Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia

跟蹤導練（一）

閱讀理解

We’re often reminded of the importance of protecting the planet as we see it for future generations—and children at St Oswald’s CE Primary School in Chester certainly agree.

Nine--year--old Isobel Kelleher from the school’s Hummingbirds class thinks adults need to take note. “Sometimes they can be busy and I don’t think they think they can make a difference， but if everyone does a little bit， it all adds up，” she tells HuffPost UK. “We started looking at plastic pollution in our oceans and the things like plastic bags that are polluting them，” she says. “Fish can eat the plastic and they can die， or we might even eat the fish ourselves.”

Mr Timms， Isobel’s teacher， has been spearheading （帶頭做） a new project at the school which lets children loose （釋放） creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally friendly. The entire Hummingbirds class， which is made up of 9- and 10--year--old pupils， has been busy writing poems and creating online video adverts to warn adults about the serious situation of our oceans and wildlife.

Mr Timms thinks children have an important role to play in teaching us how to take care of the things around us. “We sometimes overlook （忽視） how much we can really learn from children，” he says. “It has been really hard to believe having parents come in saying that their children have been asking them to stop using plastic， and to recycle more， and even stopping them using plastic straws.”

Mr Timms is proud of his Hummingbirds class. “The message that they would like to send to the world is simple： stopping this isn’t someone else’s job， and it won’t be OK if we just leave it.”

1. What does Kelleher think of adults when talking about protecting our planet？

A. They haven’t done their part well. B. They can do little to stop pollution.

C. They don’t have time to make a change. D. They have started to care about the ocean.

2. What is the purpose of the school project？

A. To ask students to stop using plastic bags.

B. To help adults to learn more about their kids.

C. To teach students how to write poems creatively.

D. To remind adults to be friendly to the environment.

3. Why does Mr Timms mention parents in Paragraph 4？

A. To prove kids are creative in teaching. B. To attract people to support his work.

C. To have adults care about education. D. To show the effects of the project.

4. What is the text mainly about？

A. An inspiring school project. B. A request to stop plastic bags.

C. Serious situations of our planet. D. Adults’ overlooking of the environment.

閱讀七選五

The oceans are being seriously polluted now. Plastics are harming the marine （海產的） life. Carbon pollution is warming the oceans and increasing their acidity （酸度）. Waters are being overfished. Here are some steps we can take to help make a difference.

· Bring our own bags. Try carrying a reusable bag at all times， including while traveling， and bringing our own things to work to avoid relying on plastic items.

· Talk about it now. We should carry that conversation into public places. Talk to our friends and family about why the ocean is important and why we take steps to help it， and challenge them to do the same.

· A good way to make a difference is to organize a garbage cleanup now. Whether it’s an inland cleanup or one near the coast， plan one in our community.

· Throw away our cars. When we hang out， we should reduce our carbon footprint， which may help slow global warming and ocean acidification.

· Recycle， obviously. Experts say recycling is an obvious action to take. Check on what can be recycled in our community， and make sure you’re separating out your plastic.

The more someone thinks about plastics and plastics pollution， the more likely they are to act on it. If everyone can contribute to the oceans， the oceans will be well preserved （保護）.

A. Plan a cleanup.

B. But the bag should not be a plastic one.

C. Choose public transportation over driving our cars.

D. In summary， think about it more and act on it more.

E. Driving cars less often is a good way to protect the oceans.

F. However， experts say there’s still hope to make a difference.

G. However， marine life plays a very important role in the oceans.

1. ___________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________? 5. __________

跟蹤導練（二）

完形填空

It was about 10 pm on October 12， 2020. Paul Wilson and his friend Tina Stern were stepping out of the elevator of her apartment building when they smoke. “My dogs！” Tina shouted with as she ran down the hall to her apartment. Paul， 54， who is walked carefully towards the smoke.

“I was across from Tina’s apartment door. I slowly took four or five steps to the right， and smoke hit me right in the face，” Paul said. “I the door，? shouting， ‘Anybody home？’

， nobody answered.”

Suddenly the door opened， and more came out. Paul heard coughing and reached behind the door， waving his arm until he someone. It was Diane， who lived there. He took her arm and pulled her into the hall， then ran back to the smoke-filled apartment with Tina.

He and Tina the fire extinguisher （滅火器）. While Paul held it， he Tina to use it to fight the fire. the fire finally died down.

Diane had fallen asleep when cooking on the stove （爐子）， and it had the fire. She later called Paul to him. “I could have died without your help，” she said.

As it turned out， fires was just second nature to Paul—he had been a with the St Lucie County Fire District for about 2 years in the 2010s. He a serious eye disease in 2013 and lost his sight.

Last November， the St Lucie County Fire District awarded （頒獎） him and Tina the Citizen Hero Award for theiractions. When asked what he was at that moment， Paul said， “I was not at all. I just knew it was that I had to do.”

