II. Cloze:Choose the item that best completes the passage.(10 分)
Part A.
Nobody likes a bully—but these days the book industry loves having
them to kick around.
Publishing houses are flooding the market with titles that tackle bullying,
and these books 41 all age groups—from “Bully,” a picture book for
children, to “Sticks and Stones,” a recent release for adults that includes both
stories and analysis. According to WorldCat, the number of English-language
books 42 with the key word “bullying” in 2012 was 1,891, an increase
of 500 in a decade. There are more to come, said Elizabeth Bird, who tracks
trends for youth collections at the New York Public Library. “Bullying has
always been a popular topic, but this year, we 43 bullying titles
coming out as never before, and there is no end in sight.”
The publishing world’s 44 with bullies does not end at the
bookshelf. Several publishing houses have started antibullying campaigns
built around their books. Many authors 45 action as well. Two
young-adult authors, Morgan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones, assembled an
anthology of personal essays on bullying by 70 prominent writers. Ms. Hall
and Ms. Jones also formed a Facebook site called Young Adult Authors
Against Bullying that identifies cruel Facebook pages and lobbies to have
them removed.
【題組】45. (A)took (B) take (C) will take (D) have taken