2022届高考英语阅读二轮复习备考：Before the War战前.docx

2022届高考英语阅读二轮复习备考：Before the War战前 1? ?阅读导航 《大战火星人》（The War of the Worlds）又名《星际战争》，是英国著名科幻小说作家赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的作品。小说描写了火星人入侵地球的过程。小说故事发生在大英帝国建立了庞大殖民地、称霸世界的19世纪末期，火星人从天而降，在伦敦附近着陆，拉开了征服地球战争的序幕。人类以机枪大炮面对火星人的先进武器——“热光”和“黑烟”。几十个火星人以雷霆万钧之势，所向披靡，在短短几天时间里就打得英国军队落花流水，致使政府、制度、社会土崩瓦解。然而，火星人尚未彻底征服地球，灭顶之灾就悄然向它们袭来。令人啼笑皆非的是，它们的克星竟是地球上最卑微、最渺小的生物——细菌。通过这次教训，人类不再相信自己是这个宇宙中唯一的智慧生灵。 《大战火星人》不仅以超前的思想“创造”了激光和机器人等尖端机器，还通过该作品暗中极大地批评英国等列强通过对弱国进行侵略来实现殖民主义的无耻暴行。 [阅读目标] 1. 了解小说的三要素：人物、情节和环境。理解环境描写在小说中的多重作用。 2. 掌握小说情节的起因、发展、高潮和结局;了解小说推进故事情节的方法并理解小说情节对刻画人物形象所起的作用。 3. 掌握小说的写作手法，把握小说的语言风格，并理解二者与小说主题的关系。 4. 探究小说的主题意义，并对人类的局限性进行反思，培养批判性思维能力。 It would have seemed impossible to anyone living at the end of the nineteenth century to think that the earth was being scientifically observed by highly intelligent creatures on another planet. At that time， men went about their days as usual， thinking themselves completely safe and in control. The chances of other life existing on nearby planets were thought extremely small; and it was popularly believed that， if such life did exist， it would probably be less intelligent than man. Yet， soon， man would awaken from this false dream， for the beings that lived on Mars， otherwise known as Martians， wanted the earth for themselves and were making preparations to take it. The planet Mars is much older than the earth. Although we know little about the planet， we do know that most of its natural resources are nearly gone. Its oceans are disappearing， its air is without oxygen， and its temperatures are extremely low. Those living on Mars have been forced to do what people on earth would do if they were in the same situation： look for a new home. How attractive the earth must then look to them with all of its oceans and greenery; and how stupid and simple we humans must seem. When you consider the importance of survival to all living beings， from man to the lowest form of life， it can be understood that the Martians had no choice but to attack our planet and take it from us. Ye