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考试英语试题

一、阅读理解

Thefirstruleofpopularscienceistorevealthewonderandmysteryoftheworld.

Forthatreason,Sentient(Picador),writtenbyphotographerandwildlifefilm-maker

JackieHiggins,ismypickoftheyear.Accordingtomyinterviewswithmanyreaders,I

selectotherfournewly-publishedbooksin2022.

Delicious

Thisbookdescribeshowourancestorshuntedandconsumedancientanimalssuchas

mammoths,bison,giantcamelsandmanymorenow-extinctspecies.Thedietofthe

ClovispeoplesofNorthAmericawasamenudescribedas“arecordofalostworld”.

Thisbookexplainshowourdinnersrobbedtheworldofsomanylargeanimals.Itgives

inspirationforhowmodernhumanscanbeatpeacewithnature.

TheNewClimateWar

In1999,Mannpublishedagraphshowingtherapidpost-industrialriseinglobal

temperatures.Twodecadeslater,hisbookTheNewClimateWarremainsconvincedthat

wecanpreventclimatechange.Thisbooksetsoutacommon-senseapproachtocarbon

pricingandarevisionoftheGreenNewDeal.Ofcourse,therearestillmanypeoplewho

denythatclimatechangeisevenhappening.

TheGeodesicDome

PhysicistKateGreeneimaginesthatshespendsfourmonthsinageodesicdomein

Hawaii,withfiveotherpeople,tomimiclivinginacolonyonanotherplanet.Thestory

describesthefutureofourEarth.Katemakesreaderscherishthenaturalenvironment.

“Nosunshineonourskin,andnofreshairinourlungs,”Greeneturnsthefrustrations

intoamovingstory.

FloridaScrub-Jay

Thebirdswereoncecommonacrossthepeninsula.Butasdevelopmentoverthelast

100yearsreducedthehabitatsonwhichthebirddepends,thespeciesbecameendangered.

MarkWalterstravelsthestatetoreportonthenaturalhistoryandthecurrentsituationof

Florida’sflagshipbirds.Thisbookcanraisepeople’sawarenessofprotectingthebirds’