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Unit2A lifesworkI.阅读理解AFantasy isone of the mostwell-known-and well-loved-book genres.We rounded up dozens of bookrecommendationsfor incrediblefantasy series with the hope that magic will find its way into your heart and ontoyourbookshelves.Earthsea Cycleby UrsulaK.Le GuinWhat youre in for:Character-driven fantasyTheseries startertells thestory ofSparrowhawk,a youngand confidentboy whogrows into the great（术土）wizard Ged.But betweenthe firstand lastpages ofthis coming-of-age story,there areadventures with adragon and that wholebusiness ofreleasing ashadow creatureinto theworld.What youre infor:Parallel worldsand dynamiccharactersKell hasbeen raisedalongside theroyal familyof RedLondon,and heserves as an ambassador.He（走possesses themagical abilityto travelthrough parallelLondons,which heuses tohis benefitasasmuggler私者）.In magiclessGrey London,he collideswith thiefDelilah Bard,whose requestfor helpin savingall theworld kicks off an adventurefull ofrichly craftedcharacters andfascinating settings.Discworld byTerry PratchettWhatyoureinfor:Lots oflaughs anda vastimaginationDive intoThe Colorof Magicto meetRincewind,a wizard.He liveswithin theDiscworld.And yethere isTwoflower,Discworld sfirst visitor,who sdetermined to see everythingand whohas arrivedwith hisownmulti-legged luggage.A lot of fantasy series books are as imaginative as Pratchett s,but feware asgenuinelyfunny as his.l.What doesthe textintend to doA.Show fantasymagic.B.Attract morereaders.C.Promote bookshelves.D.Introduce threeauthors.
2.What ismentioned inboth EarthseaCycle andShades ofMagicA.Having adventurousexperiences.B.Launching illegalbusiness.C.Fighting witha violentcreature.D.Leading amiserable childhood.
3.What makesDiscworld differentfrom manyother fantasybooksA.Vast imaginations.B.Genius characters.C.Lots oflaughs.D.Special abilities.On February20th,the science fiction magazineClarkesworld wasforced to stop acceptingany newarticlesfrom writers after it was flooded with Al-written stories.“By thetime weclosed on the20th,we hadreceived500human-written storiesand700Al-written onesJsaid editor-in-chief Neil Clarke.It wasincreasing atsuch aspeed that we figuredthat bythe endof themonth,we wouldhave doubledthe numberof articleswe normallyhave.The ratehad beengrowing frompreviousmonths,and wewere concernedthat wehad todo somethingtostopit.”Worries aboutAI misusehave frequentlyappeared inheadlines recently,particularly sincethe launchofChatGPT inNovember,2022,which cannot onlyanswer abroad rangeof questions,but alsocreate originalpoemsand stories.Clarke saidmagazines likehis,which paycontributors for their work,were being targeted bypeople tryingtomake quickmoney.He said he had already spoken to editors of other magazines andthat all of them had agreed tostop acceptingAl-written articles.He alsoadmitted that the humorof hissci-fi magazinebeingtargeted by AIrobotsis notlost onhim.（吉祥物）“You know,our mascotis arobot.So wesee theirony,“he said.But the thing is that sciencefictionis oftenintended togive awarning topeople.We dont celebratetechnology justbecause itexists.We wanttomake surethat we re usingit right.And there are somesignificant legaland moralissues aroundthistechnology thatwere not ready to accept.”Clarke said the magazinedidn tknow howto dealwith theissue,and partof themotivation tospeak outwasin thehope offinding somesolutions.He alsosaidthequality ofthe Al-written storieswas verypoor.
4.What sthe matterwith themagazine ClarkesworldA.It willclose downforever.B.It wastargetedbyAI writers.C.It stoppedpaying contributors.D.It haslost manygood authors.
5.What canwe inferabout othermagazines attitudeto theAl-written storiesA.Disapproving.B.Favorable.C.Unknown.D.Tolerant.
6.What doesNeil Clarkesay aboutscience fictionA.It oftenintends to find somesolutions.B.It welcomesthe existingnew technologies.C.It willaccept Al-written storiesin thenear future.D.It oftentries towarn ofthe darkside oftechnologies.
