02人与社会之文学艺术与体育篇

高三英语课外时文分类阅读系列(2) 第二局部“人与社

会”之文学、艺术与体育篇

目录：

Passage 1网剧《爱很美味》让观众直呼人间真实Passage 2 “双减”等政策的实施

Passage 3《英雄联盟》动画剧集上线Passage 4 “冰墩墩”出炉记

Passage 5科幻电影《沙丘》超乎你的想象Passage 6 “数字遗产”完全属于我们吗？

Passage 7海安花鼓：柔美清新的非物质文化遗产Passage 8剧版《三体》

Passage 1

主题语境——人与社会——网剧《爱很美味》让观众直呼人间真实

Without any superstars, web ries Delicious Romance 1,(become) a dark horalready from word of mouth.

The main characters, Fang Xin, Liu Jing and Xia Meng have experienced challenges in work and tbacks in their

必1砥01©1§颔。!1血3 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ries 2. (prent) how they overcome the difficulties mostly through small but 3. (help) fixes in their

domestic and work life.

The key success lies in its "extremely authentic" tone, as it truly mirrors how ordinary women struggle

5.(make) a living in big cities.

The audience, especially female viewers, resonated with some common social issues. For example, Liu was

fired as her company suffered a loss due to the pandemic. She was confronting a career crisis while 6.(face)

pressure from her parents urging Liu to get married.

The portrayal of the main male characters in the ries is worthy of note, too. The characters include a

single father, a 8.(fit) coach, and a bakery owner. Different from the perfect male personas 9. (show) in other

romantic shows, they also confront many real life problems.

The majority of the acting cast are 10.(relative) less-known actors. This makes the viewers believe that their

stories in the ries are authentic.

【参考答案】 become 2. prents 3. helpful 4. to 5. to make 6. facing 7. who 8.

fitness 9. shown 10. relatively

Passage 2 主题语境——人与社会——“双减”等政策的

实施

On Dec 22, the Ministry of Education (MOE) relead a review of the improvements 1. (make) to education

from veral aspects. Let's take a look.

■Less homework

To reduce the academic burden on students, in 2021, the ministry 2.(issue) a notice that middle school students

should be assigned no more than 90 minutes of homework per day. This mester, teachers have taught at a much

3.(slow) pace, students enough timeto process new knowledge.A survey by the ministry found that 97.3

percent of parents are satisfied 5. schoolsefforts to reduce the burden of homework and after-school tutoring on

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students.

■More sleep

In April, the MOE advid that middle school and high school students go to bed before 10 pm and 11 pm,

respectively. Even if they have not finished their homework, students should still go to bed at the recommended

s and parents have also paid more attention to students sleep time, with 98.7 percent of schools asking

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parents 6.(monitor) their children's sleep and study time.

■Limiting phone usage

Smartphones have become ial part of our daily lives. But for students, 8.(take) mobile phones to

school has been further limited as schools do more to protect students' eyesight and make sure they focus on their

studies. ministry reported, 99.8 percent of primary and middle schools have issued rules preventing

studentsbringing smartphones to class. Schools have t up communication channels for students to contact their

parents in an emergency. Meanwhile, almost all schools no longer assign homework via smartphones and students

do not need to finish their homework 10.(digital). 【参考答案】1. made 2. issued 3. slower4. which 5. with

6. to monitor 7. an 8. taking 9. As 10. digitally

Passage 3 主题语境——人与社会——《英雄联盟》动画

剧集上线

Two teams of five 1.(power) champions face off to destroy one another's city. The concept behind League

of Legends (LoL), the free-to-play multiplayer online video game from 2009 developed by Riot Games

company, 2. (become)a darling of the esports world ever since as its vast story expands into other media.

The animated ries Arcane: League of Legends. 3. came out on Nov 7, is the first time League lore has been

brought to life on the small screen - and it's t^ufifig^s. It 5.

(boast) a perfect 100 percent rating among critics on review website Rotten Tomatoes, as well as maintaining a

score of 9.2 on Douban from over 83,000 6.(u).

LoL video game creators Christian Linke and Alex Yee created the ries.

