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高二下学期期末实战模拟卷八　 　[主题阅读６]人与社会———科幻文学 (时间４０分钟,满分５０分) Ⅰ．阅读理解(共１５小题;每小题２．５分,满分３７．５分) A ClimateSciencefiction (cliＧfi)authorshavebeenexploringtheimpactofweatherＧ goneＧwildfordecades．Hereareafewofthemthatstilringtruetoday． TheCrystalWorld J．G．BalardisoftenconsideredthegodfatherofcliＧfi．ThefamousBritishauthor􀆳s novelsofthe１９６０s,includingTheBurningWorld,TheDrownedWorldandTheWind FromNowhere,imagineterribleclimateＧbaseddisasters． Butthey􀆳realtoogentleinnaturecomparedwithhisfirsttrulymaturework,The CrystalWorld．Inasense,TheCrystalWorldisahorrornovel－insteadofthehorror happeningtoaperson,it􀆳shappeningtoEarth． Hothouse BrianAldiss􀆳Hothouse—aseriesofshortstoriespublishedin１９６２－remainsoneof themostextremevisionsofclimatechange．Init,Earthofthefurthestfuturehaschanged socompletelythatit􀆳snearlyunrecognizable．Humansstruggletosurviveinthisstrange worldofheatwaves—which,admittedly,isn􀆳tveryscientificalypossiblebutisalthe morewonderfulbecauseofAldiss􀆳unboundimagination． TheIceSchooner TheclimatechangeinMichaelMoorcock􀆳s１９６９novelTheIceSchoonerismanＧmade inadifferentway:It􀆳scausedbyalong,extremewinterthatsettlesaroundEarthfolowＧ inganuclearwar．Thebookpresentsaworldwhereanewiceagehasresultedinafrozen planet．There􀆳snothingscientificaboutMoorcock􀆳ssetting．Butitdoeswarn,initsown way,ofthedisastrousclimatechangethathumanitycanbringtotheworld． Ice AnnaKavan􀆳sIce,likeBalard􀆳sTheCrystalWorld,isfiledwithfarmoresymbolＧ ismthanthetypicalearlycliＧfinovel．InthefreezingenvironmentofKavan􀆳s１９６７book,a nuclearwarhasledtomassiveglobalclimatechangethathasturnedtheworldintoanother Siberia． １．Whichbookcontainsthemostfrighteningscenes? A．TheBurningWorld． B．TheDrownedWorld． C．TheCrystalWorld． D．TheWindFromNowhere． ２．WhowroteHothouse? A．AnnaKavan． B．BrianAldiss． C．J．G．Balard． D．MichaelMoorcock． ３．Whatdothelasttwonovelshaveincommon? A．Theyarebasedonscientificevidence．B．Theywerepublishedinthesameyear． C．Theyareaboutheatwavesintheworld．D．Theyimaginetheresultsofanuclearwar． B The“FatherofScienceFictio