陕西临渭区2024年八年级模拟训练(三)3答案(英语)

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Midnight's Children by Salman RushdieBorn in the first hour of India's independence,Saleem Sinai is gifted with the power of an extraordinarysense of smell.He soon discovers that there are 1,001 others with similar abilities,who can help him build a newIndia.The winner of the Booker prize in 1981.Salman Rushdie's groundbreaking novel is a great achievement ofmagical realism.This great success was followed by his another novel Shame(1983).A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensIf you're not familiar with Dickens,his evergreen Christmastime classic is the perfect introduction.It's aslim l04-page book一a true Christmas surprise from an author with a tendency towards the tome(大部头书)likehis Great Expectations,which is another classic!It's the perfect book for you to read in winter just when youwant to feel that warm holiday atmosphere.The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersMeet John Singer,a deaf and mute()man who sits in the same cafe every day.Here,in the deepAmerican South of the 1930s.John meets various kinds of people and acts as the silent and kind keeper of theirstories-right up until an unforgettable ending that will blow you away.It's hard to believe MeCullers was only23 when she wrote this classic.21.Which book won a prize in 1981?A.Shame.B.Midnight's Children.C.The Man Who Would Be King.D.The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.22.How is A Christmas Carol different from Great Expectations?A.It's more popular.B.It's Dickens'first tome.C.It's shorter in length.D.It's written in Indian.23.What does John Singer probably do in the same cafe?A.Work as a waiter.B.Help the disabled.C.Read stories to others.D.Observe different people.BI am an ecologist from Zimbabwe,but I've been based at the National University of Lesotho in Maseru formore than 13 years.Lesotho is a mountainous inland kingdom in southern Africa.Its high-altitude(wetlands support the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.which delivers water to the Vaal River System in SouthAfrica,generating both income and electricity for Lesotho.I study the ecological balance that keeps those areas functioning properly:The wetlands trap water when itrains and release it gradually during dry periods.An important part of this is to map the plants.animals andgeneral environmental conditions.and how they change over time.One of our team projects monitors the soundscapes of those areas to identify the animals that live there.Weput sensitive recording equipment in the field for weeks at a time.This is of great help because,although thatsite is just 180 kilometers from my university in the capital of Lesotho.it can take up to four hours to drive there.The data we gather are huge.and although we do listen to the recordings,we mainly use software to help usanalyze the data.We want to compare our recordings between seasons,between dawn and dusk()andbetween day and night,to understand the rhythms of the ecosystem.We also compare our recordings fromdifferent wetland types.High-altitude areas are easier to be affected by climate change and,in my view,it is thegreatest threat those protected wetlands face.Listening to the recordings makes me happy because I enjoy hearing a variety of sounds,especially thesinging of different birds.In a small country like Lesotho,there are so many knowledge gaps to fill-it's one of【高二摸底联考·英语第3页（共8页）】