小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com选择性必修第四册Unit1ScienceFictionⅠ.阅读理解A(★)It’stheyear2140andtwokidsridetheirsurfboardsintheheartofManhattan，nearthepointwhereSixthAvenuemeetsBroadway.Ifyouarefamiliarwiththisjunction，youwillknowitisfarfromtheUS’scurrentcoastline.ButinKimStanleyRobinson’snovelNewYork2140，Manhattanisfloodedaftercontinuousclimatechangecausesthesealeveltoriseby15.25m.Robinson’s2017climatefictionnovelbelongstoanewkindofnovel，whichtells“thestoryofthenextcentury”．Itmightbehelpingreadersacrosstheworldcomprehendthesituationinwhichwecurrentlyfindourselves.Climatechangeisanindescribablecrisistomakesenseof.Dropsomepoisonouschemicalsinarivernowandyouwillseedeadfishwithindays，butwhatdoyouwitnesswhenyourelease(释放)carbondioxide(CO2)?“Thisiswherefictioncomesin：itbringstheabstractdataclosertohomebyfocusingonthefacesandstoriesinthesefutures.Showreadersadetailedaccountofaclimate-changedfuture，andtheyhaveaneasiertimeimaginingit，”saysRobinson.“Sciencefictiongetspeoplethinkinginawaythatanotherreportonclimatechangedoesn’t，”saysShelleyStreeby，aprofessorofLiteratureandEthnicStudiesatUCSanDiego.“Ithelpspeoplefeelnotonlyaboutwhatmightbecoming，butalsoaboutthepresent.Itisabouttakingcertainconditionsthatexistnowadays，extendingthemintothefutureandthrowingabunchofcharactersintotheirmidst.”Inthesearchtoadoptclimatechangeasatopic，writersaredoingwhattheydobest：tryingtotellagoodstory.Sometimestheywritewithatouchofoptimismastheynegotiatethecurrentcrisis.Butevenwiththisoptimism，thesewriterswanttomakesuretheworldknowsthey，atleast，arepayingattention.1．Whatisthefunctionofthefirstparagraph?A．Togivebackgroundonastory.B．TopromotethenovelNewYork2140.C．Toleadtothetopicofclimatefiction.D．Toshowtheinfluenceofclimatechange.2．Howdoestheauthorshowtheclimatechangecrisisis“indescribable”？A．Byinferring.B．Bycomparing.C．Byanalyzing.D．Byimagining.3．What’sStreeby’sattitudetowardsciencefiction?小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.comA．Approving.B．Cautious.C．Negative.D．Doubtful.4．Whichisthebesttitleforthetext?A．ClimateCrisis：NoLongeraForecastB．TheFutureWorld：MorePromisingC．NewYork2140：ANewTypeofNovelD．ClimateFiction：AReminderofClimateChangeBHaveyoueverlostsomethinginahard-to-reachspace，likebehindacouchoracupboard?Wouldn’titbenicetojustbeabletosqueezeinandout?Newinnovationsinthefieldofroboticswillsoonbeabletomakethisniceideaintoareality.InastudypublishedonJan25inthesciencejournalMatter，engineersfromTheChineseUniversityofHongKongandCarnegieMellonUniversityintheUShavedevelopedsmallrobotsthatcanquicklychangebackandforthfromliquidtosolidstates.AccordingtothewebsiteMashable，thescientistswereinspiredbyseacucumbers.Theyareabletochangethestiffness(僵硬度)oftheirbodyorreducethepotentialforphysicaldamage.Therobotsinthestudyweremadefromgallium(镓)，asoftmetalwithalowmeltingpointof30℃.Thescientiststhenusedchangesinthemagneticfieldtocontrolthemagneticparticlesinsidethegalliummaterialtoprovideheat.Thisheatthenallowedtherobotstochangebetweensolidandliquidstatesaswellastomovearound.AsthewebsiteTechXplorepointedout，othersimilarmaterialsrequireextern...