7.Where isthis textmost likelyfromA.A notice.B.A sciencefiction.C.A newsreport.D.A bookreview.n.完形填空Officer Dallas Baldwin wason dutyin FranklinCounty office.When anolder resident]demanding tospeakwith Deputy Kevin Lovett,he hada little
2.As it turned out,96-year-old Mary Trent wasnot callingto
3.Instead,Deputy Kevin Lovett hadgone alloutto help her out of trouble,and shewas determined to shinea lightof4on his good deed!“I wasrecently5when Igot aflat tire,“Mary toldthe officerthat Kevinspared noeffort to6her on theroadside/He layflat onthe groundto lookunder mycar for7she explained.What areyou going todo for him^^Dallas musthave been8by herinsistence,because heand Deputy Kevin Lovett9by visitingMary atherresidence topresent herwithaSheriff sCoin.When theyarrived,Mary evenhadagift basketready to10her angel”.The officerswere11thatMary notonly noticedtheir smallacts ofservice thatoften gounnoticed butthat shewent beyondtoacknowledge it
12.They thankedMary for13them withher gratitudeand spirit.What agreat reminderof howourheroes work14to keepthings runningsmoothly everyday——and ofhow muchitLA.dropped inB.rang upC.settled downD.looked around
2.A.fun C.fear B.curiosity
3.A.complain D.embarrassmentC.inspect B.entertain
4.A.declaration D.bargainC.recognition B.observation
5.A.walking□.reservationC.playing B.riding
6.A.satisfy D.drivingC.assist B.pick
7.A.damage D.defendC.shelter B.safety
8.A.tricked D.reliefC.amused B.inspired
9.A.responded
0.disturbedC.changed B.released
10.A.name D.agreedC.respect B.getll.A.hopeful D.giveC.careful B.grateful
12.A.publicly D.regretfulB.casuallymeans to show15for theirefforts!A littlesure goesa longway!C.quietly D.naturally
13.A.comforting B.forgivingC.blessing D.encouraging
14.A.behind thescenes B.onthestageC.in theback rowD.onthespot
15.A.consideration B.appreciationC.anxiety D.sympathym.读后续写阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文“Oh,no!”Jack shoutedwhile lookingatthelikes andcomments onhis recentTikTok video.“Why arent peoplereacting tomy contentas theyused to”Jack wasa19-year-old strongand muscularman addictedto thegym.He lovedrecording exercisevideos（）and postingthem onhis TikTokaccount.Initially,his videologs vlogswere popular,but hisposts reachsoondecreased.Jack wonderedwhy peoplehad stoppedsharing andliking his videos JMaybemy audienceis tiredofwatching mework out in thegym Jhe thought,determinedtochange thelocation ofhisvideos.The followingday,Jack wenttotheneighborhood parkand beganfilming whilewalking onthetrack.“Hi,guys!How aboutshaking thingsup alittler mto workoutinthe parktoday!”he said（镜头）.excitedly,looking intothe cameralens（长椅）“Let slook fora goodspot towarm up,“he saidas hewalked towardsa bench,on whichsat anelderly lady Jackthought the bench wasthe perfectplace tofilm hisvideo becauseofthelight.（三脚架）He puthis tripodstand onthebenchand setthe camera,but hefelt likehe neededthe fullbench.He wantedto placehis camerawhere the lady sat,so hegestured to her tomove,but thewoman didn tseem tounderstand.“Get outof myway!”he yelled/Can,tyousee Tm filminga videoYouold fool!”Looking himup anddownin surprise,the oldlady didnt argueover hisdisrespectful attitudeand quietlywalked towardsanotherbench.Jack sethis cameraup,pressed therecord button and wavedat hisfollowers,ready todemonstrateexercises.Suddenly,he trippedonaloose stone,lost balanceand felldown,his headstriking thebench andbleedingheavily.Crying inpain,Jack triedto getup,but hedidnthave thestrength torise.He collapsedon theground,screaming desperatelyfor help.注意.续写词数应为个左右；
