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1、01阅读理解Passage1(2021·东营神州天立高级中学有限公司高三月考)MyfavoritenovelisAlbertCamus'sThePlague(鼠疫).Itwaspublishedin1947,afterWordWarII.Onthesurface,it'sastoryaboutanAlgeriancoastaltownthreatenedbyamysteriousplague.Butthesymbolicideaworksontheconcretepresentationofametaphysical(形
2、而上学的)problem,whichisthecruelfactofsuffering.Liketheplague,it'sjustathingthathappensintheworldwhetherwewantittoornot.Camus'snovelasksifwecanthinkofsufferingnotasanindividualburdenbutasasharedexperience—andmaybeturnitintosomethingpositive.Thekeyistorecognizetheuniv
3、ersalityofsuffering.Aplagueisanextraordinaryeventandthehorroritresultsinisextraordinary,too.Butsufferingisanythingbutextraordinary.Everydayyouleavethehouse,somethingterriblecouldhappen.Thesameistrueforall.Allofusarcsubjecttoforcesoverwhichwehavenocontrol.Apandemi
4、c(大流行病)forcesustothinkaboutourresponsibilitiestothepeoplearoundus.TheheroofThePlagueisacommitteddoctornamedRieux.Fromtheverybeginning,Rieuxdevoteshimselftoresistingtheplaguethatuniteditsvictims.Eachcharacterinthestoryisdefined(刻画)bywhattheydowhentheplaguecomes.No
5、oneescapesit,butthosewhoreducethesufferingofothersarethemostfulfilled.Theonlyvillainsarethosewhocannotseebeyondthemselves.Theplague,forthesepeople,iseitheranexcusetofleeoranopportunitytomakeprofits.Becausetheycan'tseethattheirconditionisshared,aspiritofunityiscom
6、pletelyforeigntothem.Andthatblindnessmakescommunityimpossible.AttheveryendofThePlague,Camusstatedhisphilosophythatthestruggleagainstsufferingisneveroverforgood.Theplaguewillreturn,andsowilleverythingelsethatupsetshumans.Butthepointofthebookisthatasharedstruggleis
7、whatmakescommunitypossibleinthefirstplace.Apandemic,terriblethoughitis,highlightsourmutualinterdependenceinawaythatonlytragedycan.ThebeautyofThePlagueisthatitasksthereadertomapthelessonsofthepandemicontoeverydaylife.Theprinciplesthatdrivethehero,Rieux,arethesamep
8、rinciplesthatmakeeverysocietyworthwhile—understanding,loveandunity.Ifwelearntheselessons,inamomentofcrisis,we'llallbebetteroffontheothersideofit.1.Whatisthesym