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2024届湖南省怀化市等高三下学期三模英语试卷

一、阅读理解

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AlienClaybyAdrianTchaikovsky

OnthedistantworldofKilnlietheruinsofanaliencivilization.Agreatmysteryawaitshumans:whowerethebuildersandwherearetheynow?ThesequestionsbecomerealforProfessorArtonDaghdev,exiled(流放)fromEarthtoKiln’soff-worldlabourcampduetohismistake.Facingtheplanet’sdangerousecosystem,Artonfightsforsurvival.

StoriesofYourLifeandOthersbyTedChiang

Asci-ficlassicinabrand-newedition.FromahighBabyloniantowerthatconnectsaflatEarthtotheskyabove,toanalienlanguagethatchallengesourverysenseoftimeandreality,Chiang’suniqueimaginationinvitesreaderstoquestiontheirunderstandingoftheuniverseandtheirplaceinit.

WarBodiesbyNealAsher

Inaworldruledbyrobots,theCyberatfacearebellion(叛乱)whenthehumanPolityarrives.Piper,raisedasaweapon,seekshelpfromthePolityafterhisparentsarecaughtbyenemies.Aswarworsens,Pipermustfacethepuzzlingtechnologyimplantedinhisownbody.Itcouldeitherendtheirfightorcauseseriousconsequences.Thefutureofcivilizationhangsinthebalanceasthebattleunfolds.

IntheLivesofPuppetsbyTJKlune

Inastrangelittlehomebuiltintothebranchesofaforestlivethreerobots.VicLawson,ahuman,livestheretoo.ThedayVicrepairsanunfamiliarandroidlabelled“HAP”,helearnsofasharedcriminalpastbetweentherobots—apastspentinhuntinghumans.Therobots,oncehiddenandsafe,arenowexposed.

1.Whichbookexplorestherelationsbetweenhumansandtheuniverse?

A．AlienClay.

B．IntheLivesofPuppets.

C．WarBodies.

D．StoriesofYourLifeandOthers.

2.Whosebookuncoversthecrimedonebyrobotstohumans?

A．AdrianTchaikovsky’s.

B．TedChiang’s.

C．NealAsher’s.

D．TJKlune’s.

3.Whoisthetextprobablyintendedfor?

A．Bookreviewers.

B．Sci-filovers.

C．Universeresearchers.

D．Robotdevelopers.

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