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Our Brother's Keeper
Author Jedwin Smith spent 30 years trying to get out of all memories of his brother，Jeff，who was killed in Vietnam.But in Our Brother's Keeper he tells what happens when he met several of his brother's old Marine friends.Smith gets to know these men—all hurt by the past they share.Together the author and his new friends make a journey to Vietnam，to visit the place where Jeff died.Surprisingly，their Vietnamese guide was the former commander of the Viet Cong platoon carrying out the attack that killed Jeff.A powerful story of brotherhood，bravery and understanding...
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conviction n.信念 ②thoughtprovoking adj.令人深思的
【语篇解读】 本文是四本书的广告。广告介绍了四本书的内容、价格及折扣。
1.Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut?
A.I Am a Pencil.
B.What It Takes to Help Me Out.
C.The Most Scenic Drives in America.
D.Our Brother's Keeper.
答案 D [细节理解题。由各篇的“you save”可知，Our Brother's Keeper降价最多：$49.40 (83%)。]
2.If you are interested in taking photos，you would probably choose ________.
A.Our Brother's Keeper
B.What It Takes to Help Me Out
C.The Most Scenic Drives in America
D.I Am a Pencil
答案 C [细节理解题。从“The Most Scenic Drives in America”的“...this travel book includes over 200 brandnew photographs of the wonderful places along 120 selected routes.”可知答案为C。]
3.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
A.The book What It Takes to Help Me Out is about troubled teens.
B.The book The Most Scenic Drives in America includes many pictures.
C.The friends Jedwin Smith made had the same bad experiences.
D.The Vietnamese guide，the former commander who himself killed Jedwin Smith's brother.
答案 D [推理判断题。由Our Brother's Keeper中的“Surprisingly，their Vietnamese guide was the former commander(海军中校)of the Viet Cong platoon carrying out the attack that killed Jeff.”可知，Jedwin Smith的弟弟的去世并非是the former commander直接所为，而是执行命令，是官方意志，故答案为D。]
4.Which book has many foreign editions (版本) according to the passage?
A.The Most Scenic Drives in America.
B.What It Takes to Help Me Out.
C.I Am a Pencil.
D.Our Brother's Keeper.
答案 A [细节理解题。从The Most Scenic Drives in America中“Updated(再版)and translated into several languages for the first time since 1997”可知A为正确答案。]
维B2 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)
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高考曾用材料：2012江西卷B篇
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