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第二部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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The best science fiction books of 2021
We take a look at the most exciting new science-fiction books of 2021. No matter what kind of science fiction fan you are, we're sure you'll find something to add to your reading list.
The Saints of Salvation
By Peter F. Hamilton
The Olyix have laid siege(围攻)to Earth, harvesting people for their god. Cities are ruined by their weapons and millions have either fled to ek refuge in space or are fighting a war that ems unwinnable. As Earth's defeat draws ever clor, a team are nt to enter the Olyix's air-ship cretly. Their plan? This is the final science fiction in Peter F. Hamilton's extremely surprising ries The Salvation Sequence.
A Desolation Called Peace
By Arkady Martine
This impressive quel(续集)to Arkady Martine's Hugo Award-winning science fiction book es the Teixcalaanli Empire facing an alien threat which could bring about its completepower是什么意思 kataradoubtsdestruction. Fleet captain Nine Hibiscus nds a person to negotiate with the mysterious invaders
Jack Four
By Neal Asher
Jack Four-one of twenty human clones-has been created to be sold. His purchars are the aliens and they only want him for their experimentation program. But there is something mypleasuredifferent about Jack. No clone should posss the knowledge that's been loaded into his mind.
Rabbits
By Terry Miles
Rabbits is a cret, dangerous and sometimes deadly underground game. The rewards for winning are unclear, but there are rumors of money or it might unlock the univer's greatest crets. Everyone knows that the deeper you get, the more deadly the game becomes-and the body count is rising. Since the game first started, ten rounds have taken place. The eleventh round is about to begin, and what happens in the game, stays in the game
21. What can we know about The Saints of Salvation?
A. It's about the war among people on earth. B. The Olyix are defeated in the end.
C. It belongs to The Salvation Sequence. D. It's the last novel of Peter F. Hamilton.
22. What does Nine Hibiscus do to save Teixcalaanli Empire?
A. He gives the alien a complete destruction. B. He lets someone negotiate with the alien.
C. He fights against the alien bravely.ipd D. He makes the alien face a threat.
23. Where can the text be found?
A. In a book recommendation. B. In an art magazine.
C. In a biography. D. In a novel.
B
Jamin Crow waited silently for the bull moo(麋鹿)to turn and face him. In the cold, the teen stood with his gun resting on a branch. He waited and waited. Then the moo turned, and his brother started to yell, "Shoot!" If Crow didn't shoot, his brother would. So Crow took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. "I look at my brother and he's giving me the happiest look I've ever en," he says.
Crow lives in Bethel, in the remote region of Alaska. For generations, his family has practiced subsistence(生存)hunting to get food on the table. The process hasn't changed much. The Crows u motor boats and snowmobiles to get to their moo camp, which rves as a home ba while they're on hunting trips. "Food is very expensive here. You
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hummingbirdhave to ship拉丁文在线翻译 everything up," Crow says. "We don't go out just for the antlers(鹿角). We're not looking for prize; we're not hunting for something big. We're looking for meat to feed our families.linger"
Crow is one of three Alaska Native students-along with Kaylee King and Ethan Lin-coin-who recorded their hunting tradition before they graduated last spring. Their recordmelty was chon as a finalist in this year's NPR Student Record Challenge. The three students say hunting helped them get through the isolation of the pandemic, when their schools and many other activities like sports were shut down becau of COVID-19. The students explain that, as time goes by, fewer and fewer people are practicing hunting.
"It makes me really sad becau the way we ud to do things is so different from how we do them now," Crow says. "Even our language is slowly fading away." For the students, the practice of hunting allows them to connect with older generations. "Whenever I go out hunting with my granny, I'm always hearing past stories about when my dad was a kid and he went hunting or my late grandpa how he would just take the family up," Crow says.
24. What is the function of the first paragraph?
A. To reach a conclusion. B. To summarize the essay.
C. To provide background information. D. To introduce the major character in the essay.
25. What can be inferred from the hunting tradition?
A. It is popular with the youth. B. It is hard to give up the tradition.
C. It is tough to keep this tradition alive. D. It is vital to share the tradition with friends.
