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"The Book That Can't Wait" is a great new idea that seeks to strengthen bonds between first time writers and their readers by getting their books read quickly.

Argentinean independent publishers Eterna Cadencia are publishing a collection of short stories by new South American authors using special ink that slowly disappears once it comes in contact with sun and air, completely vanishing within 2 months after the book has been opened. This makes for an interesting approach to motivating book buyers to read books more quickly, giving first-time authors the attention they need to survive.

"The Book That Can't Wait" tackles an important problem for new authors: How to get readers. The creative independent publishers teamed up with DRAFTFCB in the city of Buenos Aires to develop this project.

"Books are very patient objects. We buy them, and then they wait for us to read them. Days, months, even years. That's OK for books, but not for new authors. If people don't read their first book, they'll never make it to a second," says the project coordinator Tito Santana.

That's why Etema Cadencia, which also runs its own bookstore, has decided to create something different to launch its new authors into the market. It presented its first "The Book That Can't Wait" for the critics and the press last month. The invention is a success. Hundreds of people came to the bookstore to pick up a copy. To help spread the word, they gave away the first edition to customers for free. The very same day it was released, the publishing house claimed that it received thousands of requests for more copies of the book. So it will print a new edition later this month to satisfy the demand. And the best result? This time they have the guarantee that their new authors will be read. The company plans to use the book as a platform for other titles, because they believe there is a lot of literature out there that doesn't deserve to wait on the shelf. And these books won't wait at all.

31. The main purpose of publishing "The Book That Can't Wait" is

to___________.

A. sell more books

B. make it fun to read

C. invent a new kind of book

D. get new authors' books read quickly

32. The DRAFTFCB mentioned in Paragraph 3 is most probably__________.

A. an organization involved in the project

B. a new South American author

C. an independent bookstore

D. an area of Buenos Aires

33. By saying "Books are very patient objects" in Paragraph 4, Tito Santana

actually means______.

A. books never know when you read them

B. books must be read very carefully

C. books can usually be read at any time

D. books can sometimes have emotions

34. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Light and air can make the books disappear within two months.

B. The approach has only been applied to works of some new authors.

C. Books printed using the new technology have been best-sellers.

D. The company will publish all its books in the future using the new ink.

35. What is the author's attitude towards this new kind of book?

A. Approving.      B. Doubtful.

C. Uninterested.     D. Opposed.

C

At 10:35 a.m. on December 17, 1903, two brothers from Ohio flew the first successful airplane for 12 seconds and 120 feet along a beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. With Orville flying first, the brothers took turns as pilot, and they flew three more times that day. On their fourth try, they managed to go 852 feet in 59 seconds ——an amazing feat at the time. The two brothers had invented powered flight.

Orville and Wilbur Wright owned a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. Although they had not gone to school to learn about airplanes or engineering, they were good mechanics. By repairing bicycles, they had learned how gears and pulleys worked. They also learned to take careful notes about what they saw. Each time they made a new design and tested a machine, they took notes and made drawings. They would study these to figure out what they could do better the next time.

Before the Wright brothers flew, they did many things to prepare for this extraordinary achievement. They read everything they could find about air, balloons, and kites. Then they made careful sketches of what they wanted to build. They began by making model kites to learn how air flowed over wings. They made them bigger and bigger until they had a glider — a kite that is big enough to hold a person, but with no engine. The Wright brothers made three gliders before building their first airplane. Each time they made a glider, they would test it, make careful observations, and then improve their design.

When they made a glider that flew well, they added an engine. This step was harder than it sounds, because they had to find an engine that was both light-weight and powerful. The engines that they could buy were either too heavy or too weak, so they asked their friend Charlie Taylor to help them build one. The first engine that Charlie built broke almost immediately, but the second one worked well.

After Orville and Wilbur installed the engine in their plane, they were almost ready. They simply had to wait for the perfect day with just the fight amount of wind. On the morning of December 17, 1903, they had their chance. And the airplane flew into history.

36. What was the speed of the first flight?

A. 10 feet per second.                  B. 120 feet per minute.

C. 12 feet per second.                  D. 1200 feet per hour.

37. What can we learn about the Wright brothers from Paragraph 2?

A. They had little formal education.

B. They owned a successful business.

C. They were very thorough in their work.

D. They had experienced many failures.

38. The brothers constructed a number of kites in order to_________.

A. test the materials they would use for their plane

B. prove that building a flying machine was possible

C. see which shape could support the most weight

D. improve the design of their plane's wings

39. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The Wright brothers built all the parts of their first plane.

B. Wilbur Wright flew 852 feet on December 17, 1903.

C. There was no wind on the day the Wright brothers flew.

D. Orville Wright went on to become a professional pilot.