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第 PAGE 10 页 共 NUMPAGES 10 页 广东省化州市2021届高三12月综合能力测试英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛 姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________ 题型 选择题 填空题 简答题 xx题 xx题 xx题 总分 得分 评卷人 得分 第 1 题：A few books recommended by Bill Gates Reading is my favorite way to indulge （放纵）my desire to know the world. Although I get to meet with a lot of interesting people and visit fascinating places through my work, I still think books are the best way to explore new topics that interest you. Here are four amazing books I read recently: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond. If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are twisted （交织）together, you should read this book. Desmond gave me a better sense of what it is like to be poor in this country than anything else I have read. Energy and Civilization: A History, by Vaclav Smil. Smil is one of my favorite authors, and this is his most famous book. He presents clearly how our need for energy has shaped human history. It’s not the easiest book to read, but at the end you’ll feel smarter and better informed about how energy innovation changes the course of civilizations. The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui. This novel explores what it means to be a parent and a refugee （难 民）.The author’s family fled Vietnam in 1978. After giving birth to her own child, she decides to learn more about her parents’ experiences of growing up in a country torn apart by foreign occupiers. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and JazzChickens, by Eddie Izzard. Izzard’s personal story in this book is attractive: he survived a difficult childhood and worked continuously to overcome his lack of natural talent and become an international star. If you’re a huge fen of him like I am, you’ll love this book. His written voice is very similar to his stage voice, and I found myself laughing out loud several times while reading it. 1. What does Matthew Desmond try to explore? A. Different causes of poverty. B