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Do you know about a series of books that say they are fordummies? These American self-help books have been translated intomore than thirty-nine languages including Chinese, Arabic, Russian, French, German, Greek and Spanish.
“Dummy " is a word for a stupid person. The dummy books arenot really for stupid people. They are designed to show people howto do something they may never have tried before, like painting ahouse or learning a language. The books all say in a funny way thatthey are for dummies, such as World History for Dummies, Rabbitsfor Dummies, Chinese Cooking for Dummies, and Wedding Planningfor Dummies. The first such book, DOS for Dummies, was publishedin 1991. It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for computers. Since then, more than one hundred and fiftymillion dummy books have been sold.
The dummies, com website explains the idea behind the books. It says that they show that people can be taught to do anything. Firstthey can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand. Thenthey show how the information can be interesting and easy. Thepublishers say that the books do not provide more information thannecessary. They give readers just enough information to do whatthey want. They say that the dummy books give the best and easiestway to do something. And the books use simple and easy language.
There are more than one thousand different dummy books. Areport in New York Times says that the top-selling dummy books arethose that explain technology and personal finance.
The publishers say that the best-selling dummy books are thoseproviding information many people need—like information aboutdiseases, education and cooking. People interested in opera, car re-pair and wine can also find dummy books to help them. And thereare even more dummy books to come. The publishers say that theypublish about two hundred new dummy books every year.
Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A.Books for Dummies
B.The Easiest, the Best
C.Books for Stupid People
D.New Ideas behind the Books

According to the dummies, com website, people can __________ withthe help of dummy books.

A.do some personal things
B.learn any foreign language
C.become expert in cooking
D.do anything they want

The dummy books have been popular because __________.

A.they provide just what is needed and are easy to understand
B.they provide abundant information on the concerning subject
C.people can learn to do anything with just one copy
D.people can save lots of money through self-teaching

According to New York Times, we know that books on __________ sell best.

A.diseases and education
B.opera and car repairing
C.technology and personal finance
D.cooking and world history
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