1. A. smelled B. saw C. touched D. discussed

2. A. anger B. surprise C. fear D. joy

3. A. lost B. blind C. deaf D. hurt

4. A. sitting B. living C. lying D. standing

5. A. escaped by B. knocked on C. rushed through D. locked up

6. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Instead

7. A. noise B. light C. smoke D. air

8. A. remembered B. felt C. recognized D. left

9. A. picked up B. looked for C. passed down D. pointed at

10. A. forbade B. forced C. allowed D. taught

11. A. Normally B. Absolutely C. Suddenly D. Fortunately

12. A. prevented B. attracted C. caused D. spread

13. A. thank B. invite C. impress D. support

14. A. making B. setting C. fighting D. catching

15. A. doctor B. postman C. guard D. fireman

16. A. found B. predicted C. developed D. learned

17. A. slow B. brave C. violent D. strange

18. A. doing B. thinking C. saying D. expecting

19. A. interested B. concerned C. excited D. frightened

20. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

跟蹤導練（三）

閱讀理解

A

When I was five or six years old， I remember watching TV and seeing other children suffer in other parts of the world. I would say to myself， “When I grow up， when I can get rich， I will save kids all over the world.”

At 17， I started my career （事業） here in America， and by the age of 18， I started my first charity organization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years， and met， helped， and even lost some of the most beautiful souls， from six-year-old Jasmina Anema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia （白血病）， and whose story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors （捐贈者）， to my grandmother， who lost her battle with cancer in 2012， and her death is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation （CLF）. We’re all human. And we all just want a chance： a chance at life， a chance in education， a chance at a future， really. And at CLF， our mission is to influence as many lives as possible， but it starts with just one.

People make it seem too hard to do charity work. The truth is， you don’t have to be rich to help others. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t even have to be college-educated. But it starts with your neighbor， the person right next to you， the person sitting next to you in class， the kid down the block in your neighborhood. You just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can. And today， I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person， one organization， one situation that touches your heart. My grandmother used to say， “If you’ve got a dollar， there’s plenty to share.”

1. What did the author want to do at a young age？

A. Become a star. B. Write articles. C. Become wealthy. D. Help other children.

2. What directly caused the author to create and develop the CLF？

A. A six-year-old kid’s request. B. Many volunteers’ inspiration.

C. Other organizations’ encouragement. D. Her grandmother’s death of cancer.

3. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 2 refer to？

A. A chance. B. A task. C. A life. D. An organization.

4. What does the author advise people to do in the last paragraph？

A. Helping others in whatever way you can. B. Work hard to get a college education.

C. Challenge their friends to offer help. D. Do charity work whoever you are.

B

Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he’s an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter， including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Stein’s jobs is defending （維護） an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.

Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts （收銀臺）. The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California， including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds， plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people think.

Among the bag makers’ argument： many cities with bans still allow shoppers to buy paper bags， which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at， they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.

The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement： reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is， the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However， longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.

Environmentalists don’t dispute （質疑） these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.

5. What has Steven Stein been hired to do？

A. Help increase grocery sales. B. Recycle the waste material.

C. Stop things falling off trucks. D. Argue for the use of plastic bags.

6. What does the word “headwinds” in Paragraph 2 refer to？

A. Bans on plastic bags. B. Plastic bags hung in trees.

C. Effects of city development. D. Headaches caused by garbage.

7. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers？

A. They are quite expensive. B. It can be difficult to replace them.

C. They are less strong than plastic bags. D. It requires more energy to produce them.

8. What can be the best title for the text？

A. Plastic， Paper or Neither B. Recycle or Throw Away

C. Industry， Pollution and Environment D. Garbage Collection and Waste Control

跟蹤導練（四）

完形填空

There are thousands of people across the United States without any food or shelter. Every Saturday or Sunday night， my family and I go out and the homeless people in the city.

There is one thing I like to mention here. Before we begin our， my family and I do not eat. We do this so we know how it feels to be . We all get together in the kitchen and the food. We then bag the for 30 or more people. I like to write a special on the bags like “God loves you”.

A lot of people homeless people. Not all homeless people are bad people. Some are really . Many people hate them for no good . In the beginning， when my family and I went out on the street， we had to their trust. Later， as they us every week， they started to trust us. We know some of their names. We all have to keep in mind that they also have . Some of them shake our hands for giving them food and us. Some of them do really funny dances because they are . We have become really to a man named Tony and his wife. After meeting with them several times， he has told us a lot about his . He graduated from college and has a PhD. He used to teach French and Spanish.

After we get down to feeding the homeless， it makes me what I have at home. Sometimes it makes me sad， and makes my mom cry. I love feeding the homeless， and making a in someone’s life.

