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2023年高考真题
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Passage 1
（2023·广东·广州市第二中学校联考模拟预测）Fr Lydia Knirdu, a famus Greek actress and frmer Greek minister f culture and sprts, cultural preservatin is essential t help peple knw wh they are and learn what they shuld d in the future.
“The taller yu want t grw, the deeper yur rts must be. Our cultural past is ur rts. If we dn’t have really strng rts and depth in ur perceptin(认识) f ur identity, we cannt grw. Withut these rts, we will be trn ut very easily with the currents,” she tld the jurnalist in a recent interview, adding cultural heritage is in fact very much alive and relevant tday.
Speaking f her teaching experience verseas, Knirdu said she was very much impressed by her Chinese students when she gave seminars n ancient Greek tragedy at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2014. When the students wrked n Alcestis, an Athenian tragedy by ancient Greek playwright Euripides, they thrughly researched the cstumes they wuld wear, the set, and the lights, amng thers, she recalled. “I feel they evlved and were transfrmed by this experience as I was transfrmed. They did nt just play a rle, but created a whle wrld and that is why the prductin had s much interest als fr the spectatrs, ”she said.
Knirdu participated in the prductin f Euripides Electra tgether with Greek directr Kstas Tsians. “Tsians did smething very imprtant fr Greek culture. He cnnected flk frms f art, flk dances, sngs and petry with ur classical past. We presented this perfrmance in many places arund the wrld, and the feeling that it stirred in the audience was quite similar, even thugh they didn’t always understand the language,” she said.
The Chinese civilizatin is a huge tree with very deep rts, and Greece als has a rich ancient civilizatin, she said, adding she believes that the tw cuntries culd prmte cperatin and exchanges in many fields, such as in preservatin f antiques.
1．What can we learn frm paragraph 2?
A．The imprtance f cultural preservatin.B．Cultural heritage is easily damaged.
C．The taller grwth wants the deeper rts.D．We are easily trn ut with the currents.
2．What did Knirdu d in Shanghai?
A．She played a rle and was lved by the spectatrs.
B．She researched the cstumes, the set, and the lights.
C．She studied the art f Chinese perfrmance as a student.
D．She prmted the students’ understanding f Greek culture.
3．Why did Knirdu cperate with Kstas Tsians?
A．T indicate her friendship with Tsians.
B．T acknwledge Tsiansin’s cntributins.
C．T ppularize and prmte traditinal Greek culture.
D．T intrduce the achievement f Tsiansin in presenting classics.
4．What will the text prbably talk abut in the fllwing part?
A．Cultural preservatin in China.B．The way t preserve cultural heritage.
C．The intrductin f ther Greek art prductins.D．Cperatin between Chinese and Greek culture.
Passage 2
（2023·重庆·重庆一中校考模拟预测）Researchers have created a nninvasive (无创的) brain decder that can translate stries heard by participants int a string f text, based n their MRI scans. The team says this technlgy culd ne day aid cmmunicatin in peple wh are mentally cnscius but physically unable t speak, such as strke patients.
“Cmpared t what’s been dne befre using the same nninvasive methd, which typically deals with single wrds r shrt sentences, this new technlgy is a real leap frward,” Alex Huth, a prfessr f neurscience and cmputer science at the University f Texas at Austin, says in a statement. “We’re getting the mdel t decde cntinuus language fr extended perids f time with cmplicated ideas.”
Huth and his clleagues cllected hurs f data frm three participants listening t the pdcasts “Mdern Lve” and “The Mth Radi Hur” while cnnected t a functinal MRI (fMRI) scanner, which recrded the participants’ bld xygen levels in parts f their brains. This data was used t train an A．I. mdel t match specific brain activity patterns with strings f wrds, the team reprts in a new study published Mnday in Nature Neurscience. The decder used GPT-1, an earlier versin f the technlgy that pwers ChatGPT.
When the participants listened t new stries, the tl culdn’t spit back the exact wrds, but it culd cnvey the main idea. Fr example, a participant hearing “I dn’t have my driver’s license yet” had their thughts translated t: “She has nt even started t learn t drive yet.” The researchers als had participants watch muted animated shrt films. Thugh the mdel was trained nly n spken wrds, it culd still generate a language descriptin f what was happening.
