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Brother by American author Cory Doctorow. It is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readers.
Marcus Yallow, 17, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying
the rules of society. Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting
(骗过) his high school"s monitoring system. This way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular
online game in real life.
While they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay Bridge. Marcus stops a military vehicle to get help for
his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secret prison.
There he is treated as a possible terrorist. He is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend
disappears.
When he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many "security measures" in place and that now all
citizens are treated like potential terrorists. While some consider this government action necessary for public
safety, Marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizen.
He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the
DHS himself. He helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymously (匿名地).
The book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course
of the story. As part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society.
B. A book review.
C. News report
D. A TV programme
B. reward
C. ruin
D. protection
B. he bombed a military vehicle
C. he did something that a possible terrorist could do
D. his injured friend disappeared
B. Marcus Yallow is smart, fast and wise in real life
C. Marcus Yallow always plays online games in real life
D. Marcus Yallow is expert at the network world
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 What happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew sudden】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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and us to have the idea that if we can"t handle school or 2 life well, we are just not trying hard.
But in my opinion that may not be 3 .
Earlier this school year, I was leaving my class one Friday 4 suddenly it 5 like I had pulled a muscle
in my back. I knew I was ill.
After a few days I stopped eating. This meant I lost 6 ; the clothes that I bought two weeks earlier
began 7 loose. This time my parents got scared.
8 , I started sleeping less. My eyelids (眼皮) were constantly 9 .
I refused to 45 that I was ill. I kept my job working 10 hours a week in a shop; I didn"t 11 any classes.
When I was hurting, I didn"t mind and kept on going. 12 it kills you, it makes you stronger, right?
But now I find myself thinking. Is it 13 it? I"m taking the classes and working for the newspaper because
it does good 14 college applications. And I"m working 25 hours a week so that, once I get into my dream
school, I can 15 it.
Here I am, already sick from the 16 of work I"m doing in and out of school. So, what good is a(n) 17
application if I"m badly ill? What is the 18 of doing this work if I can"t enjoy the results?
In fact, by writing my 19 I"m telling all the people who 20 much about the future to worry about it now.
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| A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail (桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel (铲). In the 1 of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he 2 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox. The boy dug around the rock, 3 to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much 4 , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by 5 his hands. When the boy got the rock to the 6 of the sandbox, he found that he couldn"t roll it up and 7 the little wall. 8 , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some 9 , the rock tipped (翻滚) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only 10 was to have the rock roll back. Finally he 11 tears. All this time the boy"s father watched from his living room window 12 the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large 13 appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy"s father. Gently but 14 , he said, "Son, why didn"t you use all the strength that you had?" Defeated, the boy 15 back,"I did! I did! I used all the strength that I had!" "No, you didn"t. You didn"t ask me for help." The father 16 down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox. Do you have "rocks" in your life that need to be 17 ? Are you discovering that you don"t have 18 it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the 19 we need. Maybe, it"s sometimes a good idea to ask others for 20 when we meet difficulties we can"t overcome. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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