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2025-2026学年湖南省长沙市第一中学高三上学期第一次月考英语试题

一、阅读理解

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Thebestbooksof2024

2024wasfulloffascinating,moving,alarming,entertaining,educational,andenjoyablebooks.Aswelookbackoverthelast12months,herearethreeofthebest.

Playground

Kindleebook—$9.66,hardcover—$17.78,audiobook—$0.99

NewYorkTimesBestseller

Finalistforthe2024KirkusPrize

Longlistedforthe2024BookerPrize

Playground,byPulitzerPrize-winningwriterRichardPowers,isabrilliantnovelaboutartificialintelligenceandtheracetosavetheEarth’soceans.Thenovelinvolvesacomputergenius,afamousoceanographer(海洋学家),andatinyislandintheSouthPacific.Powersdrawsthesestoriestogetherinamind-bendingwaythatwilltransformthewayyouseetheworld.

James

Kindleebook—$14.99,paperback—$13.7,audiobook—$0.99

NewYorkTimesBestseller

KirkusPrizeWinner

Shortlistedforthe2024BookerPrize

Moveover,MarkTwain.PercivalEverett’snovelJamesisarevolutionaryresponsetoTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.EverettretellsMarkTwain’sstoryfromtheperspectiveofHuck’senslavedfriend,Jim.Youwon’tbelievehowthatchangeinperspectivealterseverythinginthissometimesfunny,sometimesterrifyingsatireonracismandAmericanculture.

ThisStrangeEventfulHistory

Kindleebook—$9.66,hardcover—$13.9,audiobook—$0.98

Longlistedforthe2024BookerPrize

Longlistedforthe2024GillerPrize

Winnerofthe2024DeborahPeasePrize

Everyfamilyhassecrets.ClaireMessudhasbuiltagorgeousnovelaroundherownfamily’shiddenstories.ThisStrangeEventfulHistoryfollowsthreegenerationsastheyjourneyacrosstheglobefromtheSecondWorldWarintothe21stcentury.Thenarratorisacuriousyoungwomandeterminedtobeawriter—notunlikeClaireMessudherself.Itisoneofthoserarenovelsthatareaderdoesn’tmerelyreadbutlivesthroughwiththecharacters.

1.Whatisthemainthemeof