Reading minds raises a multitude f ethical questins abut brain privacy, but the researchers say their tl desn’t wrk withut willing cperatin. “This is all abut the user having a new way f cmmunicating, a new tl that is ttally in their cntrl,” David Mses, a researcher f autmatic speech recgnitin at the University f Califrnia, San Francisc, wh was nt invlved in the study, said. “That is the gal, and we have t make sure that stays the gal.”
5．In what aspect has the new technlgy made prgress?
A．The age f target users.B．The cmplexity f listening materials.
C．The incme f research teams.D．The effectiveness f nninvasive methds.
6．Which f the fllwing generates the translated text?
A．The researchers.B．A fMR/scanner.C．An A．I. decder.D．ChatGPT.
7．What can be the disadvantage f the new technlgy?
A．A vilatin t persnal privacy.B．A challenge t traditinal culture.
C．A prejudice against the mentally disabled.D．A barrier against human cmmunicatin.
8．Which wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A．A．I. Helps Strke Patients t Speak With Cmputers
B．A New Technlgy Makes Peple Read Others’ Mind
C．ChatGPT Vices What Yu think Int a String f wrds
D．Researchers Use A．I. t Decde Wrds Frm Brain Scans
Passage 3
（2023·山东淄博·统考三模）When Zhi Yueying, then 19, went t the remte Niyang village in Yichun city, Jiangxi prvince, t wrk as a village teacher in 1980, villagers were dubtful if she was ging t stay lng.
Over the past fur decades, Zhi has devted herself t rural educatin. She is a recipient f Tuching China awards that recgnize the mst inspiring rle mdels in 2016. She was als awarded as a mdel pverty fighter by the gvernment. Zhi has a prfund understanding f the imprtance f educatin in the muntains. Over the years, she has taught the students and cared fr them, since many f them were “left-behind” children whse parents migrated t ther places t wrk. Mre than 1,000 students f hers have left the muntain area, and created a better life fr themselves.
Lcated amid the muntains, the village was very pr and far frm any twn. Villagers had t hike in the muntains. “I arrived at the schl in an early evening, and was shcked. I had knwn the cnditins were pr, but the reality was wrse.” Mrever, lcal peple needed t g dwnhill t buy daily necessities, and transprt them back in their hands r balanced acrss their shulders. “I had never walked uphill n a muntain rad befre, s I walked much mre slwly than thers, smetimes I walked slwly behind t much and was scared t tears,” says Zhi. Smetimes she had t walk uphill by herself with a flashlight at night. The wild bars and rabbits smetimes frightened her and she enhanced her curage by singing ludly.
But she gradually gt used t her life there. At the beginning, she fund many lcal peple valued their sns far mre than their daughters, and wuld nt like t let them attend schl. Zhi went t their hmes repeatedly and gradually persuaded them t send all their children t schl. Fr thse wh culd nt affrd the tuitin, she spared her wn mney t help.
Zhi says seeing her students d well beynd the muntains is deeply rewarding. “My dream, the same as befre, is t stay by the side f mre children. I knw pverty will frever say gdbye t the muntainus villages, t my students, and t myself,” says Zhi.
9．Why did Zhi chse t stay lng in the muntains?
A．She was a village teacher.
B．She was a Tuching China awards recipient.
C．She was shcked by the pr living cnditins.
D．She was aware f the significance f rural educatin.
10．What is Paragraph 3 mainly abut?
A．The reasns fr their pverty.
B．The ways f buying daily necessities.
C．The tugh situatins in the muntains.
D．The descriptin f Zhi’s teaching experience.
11．What can we learn abut Zhi Yueying?
A．She has a sense f achievement.B．She enjys living in muntains.
C．She has changed the lcal life.D．She likes challenges in teaching.
12．What is a suitable title fr the text?
A．A Life-changing LessnB．A Cntributr t Rural Educatin
C．The Teaching Experience in MuntainsD．The Current Situatin f Rural Educatin
Passage 4
（2023·广东·校联考三模）Diplmacy (外交) is an art. It requires nt nly strategy, but als ther aspects, including intuitin, persuasin, and even tricks, human skills that have lng been unreachable t even the mst pwerful artificial intelligence (AI) appraches. Nw, an AI algrithm (算法) frm a high-tech cmpany has shwn it can beat many humans in a game f diplmacy, which required bth strategic planning and negtiatins with ther players. The wrk, researchers said, culd pint the way tward virtual exercise caches and cnflict mediatrs (调解员) .
