二、阅读理解
Being home to the largest second-hand bookshop in the world, Hay-on-Wye is more than just a small town in Wales—it's a book heaven on earth.
The history of Hay-on-Wye as the "town of books" began on April Fool's Day of 1977. A man called Richard Booth announced(宣告) the independence(独立) of Hay-on-Wye as a kingdom of books, with him as the king. Since then, he has managed to build a healthy tourism industry based on books. Today, thousands of visitors come to Hay-on-Wye every year to look for whatever books they need.
Before Booth's great idea, Hay-on-Wye was a slowly dying town having fewer than 2,000 people, with no real economy(经济) or important local businesses. The king of Hay-on-Wye opened his first bookshop in 1961, and later encouraged his friends in the trade to come. After a few years, he filled almost every building with books. Hay-on-Wye now has over thirty bookshops, many selling second-hand books, which have made the town interesting for book collectors.
Hay-on-Wye has its special honour with over one million books traded here every year. Unlike other book traders, Richard Booth doesn't centre on any one topic. He buys any type of books, believing that every book is valuable and someone in the world wants it. Book lovers from all over the world come to Hay-on-Wye because a large number of books are found here at low prices.
Since 1988, Hay-on-Wye has also been the place for a famous literary festival, now supported by *The Guardian*, which draws about 80,000 visitors over ten days at the beginning of June to see and hear big literary names from all over the world.
Once a dying small town, Hay-on-Wye is now an attractive tourist town, with ten per cent of its population working in the book business, and local businesses benefiting from the waves of tourists coming here in search of books.
()1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Hay-on-Wye became independent in 1977.
B. Hay-on-Wye used to be a tourist attraction.
C. Richard Booth got fooled on April Fool's Day of 1977.
D. Richard Booth was to make Hay-on-Wye a book heaven.
()2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. Hay-on-Wye's bookshops.
B. Hay-on-Wye's unusual feature.
C. Hay-on-Wye's development.
D. Hay-on-Wye's local businesses.
()3. The reasons why visitors come to Hay-on-Wye include .
①low prices of books
②many types of books
③famous book traders
④a famous literary festival
A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ①③④
D. ②③④
()4. Which may be the best title for the passage?
A. Hay-on-Wye, World of Books
B. Hay-on-Wye, Birthplace of Literature
C. Hay-on-Wye, Source of Knowledge
D. Hay-on-Wye, Famous Literary Festival

1~4 DCBA

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含细节理解、推理判断、主旨大意三类题型。解题思路为：1. 第1题是推理判断题，需定位第二段内容，逐一排除错误选项，结合原文逻辑推导正确结论；2. 第2题是段落主旨题，需梳理第三段核心内容，概括段落主旨；3. 第3题是细节理解题，需定位文中游客来小镇的相关描述，核对选项信息；4. 第4题是主旨大意题，需总结全文核心内容，匹配最贴合的标题。
【解析】
1. 第1题：
A选项：原文仅提到Booth在1977年愚人节宣告Hay-on-Wye为“书的王国”，并非真正独立，排除；
B选项：第二段明确提到此前小镇是“slowly dying town”，并非旅游景点，排除；
C选项：Booth是在愚人节宣告，而非被愚弄，排除；
D选项：从Booth建书店、鼓励同行入驻的行动，可推断他想将小镇打造成书的天堂，符合文意，选D。
2. 第2题：
第三段先讲小镇之前的衰败状态，再讲Booth开书店、带动同行入驻，最终小镇拥有众多书店，核心是小镇的发展过程，对应选项C；A仅提及书店，未体现发展；B“不寻常特征”、D“本地生意”均非段落主旨，排除。
3. 第3题：
文中提到游客来的原因：第四段“low prices of books”（①对）、“any type of books”（②对）；第五段“famous literary festival”（④对）；③“famous book traders”未提及，排除，故选B。
4. 第4题：
全文围绕Hay-on-Wye作为“书的天堂”展开，A选项“Hay-on-Wye, World of Books”最贴合主旨；B“文学发源地”、C“知识来源”、D“文学节”均片面或偏离核心，故选A。
【答案】
DCBA
【知识点】
阅读理解、推理判断、主旨大意
【点评】
本文是介绍英国小镇Hay-on-Wye的说明文，涵盖细节理解、推理判断、主旨大意等常见阅读题型，需学生精准定位原文信息，分析选项与原文的匹配度，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6