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Unit5NelsonMandela—amodernhero

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(2021·合肥市高三调研)

NoelleStevensonhasalwaysbeenafanofsciencefictionandfantasies.Asakid，shelovedthespacebattles，themagic，thequeststhatseemedlargerthanlife.Buttherewasaproblemwithherfavoritechildhoodstories，likeStarWarsandTheLordoftheRingsseries.“Ineverquitesawmyselfreflectedinthem，”Stevensonsays，“certainlynotattheheartofthestory.”ShewantedafemaleversionofLukeSkywalkerandLordSauron.

Stevensonbeganhercareerasacomic(连环漫画)writer.In2015，hergraphicnovelNimonawasaNationalBookAwardsfinalistandherseriesLumberjaneswontwoEisnerAwards.WhenNetflixandDreamWorkswantedtoreboot(重新启动)She-Ra：PrincessofPower—anepicshowdownbetweenmagicalprincessesandanevilalieninvader—Stevensonwasallin.

Shekeptmuchoftheoriginalshowsactionandadventure—thereboottakesplaceontheplanetEtheria,andoneoftheprincesseswhoaretryingtostoptheevilHordearmyfromtakingoverisnamedAdora.Shegrewupbehindenemylines，takenfromherhomebytheHordeandraisedasasoldier.Buteventually，AdorarealizestheatrocitiestheHordehascommittedagainsttheEtheriansandleavestojointherebellion(叛乱)，andshequicklyfindsamagicalswordthattransformsherintoagiantwarriorprincessnamedShe-Ra.

Stevensondidmakeonesmallbutimportantchangetotheshow：Itsname.TheNetflixandDreamWorksversionisShe-RaandthePRINCESSESofPower.Alltheprincessesareimportant.

语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。NoelleStevenson是科幻小说和幻想故事的粉丝，但她发现自己最喜欢的童年故事里没有女性主人翁。她以漫画作家的身份开始了她的职业生涯，她的漫画小说Nimona入围了美国国家图书奖，系列小说Lumberjanes两次获得艾斯纳奖(EisnerAwards)。她还与Netflix和DreamWorks合作重新启动She-Ra：PrincessofPower。

1．WhatwastheproblemwithStevensonsfavoritechildhoodstories?

A．Theywerenotappealing.

B．Theywerefullofviolence.

C．Theylackedwomencharacters.

D．Theyhadquiteconfusingplots.

C[考查细节理解。根据第一段倒数第二句NoelleStevenson说的话和该段最后一句“Shewantedaf