AI has already beaten humans in sme games f strategy. It is als prving pwerful at natural-language prcessing, in which it can generate humanlike text and carry n cnversatins. In the game f diplmacy, seven players vied fr cntrl f Eurpe. On each turn, players issued rders regarding the mvement f army and naval units, fllwing discussin with ther players, whm they culd attack r supprt.
There are tw technical innvatins nted by Jnathan Gratch, a cmputer scientist at the University f Suthern Califrnia wh studies negtiatin agents. First, the Al agent’s cm-municatin is grunded in multistep planning. Secnd. the Al agent keeps its remarks and game play within the range f human cmmn practice.
T test its skill, the researchers had the Al agent play 40 nline games against humans. It placed in the tp 10% f players wh’d played at least tw games. “In a game that invlves language and negtiatin, that agents can reach human equal level is very exciting,” said Yu, a cmputer scientist at Clumbia University.
Accrding t Brwn, a cmputer scientist at the cmpany wh c-authred the paper, the wrk culd lead t practical applicatins in fields that nw require a human tuch. One specific example is that virtual persnal assistants might help cnsumers negtiate fr better prices n plane tickets. Gratch and Yu bth see pprtunities fr agents that persuade peple t make healthy chices r pen up during therapy.
13．Wh is likely t benefit frm the research wrk?
A．A famus cyber athlete.B．A prfessr f civil law.
C．A prfessinal accuntant.D．A virtual fitness instructr.
14．What des the underlined wrd “vied” mean in paragraph 2?
A．Accunted.B．Aplgized.C．Searched.D．Cmpeted.
15．Why des the authr mentin AI agent?
A．T understand the thught f AI.B．T illustrate the advantages f AI.
C．T describe the imprtance f AI.D．T intrduce the strategy f AI.
16．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Diplmacy, a Ppular GameB．AI Learns the Art f Diplmacy
C．Al Will Becme a Perfect DiplmatD．An Excellent Game Player
Passage 5
（2023·河南郑州·统考模拟预测）Accrding t statistics, 358bee species live in the Netherlands, but mre than half f them are part f the Dutch red list — a catalg listing endangered species. T supprt the insects, the city f Utrecht Cuncil, tgether with advertising agency Clear Channel, has transfrmed 316 bus stps acrss the city int “bee bus stps”. They are like rdinary bus shelters, but small gardens have been added t the rfs. The gardens are filled with grass and wildflwers chsen t attract bees.
The city authrities put the prject ut t tender (投标). In the tender, they utlined the requirements and encuraged applicants t develp a nature-inclusive design that ffers eclgical benefits t the city. Finally, they signed an agreement with Clear Channel, wh wn the tender and setup 316 bus shelters. The prject didn’t cst the city gvernment anything. The peratrs are respnsible fr the upkeep f the stps citywide, using incme frm advertising.
The bus shelters have brught abut great changes in the city. Green rfs catch fine dust, stre rainwater and prvide cling in the heat. They als ensure bidiversity in the city. There are als 96 bus stps fitted ut with LED lighting and bamb benches. The base plate is als made frm recycled cncrete. The advantages f the bus stps have nt gne unnticed by the media. But what particularly has caught the media’s attentin is that these ec-friendly shelters make peple happy and enthusiastic, and encurage them t d smething fr nature.
This unique Dutch city even has a prgram fr residents wh can transfrm their wn rfs int green rfs fr bees. Residents interested in this can apply fr gvernment allwances. Click here fr mre infrmatin and details.
17．Why did the Utrecht Cuncil add green rfs t its bus shelters?
A．T beautify the urban space.B．T prmte public transprt.
C．T ffer cmfrt t travellers.D．T stp the bee ppulatin decline.
18．What is paragraph 2 mainly abut?
A．Hw the csts were shared.B．Hw the prject was perated.
C．What was in eluded in the tender.D．Why the agreement was reached.
19．What impresses the media mst abut the bus shelters?
A．The variety f the chsen plants.
B．Their rle in reducing air pllutin.
C．The use f energy-saving LED lights.
D．Their effect n peple’s envirnmental awareness.
20．Wh is the text mainly intended fr?
A．Lcal turists.B．News reprters.
C．Utrecht citizens.D．Prject managers.
Passage 6
（2023·广东·统考二模）Culd the next Ernest Hemingway r Jane Austen be a well-engineered AI sftware prgram? It’s a questin becming increasingly pressing as machine language-learning sftware cntinues t evlve.
