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1、阅读理解阅读下列短文,从每题所给出的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AHumansarenaturallydrawntootherlifeformsandtheworldsoutsideofourown.Wetakedelightintheexistenceofcreaturesandevenwholesocietiesbeyondoureverydaylives.Thissenseofwonderisuniversal.LookattheeffortsthatscientistshavemadetofindoutwhetherlifeofsomekindexistsonMars
2、,andthepopularityoffantasy(幻想)literatureormovieslikeTheLordoftheRings.Thissenseofwonderdrawsustoeachother,totheworldaroundus,andtotheworldofmake-believe.Buthavewegonesofarincreatingworldsoffantasythatwearemissingthepleasureofotherworldsthatalreadyexistallaroundus?Humanbeings,asbiologistshavesuggest
3、ed,possessaninborndesiretoconnectwithandunderstandotherlifeforms.However,people,especiallyinbigcities,oftenleadratherisolatedlives.InastudyofBritishschoolchildren,itwasfoundthatchildrenbyageeightweremuchmorefamiliarwithcharactersfromtelevisionshowsandvideogamesthanwithcommonwildlife.Withoutmodernte
4、chnology,asmallpondcouldbeanamazingworldfilledwithstrangeandbeautifulplants,insects,birds,andanimals.Whenwelackmeaningfulinteraction(交互)withtheworldaroundus,andsometimesevenwithourfamiliesandfriends,weseektounderstandandcommunicatewiththingsthatexistonlyinourimaginationsoronacomputerscreen.Theworld
5、ofmake-believeisnotnecessarilybad.Butwhentheworldoffantasybecomestheonlyoutlet(出路)foroursenseofwonder,thenwearereallymissingsomething.Wearemissingaconnectionwiththelivingworld.Otherwonderfulworldsexistallaroundus.Butevenmoreinterestingisthatifwelookcloselyenough,wecanseethattheseworlds,inabroadsens
6、e,arereallypartofourown.()1.ThepopularityofTheLordoftheRingsproves___________A.thecloseconnectionbetweenmanandthefantasyworldB.thewonderfulachievementsoffantasyliterature4C.thefinetasteofmoviegoersaroundtheworldD.thegeneralexistenceofthesenseofcuriosity()2.WhatcanweinferfromtheunderlinedsentenceinP
7、aragraph3?A.Peoplearefarlessfamiliarwiththeworldoffantasy.B.Theworldarounduscouldserveasasourceofwonder.C.Theworldoffantasycanbemirroredbyasmallandlivelypond.D.Moderntechnologypreventsusfromdevelopingoursen
