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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 If you’re a fan of The Hunger Games, you shouldn’t miss another...
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
If you’re a fan of The Hunger Games, you shouldn’t miss another trilogy called Divergent.
The second book, by US author Veronica Roth, 1.______ (publish) in 2012. It has spent 105 weeks on the USA Today best-selling books list and 2.____ (current) ranks No 1.
The trilogy’s story begins in a futuristic Chicago3._____ people are divided into five distinct groups. Each group is characterized by certain traits – Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Erudite (the intelligent), Amity (the peaceful) and Candor (the honest). Every child, at 16, takes a test 4.______ (see) which of the five factions he or she belongs to. But Beatrice Prior, born in Abnegation, is qualified 5._____ three, meaning she is a Divergent. And she is told not to tell 6._____ if she wants to stay alive.
So the decision is between staying with her family or being true to herself. Beatrice ends up 7._____ (choose) the Dauntless. After joining her new group, Beatrice renames herself Tris and tries to prove her 8._____ (brave) with amazing things like jumping off a moving train onto a rooftop. While undergoing these extreme physical tests, Tris must also determine who her real friends are.
The story of the trilogy “explores a more common adolescent anxiety – the painful realization 9.______ coming into one’s own sometimes means leaving family behind, both ideologically 10.______ physically”, commented The New York Times.
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