Much f this is just nerves. Tday’s AI creative writing prgrams are nt yet at a stage f develpment where they pse a serius threat t Clleen Hver r Charles Dickens. But while attentin cntinues t fcus n the pssibility f a blanket takever f human literature by AI, far less cnsideratin has been given t the prspect f AI c-wrking with humans.
Earlier this mnth, American sci-fi writer Ken Liu, wh had been awarded Hug and Nebula t his name, jined 12 ther prfessinal authrs fr a writing wrkshp n Ggle’s Wrdcraft. This AI tl, a language generating mdel, is nt yet publicly available but is advertised as an AI-pwered writing assistant that can, when given the right instructin frm the writer, prvide helpful descriptins, create lists f bjects r emtinal states, and even brainstrm ideas.
The writers at the wrkshp, hwever, emerged with mixed reprts. “Wrdcraft is t sensible. Ww!” Rbin Slan wrte. “But ‘sensible’ is anther wrd fr predictable, verused and bring. My intentin here is t prduce smething unexpected.”
I’m uncnvinced that writers awarded the Nbel Prize have much t fear frm AI. Their wrk, and that f cuntless ther nvelists, shrt stry writers, dramatists and pets, is t particular, t beautifully unique. Even if a mdel learned what they had dne in the past, it wuld nt be able t predict where their creativity might take them in the future. But fr authrs wh write fllwing a pattern, AI might step in, first as assistants befre sme day t authrship.
Prductin-line nvels are nthing new. In the 1970s, Barbara Cartland, wh wrte mre than 723 bks in her lifetime, many f which are rmance bestsellers, wuld read her nvels fr her secretary t type up at the remarkable rate f rughly seven chapters a week. But already machine has replaced the secretary’s rle. Perhaps creative writing sftware isn’t that far frm replacing the Mrs. Cartlands f tday.
21．Which aspect f AI calls fr mre attentin?
A．Its damage t ur nerves.
B．Its prgress in literary studies.
C．Its cperatin with humans.
D．Its influence n human literature.
22．What can we learn abut Wrdcraft frm the text?
A．It generates nvels autmatically.
B．It utperfrms prfessinal writers.
C．Its wrks receive praises frm the public.
D．Its wrks bear similarity t existing nes.
23．What can writers d t avid the threat frm AI?
A．Increase writing speed.
B．Use diverse resurces.
C．Prduce creative wrks.
D．Fllw the latest patterns.
24．Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A．Will AI Replace Human Writers?
B．AI Warns Mrs. Cartlands f Tday
C．Is Writing Running int a New Era?
D．Wrd craft Lies at the Center f Debate
Passage 7
（2023·北京西城·二模）Faced with an attempt by a new chatbt t imitate (模仿) his wn sngs, the musician Nick Cave delivered a strng respnse: it was “an abslutely hrrible attempt”. He understd that AI was in its babyhd, but culd nly cnclude that the true hrrr might be that “it will frever be in its babyhd”. While a rbt might ne day be able t create a sng, he wrte, it wuld never grw beynd “a kind f burlesque (滑稽的模仿)”, because rbts-being cmpsed f data-are unable t suffer, while sngs arise ut f suffering.
Fans f Cave and his band will agree that his music is inimitable, but that desn’t mean they wuld necessarily be able t tell the difference. A few days befre Cave’s remarks, experts were asked t distinguish between fur genuine artwrks and their AI imitatins. Their cnclusins were wrng five times ut f 12, and they were nly unitedly right in ne f the fur picture cmparisns.
These are party games, but they pint t an unflding challenge that must be managed as a matter f urgency because, like it r nt, AI art is upn us. The arrival f the human-impersnating ChatGPT might have increased general awareness, but artists acrss a wide range f disciplines are already explring its ptential, with the dancer Wayne McGregr and Lndn’s Yung Vic Theatre amng thse wh have created AI-based wrks.
A strngly-wrded reprt frm Cmmunicatins and Digital Cmmittee (CDC) issued a wake-up call t the gvernment, urging it t raise its game in educating future generatins f tech-savvy prfessinals, and tackling key regulatry challenges. These included reviewing refrms t intellectual prperty law, strengthening the rights f perfrmers and artists, and taking actin t supprt the creative sectr in adapting t the disturbances caused by swift and strmy technlgical change.
