C
Are you interested in the future? What do you think our life will be like in 50 years or more? To answer this, you can read a sci-fi book. Perhaps you will have some ideas then. Today, many young readers are interested in science fiction. ▲
For one thing, science fiction gives us a chance to imagine what our future will be like. Anything is possible. We can dream big. Some people think there will be flying cars and robot servants. Others believe we will learn more about strange aliens and other worlds.
Another reason is that sci-fi writers and their work can inspire(激励) us to create the future. In 1945, a sci-fi writer named Arthur C. Clarke wrote about a system(系统) of space stations. In the article, he predicted the earth of the future would have many TV stations and people would send TV programmes around the world. Besides, in a short story by Clarke, he suggested people in the future would use a system to talk with others around the world.
Amazingly, the short story was actually the inspiration for the Internet!
Science fiction is also popular because it can make us think about our world in new ways. Although many sci-fi stories are set in imaginary worlds or societies, they can help us better understand the real world.
What will the future be like? Sci-fi inspires us and helps us to understand what it could be like in the future.
()23. Why does the writer list the questions in Paragraph 1?
A. To show the writer's predictions.
B. To describe a problem.
C. To ask readers their opinions.
D. To interest the readers.
()24. Which sentence can be put in " ▲ "?
A. But what makes it so popular?
B. And what are their predictions?
C. So why not choose one to read?
D. But how about the elder readers?
()25. What can sci-fi books help us to do?
①imagine the future life
②encourage us to create the future
③think about the world in a new way
④have a better life in the real world
A. ①②③
B. ②③④
C. ①②④
D. ①③④
()26. In which part of the magazine can we read the text?
A. Travel.
B. Culture.
C. Sports.
D. Science.
D

23.D 24.A 25.A 26.D

【分析】
首先通读全文，明确文章主旨是介绍科幻小说受欢迎的原因。针对各题目：23题需理解首段提问的写作目的，这类开头提问通常用于吸引读者兴趣；24题是句子还原题，要结合上下文逻辑，前文提及年轻读者喜欢科幻，后文阐述原因，故空格处应引出科幻受欢迎的原因；25题是细节理解题，需定位文中提到的科幻的作用，对应选项内容；26题是主旨大意题，根据文章内容判断其所属杂志板块。
【解析】
23题：第一段通过连续提问“你对未来感兴趣吗？50年后生活会怎样？”引出话题，目的是激发读者的阅读兴趣，并非展示预测、描述问题或询问意见，故选D。
24题：前文提到“Today, many young readers are interested in science fiction.”，后文分三点阐述科幻受欢迎的原因，空格处需承上启下引出“科幻为何受欢迎”的问题，A选项符合逻辑，故选A。
25题：根据文章内容，科幻小说的作用包括：①想象未来生活（第二段）；②激励创造未来（第三段）；③用新方式思考世界（第四段）；文中未提及“让我们在现实世界过得更好”，故①②③正确，选A。
26题：文章围绕科幻小说展开，科幻属于科学范畴，因此该文本应出现在杂志的科学板块，选D。
【答案】
23.D 24.A 25.A 26.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解 细节理解 推理判断
【点评】
本文结构清晰，围绕科幻小说的优势展开论述，题目设置注重考查学生对文章逻辑、细节及主旨的把握，属于中等难度的阅读理解题。
【难度系数】
0.6

Juliane Koepcke was born in Lima, Peru. Her parents were German scientists. Her dad studied animals, and her mum was an expert on birds. When Jenny was 14, her family moved to the Amazon to build a research station called Panguana. There, Jenny learned how to live in the rainforest, like how to find food and water, and how to stay safe from dangerous animals.

On 24 December, 1971, 17-year-old Jenny was on a plane. She was going to the Panguana Biological Station in Peru with her mother. It was a common journey at first. However, the plane broke apart in the air. You can imagine Jenny's fear! Jenny amazingly survived(幸存) the fall from nearly 10,000 feet. She was still tied to her seat by a seat belt at that time.
After the accident, Jenny was left alone and badly hurt in the middle of the Peruvian rainforest. She only had one shoe and a broken skirt. The rainforest was very dangerous, with snakes hiding in the dead leaves on the ground. She remembered what her parents taught her and started walking. She followed a river because she thought it was safer.
The weather was terrible: very hot during the day, very cold at night, and heavy rain often made things harder. She only ate candy until it was gone. After nine days' walking through the dangerous rainforest, she found a camp by accident. Workers there helped her and took her to a village. Then, she flew on a plane to a hospital.
Jenny was the only person who lived from the accident. After she got better, she helped a search team find the crash site(坠落点) and the people who didn't survive, including her mother. Her story was later made into a documentary(纪录片), and her book When I Fell From The Sly came out then.
()27. What can we know about Jenny's parents?
A. They were both doctors.
B. They built a station to study leaves.
C. They taught Juliane skills to save life.
D. They were both on the plane with Juliane.
()28. How did Juliane's feeling change during the airline travel?
A. From sad to excited.
B. From calm to afraid.
C. From amazed to bored.
D. From angry to surprised.
()29. What's the main idea of the third and fourth paragraphs?
A. How Juliane made a camp alone.
B. The process of the unlucky accident in Juliane's book.
C. How Juliane fought against the danger in the rainforest.
D. The result of the searching action with the help of Juliane.
()30. Which can most probably be the name of the documentary?
A. Wings of Hope
B. City of the Sky
C. Sounds of Nature
D. Cry of the River
第二节 任务型阅读

27.C 28.B 29.C 30.A

【分析】
本题为阅读理解题，需通过定位原文细节、分析段落主旨、推理文章内涵来解答各小题：
1. 第27题：定位原文中关于Jenny父母的描述，匹配选项信息；
2. 第28题：找到Jenny在飞机旅行中的情绪变化相关语句，对比选项；
3. 第29题：概括第三、四段的核心内容，判断段落主旨；
4. 第30题：结合Jenny的故事核心（幸存与希望），推理纪录片名称。
【解析】
27. 细节理解题：根据第一段最后“Jenny learned how to live in the rainforest... She remembered what her parents taught her”，可知父母教她生存技能，对应选项C。A项父母是科学家而非医生；B项建的是雨林研究站而非研究叶子；D项母亲在飞机事故中遇难，并非都在飞机上，故排除A、B、D，选C。
28. 细节理解题：根据第二段“It was a common journey at first. However, the plane broke apart in the air. You can imagine Jenny's fear!”，可知起初旅程普通（平静），后来飞机解体，Jenny感到害怕，对应“从平静到害怕”，选B。
29. 段落大意题：第三、四段主要讲述Jenny在雨林中面对恶劣环境、危险动物，依靠父母教的技能，跟随河流坚持九天找到营地的经历，核心是她对抗雨林危险的过程，对应选项C。A项并非她建营地；B项不是事故过程；D项不是搜索结果，排除A、B、D，选C。
30. 推理判断题：Jenny的故事是飞机失事后幸存，体现了生命的希望，“Wings of Hope（希望之翼）”最贴合其故事内涵，选A。B、C、D均与故事核心不符，排除。
【答案】
27.C 28.B 29.C 30.A
【知识点】
细节理解题、段落大意题、推理判断题
【点评】
本题为常规英语阅读理解题，考查学生对文章细节的定位能力、段落主旨的概括能力及内容推理能力，整体难度适中，只要仔细研读原文即可正确解答。
【难度系数】
0.7