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新蔡县第一高级中学2024-2025学年高二下学期5月份月考英语试题

一、听力(略)

二、阅读理解(每小题2.5分共计50分)

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BestbookschosenbyPaganKennedy

PaganKennedyisanall-roundindividualwidelyknownforherworkasallauthor,journalist,and

speaker.Belowarethebookssherecommendsofferinghopeandcompanionshipindarktimes.

Tunnel29byHelenaMerriman(2021).In1961,awallwentuparoundEastBerlininthe

middleofthenight,preventingalmosteveryonefromfleeing.Thatstepintofascism(法西斯主义)

inspiredagroupofstudentstoengineeranescaperoute,diggingatunnelthatsnakedfromabasement

inEastBerlintofreedom.Merrimanhasreconstructedalosthistorythatunfoldslikeaheistmovie(盗

匪电影).

Giovanni’sRoombyJamesBaldwin(1956).Baldwintendstoberememberedasanessayistand

authorofTheFireNextTime.Butifyou’reexploringhiswork,considerstartingwiththisnovel,a

turneraboutpeopletryingtolivetheirtruthinthe1950s.

EmpireofPainbyPatrickRaddenKeefe(2021).IwassuckedintothisbookbecauseIcouldn’t

lookawayfromitscharacters’evil.Inalightningwarofbrilliantreporting,Keeferevealshowthe

mostsinfulmembersoftheSacklerfamilybuiltaBigPharmaempireandpushedopiates(鸦片)into

doctors’officesandeventuallythestreets.

TheHandmaid’sTalebyMargaretAtwood(1985).Yearsago,Atwoodaskedherselfaquestion,

“IfyouwantedtoseizepowerintheUnitedStatesandsetupadictatorship,howwouldyougoabout

it?”The2017TVadaptationofthisnovelwasexcellent,butyoushouldreallyholdthestoryinyour

handandreadit.Afterall,itportraysaterriblesocietyinwhichwomenhavelosttherighttoeven

touchabook.

21.WhatisspecialaboutTunnel29accordingtothetext?

A.ItwascreatedbyJamesBaldwin.

B.Itisbasedonatrue-lifestoryofescape.

C.Itwaswrittentoopposefascismdirectly.

D.Ithasbeenadaptedintoapopularmovie.

22.WhatattractedPaganKennedytoEmpireofPain?

A.The