While develping AI is imprtant, it shuld nt be pursued at all csts, the CDC stressed. It deplred the failure f the Department fr Digital, Culture, and Media t ffer a defence against prpsed changes t intellectual prperty law that wuld give exemptin (版权豁免) t any wrk, anywhere in the wrld, invlving AI text and data mining.
The challenges f AI are bth philsphical, as Cave suggested, and practical. They will unfld ver the shrt and lng term. State-f-the-art creative industries have a key rle t play in shaping and explring the philsphical nes, but they must have the practical help they require t survive and be successful. They need it nw.
25．Why des the authr mentin the fur picture cmparisns in Paragraph 2?
A．T stress the similarities between AI art and human art.
B．T argue that human art will be replaced by AI art.
C．T prve AI is stretching the bundaries f art.
D．T imply AI art cannt be underestimated.
26．What des the underlined wrd “deplred” in Paragraph 5 prbably mean?
A．Clearly analyzed.B．Bravely suffered.
C．Strngly criticized.D．Accurately perceived.
27．What can be inferred frm the passage?
A．Sme artists see AI as a tl even thugh it is a threat.
B．Creative industries are respnsible fr causing the AI prblem.
C．Tech prfessinals need mre training t better understand AI art.
D．The quality f AI art dismisses cncerns abut intellectual prperty.
28．Which wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A．The Creative Thief: AI Makes Perfect Art
B．AI in Art: A Battle That Must Be Fught
C．Threat r Opprtunity: The Impact f AI n Art
D．The Rise f AI Art: What It Means t Human Artists
Passage 8
（2023·四川成都·统考三模）What is the biggest bny fish in the wrld? That title belngs t sunfish, which can reach up t ver tw tns. A recently-discvered species f this fish is Mla tecta, which was discvered by Nyegaard, a PhD student in Australia, after a 4-year search.
As part f her PhD research, she analyzed 150 DNA samples frm sunfish ff the cast f Australia and fund that, besides 3 existing species, there is anther that didn’t fit with any knwn species. Actually, this mysterius creature was nt ut f thin air. It was first put n the radar (雷达) in Australian water abut 10 years ag. The researchers at the time had fund genetic evidence f a furth species, but the creature had nt yet been fund.
She and a team f researchers began their searches. They established a netwrk f peple wh culd infrm them whenever a sunfish was fund. Finally, in ne lucky instance they were made aware f fur sunfish that had been washed up n the beach in New Zealand. They immediately flew t take samples. What they cnfirmed is that these sunfish were indeed members f the species they had been searching fr.
“The new species managed t escape discvery fr centuries by ‘hiding’. That is why we named it Mla tecta, meaning ‘hidden’ in Latin,” said Nyegaard.
The team then studied Mla tecta and fund this new species has a slimmer and smther bdy shape than cmmn sunfish, but can still grw t be 2.5 meters lng.
Sunfish aren’t rare, but it’s tricky t study them. They tend t live nly in areas that mst humans dn’t g and they dive hundreds f meters just t feed. While they dn’t need air like sea mammals, they ften surface t sunbathe and invite sea birds t pick the parasites ff their bdies. Nw that researchers have cnfirmed the existence f the furth sunfish, they can rest easy and excitedly learn even mre abut this fish.
29．What des the underlined phrase “ut f thin air” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Unknwn.B．Rare.C．Active.D．Unpredictable.
30．What can we knw abut the team’s searches?
A．They were as smth as expected.
B．Their results were ut f expectatin.
C．They were mainly dne thrugh interviews.
D．They invlved effrts frm nn-prfessinals.
31．What makes it difficult t study sunfish?
A．Their size and shape.B．Their eating habits.
C．Their desire fr sunshine.D．Their habitat and mvements.
32．What is this text mainly abut?
A．The research f a sea animal.B．The discvery f a new species.
C．The characteristics f Mla tecta.D．The difficulty f studying sea animals.
Passage 9
（2023·湖南长沙·长沙市明德中学校考二模）If Egyptian cmics artist and writer Deena Mhamed ever encuntered a genie(精灵), she knws what she’d wish fr. She’d wish fr everyne she lved t live t age 120. And she’d wish fr any bk she ever wanted t read t appear right in frnt f her eyes.
