A.Problems with the book.

　　B.Brooks's life experience.

　　C.Death of the characters.

　　D.Brooks's translation skills.

　　解析　判断推理题。最后一段最后一句These problems partly involve Brooks's attempt to translate his tale into science.可推知接下去作者主要论及作品存在的问题。

　　答案　A

　　Passage 2　(2017·重庆)

　　话题：水上行走

　　词数：288

　　t us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid—we simply weigh too much，and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet，resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink.

　　However，several types of animals can walk on water.One of the most interesting is the common basilisk Basilicus basilicus，a lizard (蜥蜴) native to Central and South America.It can run across water for a distance of several metersadequate“hitting”.

　　But fortunately there is an alternative：cornflour.By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water (and it does take a lot)－Newtonian”liquid that doesn't behave like normal water.Nowif the surface of the water is hit hard enough，particles(粒子) in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard.Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step

　　Fun though all this may sound，it's still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice.If you must do it，then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sink—and take a shower afterward!

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