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高考英语真题阅读理解精读2023mis年全国乙卷】[2023If youwant totell thehistory of the wholeworld,a historythat doesnot privilegeone part of humanity,youcannot doit throughtexts alone,because onlysome of the worldhasever hadtexts,while mostof theworld,for mostof thetime,7has not.Writing isone ofhumanity slater achievements,and until(有文字的)fairly recentlyeven manyliterate societiesrecorded theirconcernsnot onlyin writingbut inthings.Ideally a history wouldbring togethertexts andobjects,andsome chaptersof thisbook areable todo justthat,but inmanycases wesimply cant.The clearestexample ofthis between literateand non-literate historyis perhapsthe firstconflict,at BotanyBay,between CaptainCook svoyage and the AustralianAboriginals.7From theEnglish side,we havescientific reportsand thecaptain srecordof thatterrible day.From the Australian side,we haveonly a(盾)wooden shielddropped bya manin flightafter hisfirstexperience ofgunshot.If wewant toreconstruct whatwas actuallygoingon thatday,the shieldmust bequestionedand interpretedas deeplyand strictlyas thewrittenreports.In additionto theproblem ofmiscomprehension frombothsides,there arevictories accidentallyor deliberatelytwisted,especially whenonly thevictors knowhow towrite.Those whoareon thelosing sideoften haveonly theirthings totell theirstories.The CaribbeanTaino,theAustralianAboriginals,the Africanpeopleof Beninand theIncas,all ofwhom appearin thisbook,can speaktous nowof theirpast achievementsmost powerfullythrough theobjectsthey made:ahistorytold throughthings givesthem backa(联系)voice.When weconsider contactbetweenliterateandnon-literate societiessuch asthese,all ourfirst-hand accountsarenecessarily twisted,only onehalf ofa dialogue.If weare tofind theotherhalf ofthat conversation,we haveto readnot justthe texts,but theobjects.
12.What isthe firstparagraph mainlyaboutA.How pastevents shouldbe presented.B.What humanityis concernedabout.C.Whether factsspeak louderthan words.・D Whywritten languageis reliable.
13.What doesthe authorindicate bymentioning CaptainCook inparagraph2A.His reportwas scientific.B.He representedthe localpeople.C.He ruledover BotanyBay.D.His recordwas one-sided.
14.What doesthe underlinedword conversation”in paragraph3refer toA.Problem.B.History.C.Voice.D.Society.
15.Which of the followingbooks isthe textmost likelyselectedfromA.How MapsTell Storiesof theWorldB.A ShortHistory ofAustraliaC.A HistoryoftheWorld in100ObjectsD.How ArtWorks TellStoriesA DB C,(振动)Sitting in the gardenfor myfriend sbirthday.I felta buzz7in mypocket.My heartraced whenI sawthe email sender sname.7The emailstarted off:Dear MrGreen,thank youfor yourinterest7andthereview processtook longerthan expected/It endedwith/z n(模糊).We aresorry toinform you...and myvision blurredTheposition—measuring soilquality in the SaharaDesert aspartofanundergraduate researchprogramme—had feltlike theanswer Ihadspent yearslooking for.I hadput somuch timeand emotionalenergy intoapplying,and Ithought therejection meantthe endoftheroad formyscience career.So I was shockedwhen,not longafter theemail,Professor MaryDevon,who wasrunning theprogramme,invited me to observethework beingdone inher lab.I jumpedat thechance,and afew一weeks laterI wasequally shocked-and overjoyedwhen sheinvitedme totalk withher aboutpotential projectsI couldpursuein herlab.What sheproposed didnt seemas excitingas theoriginalproject I had applied to butI wasgoing togive itmy all.zI foundmyself workingwith arobotics professoron techniquesforcollecting datafrom thedesert remotely.That project,which Icouldcomplete frommy sofainstead ofintheburning heatof thedesert,not onlysurvived thelockdown butworked wheretraditionalmethods didnt.In the end,Ihada newscientificinterest topursue.When Iappliedtograduate school,I foundthree programmespromisingto allowmetofollow mydesired researchdirection.AndI appliedwith thesame anxiousexcitement asbefore.When Iwasrejected fromone thathad seemedlike aperfect fit,it was(视角)undoubtedly difficultBut thistime Ihad theperspective tokeepit fromsending meinto panic.It helpedthat intheendI wasacceptedinto oneoftheother programmesIwasalso excitedaboutRatherthan settingplans instone,r velearned thatsometimes Ineedto takethe opportunitiesthat areoffered,even ifthey dontsound perfectat thetime,and makethe mostof them.
24.How didthe authorfeel uponseeing theemailsenders nameA.Anxious.B.Angry.C.Surprised.D.Settled.
25.After talkingwith ProfessorDevon,the authordecided to・A.criticise thereview processB.stay longerintheSahara DesertC.apply tothe originalproject againD.put hisheart andsoul intothe labwork
26.According tothe author,the projectwith therobotics professorwas.A.demandingB.inspiringC.misleadingD.amusing
27.What canwe learnfrom thispassageA.An invitationis areputation.B.An innovationis aresolution.C.A rejectioncan bea redirection.D.A reflectioncan bea restriction.A DB C。
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