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1、第十七组 (建议用时：25分钟)阅读理解AThe lights go outanother power failure.“Get the candles，” Mom says, and I do.My younger brother and I search every room to collect the tall candles and votives (烛台) spaced around the house.I hurry from shelf to shelf gathering wax(蜡) sticks in my arms and place them in the livin
2、g room, a few candles in each corner except for a small red votive.That one I keep.It is the one I will take to the coffee table to use to read.I slide my book, Things Fall Apart, beside the candle holder, determined to finish the last three chapters, but lacking determination.So the book remains cl
3、osed.A sigh escapes my brothers lips.“This is boring，” he says.A drop of wax falls on my book.“I know，” I say, but really, I am enjoying the stillness.I like to watch the candle burn and feel that life is simple.I like to look out of the window into an immediate darkness unspoiled by unpleasant ligh
4、t.I love these silent moments when I feel as if I can live the way they lived, the people of the pastthe Egyptians，the Pilgrims(朝圣者), the Greeksanyone who ever lived to see the black color Im seeing，anyone who lived to see a yellow flame and depended on it.I feel at once with a secret, ancient age.I
5、m convinced that night, in this disturbed state, is the closest a person can get to experiencing the past.So, what was night really like for them? Night, as we know it now, is a pleasant, loving thing compared to the incomprehensible darkness that covered Earths first people.Even its beauty seemed u
6、nmatched.What did a farmers family do at night? Of course, the darkness must have brought them together, forced them into each others company as it has done to us tonightdeveloped a close relationship in a time of fear and uncertainty.A fire probably burnt brightly in a central room where the family
7、 gathered to talk and relax. Night was a time when men and women were liberated from work and socialized.They had no computers or TVs, and had to make do with books, religion, and conversation.At their bedside, they prayed to God, and felt a sense of security that they were out of the darkness and h
8、arms reach.Nevertheless, to run a risk of going outside was sometimes necessary, and the threat of robbers, wolves，even the ethereal (太空精灵), was present.What emotions did these people feel? Did they witness a deep bright blue cloud across heaven? What would it have been like to feel the night, heavy
9、 and damp against my back? Would it have taken me, choked me with its powerful hands, separated me from other people? Or would those have been awful dreams, and dreams only?I imagine a young girl, stepping outside her home and into a desert for some air.A cool, earthy smell would greet her.Theres a
10、sky with millions of starsfar more than a person could see todayand theres the moon.Its the largest object in the sky, the midnight sun that shines in the world, the travelers torch.It inspires stories of uncertainty, stories of power.I imagine this girl amazed at the moon and stars.If she wanders t
11、oo far, she neednt worry, for the stars will lead her back home.Bzzz! The lights return.Everyone cheers and abandons the room, happy that their period of being lonely is over, everyone except me.I pull my candle closer, and stare into the night.The glory is gone; it has been made less bright by stre
12、et lamps, electric signs, TVs, and all other manners of artificial light.But in those moments, when every light in every house was off，people may have had a taste of the old world.They may finally have touched upon the slight fear，the admiration, and the respect that our ancestors felt for the night
13、.1We can learn from the passage that the writer thinks the power failure _Aallows people to simplify their lifeBkeeps people away from artificial lightsCbrings too much inconvenience to peopleDgives people a time to taste the old lifestyle2By saying “This is boring” (Paragraph 2), the writers brothe
14、r most probably means that _Ahe really dislikes the sudden power failureBhe lacks interesting books to entertain himselfCthe writers book is really uninterestingDits dull to see wax fall on the book3From Paragraph 4, we can learn that the farmers of the past _Alived a really simple and boring lifeBh
15、ad nothing in common with modern peopleCdidnt have to work as hard as modern peopleDmight have no choice but to stay indoors at night4It can be inferred that when they stayed outside at night, the people of the past _Awould have awful dreamsBwere sure to lose their wayCmight hold some fear insideDwe
16、re faced with no danger at all5The writer makes up the story of a young girl in order to _Ainspire people to explore a desertBshow his love for the beauty of nightCto inform people of what to do at nightDprovide suggestions for traveling at night6Why does the writer not feel happy like others when the lights return?ABecause the star