“If I ever cme acrss a genie, I have t be ready,” she says. “They have t be smart wishes.” Wishes are the theme f her first graphic fantasy nvel, Shubeik Lubeik, published this week by Panthen Bks. The bk fllws Shkry, a grcer in Cair, Egypt, as he tries t sell ff three wishes he inherited frm his father. He meets three Egyptians whse lives can be radically transfrmed by the pwer f a wish.
The bk highlights the fantastical — there are dragns, talking dnkeys and a ridiculus scene where smene wishes fr a BMW and gets a ty car. But the stry is als remarkably grunded in the realities f mdern life in Egypt. It tuches n the life f the pr, wh must navigate cmplicated prcesses t get what they need. One character, a pr wman named Aziza, picks up trash, scrubs flrs and wrks numerus jbs t buy a wish — nly t find that befre she can use it, she must register her wish with Egypt’s Ministry f Wishes. When she finally gets in frnt f a gvernment wrker, they assume she has stlen the wish and cnfiscate(没收)it. Mhamed writes, “What stands between yu and yur wish culd be a gvernment emplyee with paperwrk n the furth flr.”
Mhamed, 28, wh was brn and raised in Cair, said, “It’s just the way I’ve experienced the wrld. S it’s the way I built my wn wrld.” The bk wn the tp prize at the Cair Cmix Festival, an annual cmics cnventin fr cartnists in Egypt and the Middle East.
33．What d we knw abut Shubeik Lubeik?
A．Wishes are the theme f this cmic bk.
B．Mhamed is the main character f the bk.
C．The bk wn the tp prize awarded by Panthen Bks.
D．The bk radically transfrmed the lives f three Egyptians.
34．What wrds can be used t describe the bk?
A．Ridiculus and appealing.B．Fantastical and realistic.
C．Interesting and educatinal.D．Tuching and cmplicated.
35．Why des the writer use the example f Aziza in her nvel2
A．T imply the imprtance f wishes.
B．T shw hw hard-wrking the wman is.
C．T expse the crruptin f the gvernment.
D．T indicate hw cmplicated the gvernment’s wrk is.
36．What is the style f the passage?
A．A nvel.B．A bigraphy.C．A review.D．A guidance.
Passage 10
（2023·湖北·校联考模拟预测）Scientist Erika Nesvld nce asked a cmpany aiming t mine the mn hw he planned t address risks that mining equipment might carry micrbes (微生物) frm Earth and pllute the mn. The respnse: “We’ll wrry abut that later.”
That’s an irrespnsible mindset when it cmes t preparing fr peple t live and wrk in space, Nesvld argues in her new bk, Off-Earth. “... adpting a ‘wrry abut it later’ me as a path t repeating the tragedies f that histry thrugh ignrance.” Nesvld writes.
Off-Earth is an extensin f her 2017 pdcast (播客), Making New Wrlds, which asked ethical (伦理的) questins abut space settlement. The bk takes sme f the same questins and expands n them.
Mst chapters start with three shrt scenes, usually frm different time perids. A chapter utlining debates ver whether t settle space at all starts by asking the reader t imagine being in the 1600s and deciding t uprt yur family and head t the New Wrld. A chapter n hw land usage and wnership rights might wrk in space imagines a persn recently freed frm slavery in the U. S. Suth in 1865 and wrrying that the new president will take back the land they finally wn. The third scene is usually set in the year 2100, n a space settlement.
Then Nesvld examines hw varius ethical scenaris (场景) related t the chapter’s theme might play ut in space. She qutes experts in fields that dn’t ften cme up in space science: ethics, philsphy, law. This apprach is a departure frm many bks abut the future f life n the final frntier, frcing readers t face hard realities and pssible pints f frictin. T have the best chance f aviding disaster, the time t cnsider thse questins is nw, nt later, even thugh space settlement may be decades r centuries away, Nesvld argues.
Off-Earth shuld be required reading fr anyne wh dreams abut living in space and can help make ur earthbund civilizatins better t.
37．What des the authr intend t d in paragraph 1?
A．T clarify a cncept.B．T intrduce a tpic.
C．T make a predictin.D．T generate a discussin.
38．What set(s) Off-Earth apart frm thers?
A．Its writing style.B．Its text structure.
C．Its stry elements.D．Its writing techniques.
39．What’s Nesvld’s attitude t space settlement?
A．Cautius.B．Unclear.
C．Intlerant.D．Disapprving.
40．What is the text?
A．A shrt stry.B．A news reprt.
C．A bk review.D．A research essay.