2017届高考英语一轮复习单元训练：1.4《Earthqu kes》（新人教版含解析）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习单元训练：1.4《Earthqu kes》（新人教版含解析）

　　仿写：It suddenly occurred to him that the person who he had just chatted with was none other than the murderer who had escaped from the prison.

　　他突然想起来那个刚才和他闲谈的人正是从监狱逃脱的杀人犯。

　　[2016·嘉裕关一中模拟]On Sunday, August 24th, comic book lovers across the world held their breath to watch how much crazy collectors would pay for a rare Superman comic book. Though bids (出价) above the initial asking price of 1 million dollars had been coming in gradually since the copy was placed on the auction site (拍卖网站) eBay on July 14th, things really started to heat up during the final minutes when the price jumped from $2.5 to $2.6 and then $2.7 million, before shooting up to unbelievable 3,207,852 dollars!

　　This of course was no ordinary Superman comic book, but an edition of the extremely sought－after (很吃香地) No.1 of Action Comics series — the first publication of the superhero that was born from the creative minds of teenagers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Though Action Comics No. 1, which depicted a diaper－clad baby Superman lifting furniture， had a print run of 200,000 copies, only about 100 are known to exist today.

　　While the rarity is certainly a reason for the high price, Stephen Fisher, CEO of ComicConnect.com, thinks it also has a lot to do with the fact that Superman was the worlD s first superhero！ Even so, none of the copies have been able to fetch (售得) as much as the most recent one, simply because they have not been as well－preserved. Graded a rare 9 out of 10 by CGC, a third party grading service for comic books, the book is the highest rated copy of Action Comics No. 1 so far. According to CGC officials, the 76－year－old comic book looks and feels as though it has just come off the newsstand (报摊)．