2021-2022年度8年级上原创首字母阅读训练（2） Day 1 The 1965 sci-fi novel (科幻小说) Dune, written by US writer Frank Herbert, is iconic (经典之作) to this day. B 1 Star Wars and A Game of Thrones got ideas from it. The latest film adaptation (改编) of the book, directed by Denis Villeneuve, was first s 2 at the Venice Film Festival in September, and will a 3 in Chinese mainland (大陆) cinemas on Oct 22. The film, like the book series, is about a desert planet called Arrakis. N 4 would want to live on Arrakis. It has no water. But it has something s 5 : “the spice”. It gives people godlike powers. It’s also needed for space travel. As a result, the w 6 galaxy (星系) wants spice. Getting the spice is d 7 . Giant sandworms (沙虫) hear the footsteps of people who dig up the spice. The worms eat them. This makes the spice very expensive. For this reason, different families want to c 8 Arrakis. Sounds exciting, right It should make a good movie, but o 9 Dune movies are not so beloved (受到喜爱). The last time someone made a Dune movie was in 1984. Back then, US film critic (评论人) Roger Ebert said there were too many characters and it was “a real mess”. So why can’t anyone make a good Dune movie US director David Cronenberg said making a good movie is d 10 from making a good book. “You need to betray (背叛) the book,” Cronenberg said. Day 2 Wu Lin, a 19-year-old college student, has found a good way to save money. Every week, she goes to a store selling near-expired (临期的) food, and r 1 to school with a bag of snacks. “These goods are usually s 2 at 30 percent to 50 percent of the market (市场) price and many of these goods are from big brands (品牌). I am really a big fan of them,” she said. Wu is not a 3 . Buying near-expired food at much cheaper prices has become a trend (趋势) a 4 many young Chinese people. China’s near-expired food market reached more than 30 billion (十亿) yuan in 2020 and 47.8 percent of the buyers are aged 26 to 35, said a report by iiMedia Research. On Taobao, there are nearly 10,000 stores selling near-expired goods. A 5 2.1 million people buy such food online every year, reported Xinhua. Near-expired goods that went uneaten and unsold (未售出的) play a big p 6 in food waste, reported Guangming Daily. “A great number of expired and near-expired goods went to waste. It was a great l 7 ,” said Li Yunjing, a salesperson at a shop in Anhui province. China s 8 the Anti-Food Waste Law (反食品浪费法) in April. It shows the need to save food. More young people are learning that food waste can harm (损害) the environment. Now many of them take p 9 in buying near-expired food, reported CGTN. Near-expired, not expired Some people worry whether near-expired food is safe to eat. Liu Shaowei, a researcher (研究员) from East China University of Science and Technology, said, “Near-expired goods haven’t expired yet. If they are stored well, there is no problem in their quality or s 10 People can feel safe eating them.” Day 3 ... ...
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