1. A. visit B. introduce C. save D. feed

2. A. common B. exciting C. special D. embarrassing

3. A. show B. journey C. vacation D. meal

4. A. hungry B. thirsty C. lonely D. sick

5. A. check B. prepare C. divide D. enjoy

6. A. food B. balls C. fruit D. clothes

7. A. passage B. saying C. note D. message

8. A. trust B. help C. disrespect D. misunderstand

9. A. successful B. nice C. funny D. wise

10. A. reason B. use C. health D. excuse

11. A. accept B. get C. exchange D. share

12. A. served B. told C. saw D. needed

13. A. hardly B. never C. sometimes D. even

14. A. words B. looks C. hopes D. feelings

15. A. entertain B. thank C. impress D. disappoint

16. A. happy B. frightened C. surprised D. bored

17. A. blind B. dear C. cruel D. close

18. A. dream B. future C. life D. friend

19. A. lose B. appreciate C. keep D. remember

20. A. fortune B. chance C. decision D. difference

跟蹤導練（五）

閱讀理解

During the darkest days of the drought （干旱） that hit the western US since the early 2000s， rivers went dry from north to south. Consequently， low river flows severely reduced the amount of carbon-free electricity that could be produced by the thousands of hydroelectric power plants （水力發電站） along rivers across the West.

Now， a group of researchers have figured out that an extra 100 million tons of carbon ended up in the atmosphere because people had to use carbon-emitting （碳排放） power sources instead of hydroelectric power during drought. That’s equal to adding about 1.4 million cars to road for every one of those years. “That’s a big piece of the picture，” says Noah Diffenbaugh， a climate scientist at Stanford.

In normal years， over 20% of the electricity comes from hydroelectric power plants. But that number fluctuates with the ebb and flow （漲落） of water. And when water is not enough， the amount of hydroelectric power falls down.

States like California， Washington， and Oregon that rely on hydroelectric power during water-rich years were the hardest hit. In California， for example， the extra carbon dioxide emitted because of the drought added up to over 7% of its total carbon emissions.

That’s a big problem. Many of the western states have made plans for how to reduce their emissions over the next few decades. California， for example， is trying to get its emissions down to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. But drought makes it harder to meet the emissions reduction goals.

While the carbon cost of drought is large， Diffenbaugh points out， “With this study and a lot of others from the past few years， we’ve learned more and more about when and why carbon-free energy sources face challenge.” Armed with this information， he says， energy managers can figure out how to solve the problem in energy needs with more renewable resources.

1. What is the result due to the drought？

A. The high amount of energy using. B. The large number of cars on the road.

C. The increased need for power sources. D. The large carbon emission.

2. What does the underlined word “fluctuates” in Paragraph 3 mean？

A. Appears naturally. B. Changes frequently. C. Remains fixed. D. Increases greatly.

3. What can we know about California according to the text？

A. Its carbon emission is very heavy. B. It is a water-rich state all year round.

C. It heavily depends on renewable energy. D. It has achieved its emission reduction goal.

4. What does Noah Diffenbaugh think of climate cost？

A. It is not very large. B. It is expected to be solved.

C. It is a global common problem. D. It has been solved in some areas.

選詞填空

用方框里單詞的正確形式填空，使其句意完整。有兩個詞是多余的。

1. The teacher ___________ that twenty of his pupils would pass the examination.

2. How do you react when you see something ?___________? ， such as a fire？

3.The ?___________? of rubbish costs money and requires special equipment， but it is environmentally friendly.

4. The hurricane damaged many houses in the ?___________?towns.

5. The new law will reduce ?___________? of the air.

6. The nurses wore?___________? and close-fitting white caps.

7. They?___________? that the price of books had increased again.

8. The quiet country roads are ideal for ?___________? .

9. It’s difficult to cross the desert by car， but not ?___________? impossible.

10. The trees provide ?___________? against the burning rays of the sun.

語法填空

Cathy Martin is a hurricane hunter （收集者） with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration （NOAA）. For six months each year， she is part of a team that collects she describes as “vital data， to save life and property”.

When winds pick up， spinning （旋轉） toward the Caribbean and US coastline， Martin and （she） flight team spring into action.

They use instruments called dropsondes， which （set） free from a tube at the back of the plane. As a dropsonde makes its 10，000-foot landing into the sea， it sends out information about air temperature， pressure， humidity， and the speed and（direct） of the wind.

On an eight-hour flight， Martin’s team （usual） drops 15 to 20 dropsondes while flying from one side of the storm to the other， （try） to cover as much ground as possible. They head for the center （or eye） of the storm， there’s no wind， and also search for the strongest winds， to help people on the coast prepare what’s coming. Sometimes， they will use an unmanned （無人操作的） aircraft （collect） data closer to the ocean’s surface.

Though these flights can be long， （tired） and often last several days in a row， Martin likes her job and wishes she could fly every day.

1.?___________ 2. ?___________ 3. ?___________ 4. ___________ 5. ___________

6. ___________ 7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9. ___________ 10. ___________

跟蹤導練（六）

短文改錯

Hello， boys and girls！ Today， I am going to talk with what you should do when a fire alarm go off. If you hear the alarm， stand in lines at the door and wait for your teacher lead you outside. Stay closely to your teacher and classmates. Don’t get out of line， and tried to remain calm and quiet. Soon the firefighters will come and put off the fire. If it’s a wrong alarm and there is no fire， your teacher will lead us back to the classroom. If you notice that when someone is missed or hurt， tell your teacher immediately.

書面表達

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3. 你對這次活動的評價。

注意：

1. 詞數100左右;

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