根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
Although books are still popular with
teenagers, most of them spend more of their leisure time staring at their phone
than reading a paperbook. Instead of publishing whole
book at once, they produce very short chapters, which they send once a week to
their readers by text message.
Many are written by high
school or university students who are very familiar with the topics that
teenagers are interested in. Common themes are love, tragedy and betrayal, and
the stories often deal with difficult or controversial issues.
Twenty-one-year-old Rin wrote her novel over a
six-month period in spare moments, often while commuting on the train. Her book sold 40000 copies and was number five in the Japanese
bestseller list. Rin said that her mother had had no idea that she had been
writing a novel and was therefore very surprised when she saw a book with her
daughter's name on it
Chapters have no more than
200 words, and often just 50-100 words. Sentences are short and there are no
descriptions of anything or anybody because there isn't space. The text mostly
consists of dialogue and the language is direct, conveying a lot in a few
words.
In 2009, a young Japanese writer called
Takatsu, who lives in Canada, began writing the first English language cell
phone novel, Secondhand Memories. Takatsu had read an English translation of
Rin's story and had been impressed by its simple and emotional language. It was
a feature he deliberately copied when he started writing Secondhand Memories. He now believes that, in English, cell phone novels have a
powerful and poetic identity of their own. Cell phone novels encourage young
people to engage in fiction, even those who would not normally pick up a book.
They could be described as ten novels for the 21st century.
A. Books are sometimes regarded as old-fashioned and difficult to
read.
B. In response 10 this trend, some smart young authors have
changed the way they write.
C. However, as the story progressed, the style gradually evolved
into something different.
D. She typed out chapters on her phone and uploaded them onto a
popular website for cell phone authors.
E. No money is made from cell phone novels unless they are
published as books.
F. The style of cell phone novels has evolved to suit the medium.
G. Although the idea originated in Japan, cell phone novels have
also appeared in the rest of world.
答案:【1】B【2】G【3】D【4】F【5】C