20、從下列選項(xiàng)中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)。（）g(oo)d(1分)A、z(oo)B、c(oo)lC、f(oo)dD、l(oo)k正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

21、材料Twodaysago,Bob（1）aletterfromhisgirlfriend,Mary.Shewrote,“IwillleaveBeijingforLondonattenonJune3rd.Pleasemeetmeatthe（2）.”

NowBobwasstandingattheairportand（3）someflowers.Hewas（4）becauseMary'splanewasthreehourslate.But（5）knewwhy.Bobwalkedovertothebarattheairportandhadadrink,Hewalkedbacktothegate.Therewasstill（6）news.Hewalkedbacktothebarandhad（7）drink.

（8）,Mary'splanelandedandthepeopleontheplanestartedcomingout.Bobsmiledand（9）Mary.Afteratimehestopped（10）becausethatlastonefromtheplanewasnotMary.

Bobsaidtohimself,“（11）luck!What（12）?”Hewentovertotheinformationdesk.“MynameisBobWaston,”hesaid,“Haveyougotanymessage（13）me?”

“Yes,”saidthegirlstandingthere,“Atelephonemessagefrom（14）.”Withthesewords,shehandedhimapieceofpaper.“Mr.BobWaston,LondonAirport.Sorry,I'llreturnnextSunday.”

Bobthankedthegirlattheairport,gavethe（15）toherandsaidgood-bye.

第(8)選（）(1分)A、Twohourslate

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Two

hours

over

D、

Two

hours

after正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

22、Doingeyeexercisesworkswell_______oureyesight.

(1分)A、protectingB、toprotectingC、inprotectingD、toprotect正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析workwellindoingsth對某事起……作用?？疾斓氖枪潭ㄕZ法的使用。做眼保健操能很好地保護(hù)我們的視力。

23、Ithinkmiddleschoolstudentsshouldnotgettheirhair（）(1分)A、colorB、colorsC、coloredD、coloring正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查過去分詞。句意為：“我認(rèn)為中學(xué)生不應(yīng)該染發(fā)?！眊etsth.done意為“讓某物被做”賓語sth.后面用過去分詞作賓語補(bǔ)足語，表被動。故選C.

24、Shelooks____thanI

(1分)A、veryyoungB、moreyoungC、moreyoungerD、muchyounger正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析她看起來比我年輕得多,than表示比較級。very修飾原級形容詞、副詞、現(xiàn)在分詞、much修飾過去分詞、形容詞或副詞的比較級。

25、—I’mnotsure________mysuggestionishelpfultoyou.—Itcertainlyis.Everylittlebithelps.

(1分)A、whyB、howC、whetherD、where正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意：——我不確定我的建議對你是否有幫助?！?dāng)然是。一點(diǎn)一滴都有幫助。

考查賓語從句。why為什么；how怎樣；whether是否；where哪里。根據(jù)“I’mnotsure…mysuggestionishelpfultoyou”及“Itcertainlyis”，可知，不確定是否有幫助，故選C。

26、Itwasanexcitingmomentforthesefootballfansthisyear,（）forthefirsttimeinyearstheirteamwontheWorldCup.(1分)A、thatB、whileC、whichD、when正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析本題考查非限制性定語從句的用法。后面的句子“...forthefirsttimeinyearstheirteamwontheWorldCup”（他們的球隊(duì)多年來第一次贏得了世界杯冠軍）是完整的，因此不用關(guān)系代詞而用關(guān)系副詞。本句話的先行詞為“thisyear”（今年），所以應(yīng)當(dāng)使用“when”，修飾表示時(shí)間的先行詞，“when”在從句中擔(dān)當(dāng)時(shí)間狀語。選項(xiàng)A,C都為關(guān)系代詞，不符合本題；選項(xiàng)B的“while”不引導(dǎo)定語從句。本句句意為“今年對這些球迷來說是一個(gè)激動人心的時(shí)刻，他們的球隊(duì)多年來第一次贏得了世界杯冠軍”。因此本題答案為D。

27、Thenumberofthebooksinourschool（）(1分)A、isincreasingB、areincreasingC、beingincreasingD、haveincreased正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A

28、Haveyouconsideredthestudents’request_________theschoollibrary_______morebooksonpopularscience?

(1分)A、that;provideB、when;providedC、which;shouldprovideD、where;wouldprovide正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查同位語從句和虛擬語氣，第一空填that引導(dǎo)同位語從句，that不做成分，指起到連接作用，對request進(jìn)行說明，第二空填provide，省略了should，因?yàn)橥辉~是request，同位語從句用虛擬語氣，Sb（should）do.選A。

29、You（）belatenexttime.(1分)A、mustn'tB、canC、needn'tD、need正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A

30、材料Itis40meterslongand6meterswide.Thismustbethebiggestbusyouhaveeverseen.Itcancarry1,200to1,400people.

ItisChina'snewSuperBus.ItisgoingforatestruninBeijingattheendofthisyear.SomeothercitiesarealsointerestedinrunningtheSuperBus.Theyhopethetrafficproblemswillbesolved.

TheSuperBusrunsalongfixedtracks(固定軌道).Thebussitsontopoftwo2.2-meter-talllegs.Thelegshavewheelsatoneend.Smallcarscandriveunderthebus,sotheSuperBusdoesnottakeuproadspace.

Thebusrunsonelectricityandsolarpower.Itcantravelupto60kmeveryhour.Itscreator,SongYouzhou,saysalotoftrafficjamswillbereduced.

TheSuperBuscandotheworkof40buses.Inthatway,itcansave860tonsoffueleveryyear,accordingtoSong.

“TobuildaSuperBusanditstrackcostslessthanbuildingsubways.Subwaysarenearlytentimesmoreexpensivetobuild.”Songsaid.

SomepeopleworrythattheSuperBusmaynotbesafe.However,Songsaysthere'snoneedforconcern.TheSuperBushaslaserscanners(激光掃描儀)betweenitslegs.Thescannersmakesurethecarskeepasafedistance.WecanguessthatSong'spurposeforbuildingthebuswasto（）(1分)A、taketheplaceofsmallcarsB、solvetrafficproblemsC、increasethespeedD、reducecaraccidents正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段最后一句“Itscreator,SongYouzhou,saysalotoftrafficjamswillbereduced.”可知，可以減少交通擁堵。故選B。

31、材料It'softensaidthatyoucanjudgeapersonbylookingatwhat'sontheirbookshelves.Well,whenIaskedmyselfthisquestionafewyearsago,Imadea(n)（1）discovery.Prettymuchallthe（2）onmybookshelveswerewrittenbyBritishauthors,andtherewasalmostnothingintranslationfromother（3）.Whatashame!So,Idecidedtolaunchmy（4）readingproject.

ButhowcouldIfindbooksfrommuchoftherestoftheworld?Ihadtoaskfor（5）.SoinOctober2011,Istartedmyblog,and(6)ashortappealonline.Withinhours,peoplebeganto（7）.Atfirst,itwasfriendsand