UNIT 9 HUMAN BIOLOGY 全卷满分120分 考试用时100分钟 第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins($27.95) With the flight of its characters through a landscape destroyed by climate crisis, this novel does not indicate much hopefulness for the future. Within it is a series of situations and consequences made more severe in a future California short of water. Across the desert, we follow Watkins’ characters through a place which is so transformed that it needs its own field guide of animals newly adapted for strange survival. The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson($28) The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a deserted world, but a future that is almost upon us. This extraordinary novel from the visionary science fiction writer will change the way you think about the climate crisis. Breathing Fire by Jaime Lowe($27) The front line of the fight against climate change is peopled with those society has forgotten. Up to 30 percent of the firefighters battling the wildfire in California each year are prisoners performing backbreaking labor while earning 40% of what a civilian makes. This book follows six female prisoner firefighters and their worried families, looking into the human cost of the environmental crisis. Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman($28) In Alexandra Kleeman’s new novel, a novelist new to Los Angeles teams up with a former child actor to investigate a conspiracy(阴谋). But this is L.A., where wildfires burn all year long and the rich store water while the poor suffer from the consequences of the climate crisis. Human weakness is pushing the city toward a disaster. 1.Which category does Breathing Fire belong to A.Science fiction. B.Plays. C.Non fiction. D.Biography. 2.What is Alexandra Kleeman A.A novelist. B.An actor. C.A firefighter. D.A minister. 3.What do the listed books have in common A.They are on sale. B.They show concern over the climate. C.They are intended for teenagers. D.They are set in California. B Yu Chenrui, 31, is a fantastic maker of automata. On social media, Spooner, a famous British automata artist, applauded Yu as “a great practitioner”. Interested in handcrafts as a boy, Yu first encountered automata at an exhibition in 2015 when he studied at the Communication University of China in Beijing. “It is like meeting a like minded friend,” Yu says, recalling the moment. When he graduated in 2016,Yu landed a job at an advertising agency near Shichahai, where he stayed for three years, because, at that time, he was not sure whether he could make a living out of his hobby. While working as a designer, Yu kept exploring and advancing his skills in woodcarving and mechanics. Every day ... ...
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