外研版（2019）高中英语必修第二册 Unit5 阅读技能突破-真题展示练习.docxVIP

PAGE2 / NUMPAGES2 Unit5 阅读技能突破-真题展示 [全国新高考Ⅰ2020·C篇]In the mid-1990s, Tom Bissell taught English as a volunteer in Uzbekistan. He left after seven months, physically broken and having lost his mind. A few years later, still attracted to the country, he returned to Uzbekistan to write an article about the disappearance of the Aral Sea. His visit, however, ended up involving a lot more than that. Hence this book, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia, which talks about a road trip from Tashkent to Karakalpakstan, where millions of lives have been destroyed by the slow