2020-2021年河北省沧州市高三（上）期中英语试卷人教版.docxVIP

第 = PAGE 1*2-1 1页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 8*2 16页 ◎ 第 = PAGE 1*2 2页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 8*2 16页 第 = PAGE 2*2-1 3页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 8*2 16页 ◎ 第 = PAGE 2*2 4页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 8*2 16页 2020-2021年河北省沧州市高三（上）期中英语试卷 一、阅读理解 ? 1. Best Science Fiction The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson This classic trilogy from William Gibson consists of Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Ouerdrive. The book that started the entire concept of Cyberpunk, the Hugo Award-, Nebula Award-and Philip K. Dick A ward-winning Neuromancer remains one of the best sci-fi books ever written and the entire trilogy is worth a read, even if its the original that gets all the praise. Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons This series by Dan Simmons consists of Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion and The Rise of?Endymion. Truly one of the great works in science fiction history, the Hugo Award-winning Hyperion Cantos is an absolutely excellent story of extreme terror, character-building and wild-world-building that is almost without equal in the type. How we havent gotten a proper onscreen adaptation of this series yet, I have no idea, but perhaps its best left in its original, amazing book form. Enders Game Quartet by Orson Scott Card Enders Game is often read in schools, but it has incredibly mature themes like isolation, loneliness, competition and fear—many of which are more relevant now than when Orson Scott Card first began the series in 1985. If you love Enders Game, its worth reading the whole series to follow the sci-fi adventures of Andrew Ender Wiggin: Enders Game, Ender in Erile, Xenocide and Children of the Mind. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson This is the only stand-alone book on this list, as the rest are all in a series, so if you dont feel like investing in 300,000 pages of content, Neal Stephensons Snow Crash is for you. This book is the heir（继承人）to Newromancers Cyberpunk throne and an absolutely excellent read from Stephenson. The author uses virtual realit