“A story principle in League that we brought over to Arcane is 7. there's a relationship betweenthe champions

and their region, Yee said, "It's a改奴jelalionshiR」'

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That relationship 8.(explore) in Arcane as viewers follow Jayce and Viktor, two scientists in the city of

Piltover, and Vi and Powder, two orphans in another city of Zaun. The ries rves 9. a beginning to the game.

The show manages 10(strike) the right balance between welcoming newcomers who know nothing about LoL,

while also satisfying longtime fans with deep backstories of fan-favorite storylines and characters.

【参考答案】1 .powerful 2. has become 3. which 4. an 5. boasts

6. urs 7. that 8. is explored 9. as 10. to strikePassage 4

主题语境——人与社会——“冰墩墩”出炉记

Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in an ice shell, 1.(choo) as the official mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter

Games back in 2019. Now you can find this mascot form of toys and plastic models.

Previously, Cao Xue, the chief designerof Bing Dwen Dwen and his team made three designs and he asked

his 9-year-old son to choo his favorite. "At first glance, he cho Bing Dwen Dwen, 3.

became the final mascot J Cao noted.

According to Cao, Bing Dwen Dwen was chon from 5,816 designs from 38 countries and regions. The idea

first came from a 4.(tradition) Chine snack bingtanghulu - fruit coated in syrup, which turned into the ice shell

in his design. However, a simple snack couldn't shoulder the 5.

(responsible) of reprenting a country, so Cao's team decided to include an animal or plant, finally ttling on a

panda.

However, there were already too many cartoon images of pandas out there so the mascot needed to be 6.(total)

unique and innovative. Cao first decided that it should be a baby panda. This is how they got Bing Dwen Dwen's

body shape.7.(it) body is of the same length as its head.

Cao's team then collected all the panda designs they could find across the world 8.(avoid) similarities. They

even visited the China Conrvation and Rearch Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan, to look for

inspiration. They found that baby pandas walk pigeon-toed and often lean while 9. (stand).

“When we finally got Bing Dwen Dwen, our whole team was over ," said Cao. 【参考答案】.was

chon 2. in 3. which 4. traditional5. responsibility

6. totally 7. Its 8. to avoid9. standing 10. thePassage 5

主题语境——人与社会——科幻电影《沙丘》超乎你的想象

First 1.(relea) in 1965, Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel Dune remains an icon of the genre to this film

is about a dert planet called Arrakis. Nobody would want to live on Arrakis. It has no water, has something

special: "spice”. It gives people godlike powers, and it's also needed for space travel. As a result, the entire galaxy

demands spice.

3.(get)the spice is dangerous. Giant sandworms hear the footsteps of people who dig up the spice and eat

them. This makes the spice very expensive. reason, different families want to control Arrakis. The story of

Dune is about a conflict between two families.

5.(fortunate), older Dune movies are not so beloved. The last time the book 6. (adapt) into film was 1984.

Back then, US film critic Roger Ebert said there were too many characters. So, can anyone make a good Dune

movie? Early reviews make it sound like Villeneuve^ version is 7. visual treat.

Writing for pop culture blog Jezebel. Rich Juzwiak calls it "pure spectacle^. Writing fbr The Ringer, Adam

Nay man said, “Sandworm fans will not be 8.(disappoint)/

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calling the giant creatures “awe-inspiring“ to e

onscreen.

Taylor Baker, a critic of website Drink in the Movies, said Villeneuves version of this sci-fi classic is missing

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about meaning, risks, 9.(lo), hope, gains and language itlf ... You can't remove the heart. Xan

Brooks disagreed, and he 10.(write), “It's a film of discovery; an invitation to get lost.”

【参考答案】1. relead 2. but 3. Getting 4. For 5. Unfortunately

6. was adapted 7. a 8. disappointed 9. loss 10. wrotePassage 6

主题语境——人与社会——“数字遗产”完全属于我们吗？

Nowadays, most of our lives 1.(record) online. We t up email and online 2.

(shop) accounts; we download music, films, games and e-books; we post and repost on Sina Weibo and WeChat.

Together, the things make up our "digital legacy”. In fact, there are two types of digital legacy. One is

"asts" that we buy with money, such as virtual coins and game 3.(equip). As they are worth some money, they

can be inherited. The other kind is things that carry 4.(emotion) value, such as social media accounts. Dealing with

the 5.(be) a problem.

