Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the USA today. Thousands of books __1__this begin with __2__ that start with the words "how to". Many of "how to " books __3__ advice on careers. They tell you how to __4__ a career and how to __5__ it. If you fail, __6__, you can buy a book called How to Turn Failure into Success. If you never make any money __7__, you need a book called How to Live on Nothing.
One of the most popular types of books is one that __8__ you with personal problems. If you are unhappy with your __9__, you can read How to Love Every Minute of Your Life. If you are tired of books on __10__, you may prefer a book called How to Make Yourself Sad.
Many of these books help people use their __11__ time better. Some people __12__ books which will give them __13__ information about sports, hobbies and travel. __14__ people use their free time to make __15__ and improvements on their homes. They like books which given __16__ instructions on how to repair things.
__17__ have "how to" books become so __18__? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more problems to __19__. "How to" books help people __20__ modern life.
1.A. as    B. like     C. of       D. about
2.A. books      B. sentences    C. words D. titles
3.A. give B. take    C. follow      D. suggest
4.A. pick B. search C. find    D. choose
5.A. get into   B. take part into     C. succeed in D. fail in
6.A. however B. but      C. besides     D. otherwise
7.A. for all     B. in all   C. at all D. all too
8.A. gets B. helps   C. does    D. deals
9.A. book       B. study  C. work   D. life
10.A. sadness  B. happiness   C. anger  D. violence
11.A. free       B. busy   C. working     D. meaningful
12.A. lose       B. sell     C. use    D. want
13.A. little      B. much  C. useful D. useless
14.A. Other    B. Others C. The other   D. The others
15.A. money   B. fun     C. cleaning     D. repairs
16.A. one-by one   B. step-by-step       C. little-by-little     D. day-by-day
17.A. Why     B. How   C. When  D. Where
18.A. good     B. little   C. popular      D. bad
19.A. answer  B. do      C. work out    D. solve
20.A. go away with       B. deal with    C. take with    D. fight with
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1. B。“像……一樣”應(yīng)該是like。
2. D。從定語(yǔ)從句的意思可以看出，此空應(yīng)填入titles（標(biāo)題）。
3. A。書(shū)應(yīng)該是“給出”建議。
4. D。從前面句子的意思來(lái)看，這種“how to ” books能告訴我們“選擇”職業(yè)。
5. C。這種書(shū)能告訴我們?cè)鯓訐駱I(yè)和怎樣成為一名成功者。
6. A。從前后兩句的意思來(lái)看，應(yīng)該是表示轉(zhuǎn)折，而且又有逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)。
7. C。此句是否定句，所以用at all來(lái)加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣。
8. B。從其后面的 with personal problems可以看出，應(yīng)該是help somebody with something。
9. D。從空缺處后面的you can read How to Love Every Minute of Your Life可以看出，這里應(yīng)該是如果對(duì)“生活”不愉快的話(huà)。就去讀How to Love Every Minute of Your Life。
10. B。從you may prefer a book called How to Make Yourself Sad可以看出，此空應(yīng)該是表示“快樂(lè)”的意思。
11. A。從下一句中的sports, hobbies and travel可以判斷出，有許多書(shū)幫助人們更好的利用他們的“業(yè)余”時(shí)間。
12. D。“買(mǎi)”有關(guān)體育、嗜好、旅游等方面的書(shū)。
13. C。提供“有用的”信息(from www.nmet168.com)。
14. B。前一句是some，后面當(dāng)然要用other，因?yàn)檫@里的 people是表示泛指的。
15. D。從and后的improvements可以判斷出，此空應(yīng)該是指房屋的“維修”。
16. B。從句意來(lái)看，人們喜歡就怎樣維修給出“一步一步”說(shuō)明的書(shū)。
17. A。從下一句中的because應(yīng)該受到啟發(fā)。
18. C。從文章前面的意思可以看出，這種 “how to” books是“流行的”。
19. D。problem只能是solve(from www.nmet168.com)。
20. B。這種“how to” books能幫助人們“應(yīng)付”現(xiàn)代生活。
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