1150.请按如下格式作答2There wasnobody aroundbut theelderly lady.To Jacks joy,a netfriend senta messagesaying wherethe ladylived.Unit2A lifeswork.【语篇解读】本文是一则广告文章推荐了几本畅销的科幻小说1推理判断题根据第一段中的
1.B Weroundedupdozensofbook recommendationsfor incrediblefantasy.”可以推断，写本serieswiththehopethatmagicwillfinditswayintoyourheartandonto yourbookshelves文的目的是为了吸引读者推理判断题根据一书的介绍中的和
2.A EarthseaCycle“thereareadventures witha dragon”Shades of一书的介绍中的可知，两本书Magic“whose requestfor helpin savingall theworldkicksoffanadventure”的共同点是主角都有历险经历故选项A细节理解题根据第三本书中的介绍“
3.C Alotoffantasyseriesbooksare asimaginativeasPratchett,可知,这本书更加有趣味性，使得其与其他奇幻书籍不同s,but fewareasgenuinely funnyashis.”【语篇解读】本文是一篇新闻报道报道介绍了享誉全球的科幻杂志狄最近受作品的影响，AI不得不暂停接受新稿件细节理解题第一段提到
4.B“On February20th,the sciencefiction magazineClarkesworld wasforced to由此判断，杂志stop acceptingany newarticles fromwritersafteritwasfloodedwithAl-written stories.是被写手逼得不得不暂停接受新稿件Clarkeswor/d AI推理判断题第四段提至『
5.A Hesaidhehad alreadyspokentoeditorsofothermagazinesandthatallof由此判断，其他杂志对生成的作品持否定态度themhadagreedtostop acceptingAl-written articles.AI故选项A细节理解题第五段提到“
6.D Butthethingisthatsciencefictionis oftenintended togive”,由此判断,认为科幻杂志经常试图向人们警告科技的a...thatwerenotreadytoaccept.NeilClarke黑暗面故选项D推理判断题文章第一段交代了事情发生的时间，由此判断,这是一篇新闻报道故选项
7.C C【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文文章主要讲述对警察的帮助表示感谢的II.Mary DallasBaldwin故事，及其带来的影响与思考根据可知，居民打电话来找副警长
1.B“speak withDeputyKevin Lovett”Kevin Lovetto根据下文可知，警官
2.C Asitturnedout,96-year-old MaryTrent wasnot callingto接到居民电话，害怕是投诉电话DallasBaidwin根据下文可知，警官
3.A“DeputyKevin Lovett hadgone allout tohelpheroutoftrouble”KevinLovett全力帮助岁的脱离困境,因此她打电话来不是投诉96MaryTrent根据可知,打电话来是对的善行表示赞赏
4.C onhisgooddeed MaryTrent KevinLovett根据可知,开着车时，轮胎没气了
5.D“when Igot aflat tire”Mary根据可知,不遗余力地帮助修车
6.C“spared noeffort”Kevin Mary根据可知,平躺在地上查看车底受损情况
7.A“got aflat tire”Kevin根据下文可知，
8.B“because heand DeputyKevinLovettby visitingMary ather residence”受到坚持不懈的激励,和去了她的住处Mary DallasKevinLovett根据上文可知，他们做出的回应是两人一起去了的住处
9.A“What areyougoingtodoforhim”Mary根据句意可知,甚至给她心目中的“天使”准备了一个礼品篮
10.D Mary根据下文可知,警官们非
11.B“They thankedMary for them withher gratitudeand spirit.“常感激根据下文可知,将警官们的善行公
12.A“how muchit meanstoshowfor theirefforts”Mary之于众根据下文可知，警官们感谢用自己的感恩之心和精神对他们进行
13.D“her gratitudeand spirit”Mary鼓励根据上文可知，警官们是幕后英雄，他们每天
14.A“their smallacts ofservice thatoften gounnoticed”默默无闻地工作，让一切顺利进行根据全文叙述可知，警察付出的努力需要得到人们的认可和感激，此事意义非凡
15.BIII.There wasnobody aroundbut theelderlylady.She hurriedto himand bentdown tocheck hisinjurykGod!”she gasped.“Don tmove.r11help you,son.Looking ather kindfacejack graduallylost consciousness.Havingcalled anambulance,the ladytended tohis woundscarefully.Not untilJack cameto andfound himselfand hisbelongingsin anemergency roomdid helearn thatthe ladyhad contactedhis familyand quietlyleft.Overwhelmed byher virtuejackwas desperatetofindher.Fortunately,the rescuescene waswholly recordedbyhis camera.He postedthe videoonline,requesting cluesso thathe couldsay thanksand sorrytoher.To Jacks joy,a netfriend senta messagesaying wherethe ladyWith gifts,Jack headedforthelady shome.Answering thedoor,theladywas surprisedbut immediatelygot awareof whatwas goingon.She gaveJack a」hug,saying smilingly/So gladtoseeyou well,son.”Sorry camefor apologies.!behaved sorudely...and thanksforyour help.Otherwise...”Jack choked,ashamed andgrateful/Treat othersas youd liketo betreated.Everythingwill changeforthebetter.I havefaith inyou Jshe comfortedthe youngman affectionately.The incidentdramaticallytransformed Jack,who becamehelpful,friendly andpopular.。
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