Although you may have created your accounts, you don't really own them - internet companies do. You only

have a right 6.(u) them. For example, your Taobao account might be clod by the company if you haven't logged

in fbr more than six months.

Also, it's hard to balance between our digital legacy and privacy protection. "Whether social media accounts,

like WeChat and Sina Weibo, can be inherited is still questionable, becau they are 8.

(high) personal J said Wang Cheng, sor at Peking University Law School.

Is it possible to get everything deleted? The answer may be “Yes”. The European Union's General Data

Protection Regulation went into effect in 2018. It said people have a right to era personal data, 9.

is also known 10."the right to be fbrgotten^^.

【参考答案】 recorded 2. shopping 3. equipment 4. emotional 5. is

6. to u 7. a 8. highly 9. which 10. asPassage 7

主题语境——人与社会——海安花鼓：柔美清新的非物质文化遗产

Flower-drum dancing is a traditional Chine folk 1.(perform). It is popular across the country, especially in

places such as Fengyang in Anhui, Guangshan in Henan, and Haian in Jiangsu.

The Haian flower-drum dance 2.(date) back to more than 400 years ago. It became popular in the areas of the

Yangtze River and the Huaihe River in the Ming Dynasty. The art form was ud to show the 3.(peace) lives of

local fisherwomen. It is still popular with local people, known for its lively movements and gentle music. In 2007,

the Haian flower-drum dance 4.(include) in the list of art forms that make up Jiangsu's provincial jjg闻说侬攵

Yang Peijie, torof the Haian flower-drum dance, has been performing the dance for more than 50

years. "It has become a part of my life/ he said.

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1960s, Yang joined an art troupeand started to learn the dance from older artists. At that time, people

could only learn it in this way. There were no textbooks. Worrying the art may become lost, Yang spent five years

7.(study) the history of the dance and recorded its movements in detail. He visited almost all the local artists and

wrote a book about the subject in the 1980s.

According to Yang, the dance movements are easy to learn and understand as they come from daily life.

Nowadays, Yang focus on promotingjhe dance among all age 8.(group), especially the young. He t up a team

to work on this. The team members visit about eight schools each year to teach students. It has been added to

break-time exercis in many local schools. "To make for kids to learn, we break down difficult

movements into veral simple ones,“ Yang said. They also go to communities and parks to teach older people.

"It's my responsibility 10.(pass) down the art. I don't want to e it get lost in my lifetime,“ Yang said.

【参考答案】1 .performance 2. dates 3. peaceful 4. was included 5. an

6. In 7. studying 8. groups 9. it 10. to passPassage 8

主题语境——人与社会——剧版《三体》

Two TV 1. (adapt)of sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem are in production, with both Tencent and Netflix

taking a shot at the “unhlmable“ sci-fi epic.

The trailer fbr Tencenf s ries dropped on Nov 3. Days 2.(early) on Oct 28, Netflix's ries

13.(official)announced a dozen cast members.

The two ries 4. (ba) on Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, the first novel in the author's trilogy called

Remembrance of Earth s Past. In the Hugo Award-winning book, an astrophysicist witness her father's death.

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She later discovers an alien civilization on another planet and invites them 5. (invade) Earth. After people on Earth

learn of the news, different groups of humanity emerge with conflicting ideas about what to do next.

So why has so long to bring Liu's 2008 novel to the screen? For one, Liu 7.

(true) puts the science in science fiction. Elements of his story include transforming subatomic particles and

traveling in the fourth dimension - no easy thing to bring to life onscreen. Another possible issue is the ries'

focus on ideas more than characters, for a novel but not necessarily a live action ries.

Fans couldn't be 9.(excited) that there will be two versions available. "The Three-Body Problem requires a

lot of money and energy for special effects. It also needs a good team to draw out a big picture and tell a specific

story with their cameras J a fan told the Global Times, saying that she is looking forward to 10.(watch) both the

Chine and English adaptations.

【参考答案】1 .adaptations 2. earlier 3. officially 4. are bad 5. to invade

6. it 7. truly 8. which 9. more excited 10. watching