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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012),American
herself only in white and spent most of her time inside her room.She
It is 24th century America.People can't read or own books,as
started writing poems at around this time.Her initial forays(最初的
UNIT 8
LITERATURE
books are against the law.The population gets all their information
尝试)were conventional(有争议的)but later on,she experimented
from the television.Guy Montag is a fireman.Firemen don't stop
until she developed her own unique style.
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fires;they start them.They burn books at a temperature of 451
The 1860s contributed greatly to Emily Dickinson's writing
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第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)
degrees.One day Montag meets young Clarisse,who makes him
style and content.The US Civil War broke out in 1861;her closest
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question the society he lives in.Soon Montag gets interested in the
friends Samuel Bowles moved to Europe for health reasons,and
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最
books he is supposed to destroy.
Charles Wadsworth was relocated to San Francisco.In addition,she
佳选项。
1.Which book describes Winston and Julia's love?
also had a persistent eye trouble.Although these years were very
A.The Handmaid's Tale.
B.Nineteen Eighty-Four
troublesome for Dickinson,this could also be considered as the most
必
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1939-),Canadian
C.Brave New World.
D.Fahrenheit 451.
productive period of her life.During this time,Emily Dickinson
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Because of pollution,many women are infertile(不育的).New
2.What can we learn about Brave New World?
wrote around 800 poems.
架
如
laws create the job of handmaid,a woman who can have babies for
A.It was written in 1894.
Emily Dickinson never married and died on May 15,1886.Her
rich families.This is the story of Offred,a handmaid.Offred works
B.It is set in 24th century America.
poems were published by her sister,Lavinia in 1886.During her
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for Fred and his family.She wonders if she can get away,and she
C.It describes a society witho