Section Ⅲ Developing ideas

單詞填空 用所給詞的適當形式填空。

1. Eventually， the girl from the accident and she thought the doctors and nurses help her" ". （recover）

2. Joe is a" "man and he believes" "and effort can lead to success. （determine）

3. I was" "at her widely" "knowledge of medicine. Much to my" "， she can speak English very well. （amaze）

4. There are" "goods in the shop， and the prices" "from brand to brand. The" "of them is popular among many customers. （vary）

5. Children sometimes" "against the thing their parents believe in. And they hope to get a fair" "from their parents. （react）

6. As one of the" "in the ship crash， the girl felt lucky to catch the chance of" ". （survive）

7. Everyone in the school was" "when they heard the" "news. （shock）

8. If you" "all your energies on studying a foreign language， you will master it. Because study needs total" ". （concentrate）

單句表達 根據括號內提示翻譯句子。

1. Adam是因為下大雨才遲到的。（強調句）

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2. 你越仔細，你犯的錯誤就越少。（the + 比較級…， the + 比較級…）

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3. 我想我會頂風冒雨出去遛狗的。（brave the elements）

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4. 他能否專心學習取決于他自己。（concentrate on）

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5. 只有努力你才有成功的機會。（“only + 介詞短語”置于句首的倒裝句）

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提示寫作

選用所給詞匯或句型造句，并組成一段連貫的短文（80詞左右）。

concentrate protect be famous/known for face the danger of manage to

show respect to It is… who/that… The reason is that…

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閱讀理解

A

When LeeAnn Kriegh moved to Bend， Oregon， in 2012， she fell in love with the trees， birds and flowers. Then she began to read nature guidebooks.

“There wasn’t a book that met my needs，” Kriegh said. “I had all the field guides. And they were wonderful， but they didn’t tell me stories or teach me the basics and those were what I needed.” Kriegh’s book， The Nature of Bend， was published in 2016. And Kriegh wanted to encourage others to become published authors. She spent about 2，000 hours working on her guidebook， in which she covered 350 species （物種）.

“You should be ready to spend time on the topic you write about，” Kriegh said. “It’s a lot of work， and you have to have a strong liking for your subject，” she added， “or it’s going to be put aside.”

At first， Kriegh began by sending a plan to a book publisher. Half a year passed before the publisher said no to Kriegh. What he said was that central Oregon seemed too small a market. Kriegh remembered his words. During that time she made a decision that she would take care of all the book’s elements on her own rather than depend on another publisher.

Being a self-publisher， she not only picked up the check for printing， but she also paid for the other parts like marketing that were paid by a publisher. Kriegh worked with more than 40 photographers and local naturalists， and read through many scientific papers for the book.

She’s heard a lot of positive remarks （評論） about the way she’s shown facts and stories about these species that help people feel connected and put a smile on their faces.

Kriegh is now working on The Nature of Portland. She hopes it will attract people in cities.

“The purpose of the book is to get people more interested in nature，” Kriegh said. “The more you know about it， the more you care about it and work to take care of it.”

1. Kriegh needed a guidebook that .

A. was affordable B. told stories or basics

C. covered various species D. was easy to understand

2. What might inspire Kriegh to continue writing books？

A. Her dream of becoming an author. B. Her hope of being successful.

C. Her interest in the subject. D. Her love of her city.

3. Why did Kriegh publish the book on her own？

A. To take full control of the book. B. To pay the publisher.

C. To enlarge the market in Oregon. D. To publish the book as soon as possible.

4. What can we learn about The Nature of Portland？

A. It calls on people to protect wildlife. B. It encourages people to write.

C. It makes people feel connected with nature. D. It is popular with people in cities.

B

Cuckoos are masters of cheating. When it comes to raising young， they don’t spend the energy building a nest， protecting eggs or feeding children. Instead， the female passes these roles on to other birds. They don’t raise their own young. Usually， they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds， fooling other birds into thinking the cuckoo eggs are theirs.

To succeed in doing this， a female cuckoo watches over her chosen nest to observe feeding times. When the host parent leaves its nest in search of food， the cuckoo quickly lays her eggs among those already in the nest. Sometimes， she will even destroy and remove one of the host’s eggs to make room for her own.

Cuckoos are medium-sized birds with long tails， and often have gray or brown backs. When they hatch （孵化） and begin to grow in a host’s nest， the difference between the two can be obvious to an onlooker. Often the cuckoo is twice the size of its host parents， but still continues to receive food from them.

The cuckoo imposter （冒名頂替者） is usually the only baby bird that the host parent has to care for. This is because when the cuckoo hatches after around 11 days， it gets rid of all the other eggs in the nest. It will lift each egg onto its back before throwing them one by one over the edge of the nest. Even then， the non-biological parent will continue to treat it as one of its own.

Also， cuckoos have developed to produce eggs that are similar in color to their main hosts’. This reduces the chances of eggs being attacked. Female cuckoos have been known to take host birds’ attention away after laying their eggs by producing a noise similar to Eurasian sparrowhawks， scaring birds away from returning to the nest and allowing time for the cuckoo to make her escape unnoticed.

5. What do mother cuckoos usually do when it comes to raising their young？

A. Attend to eggs. B. Build a new nest. C. Rely on other birds. D. Learn feeding skills.

6. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refer to？

A. Other cuckoos. B. Baby cuckoos. C. Its host parents. D. Its birth parents.

7. What can be inferred about the cuckoo imposter？

A. It looks much larger than the other eggs.

B. It throws all the other eggs out of nests.

C. It usually hatches out earlier than the other eggs.

D. It makes a noise to scare other birds away from the nest.

8. The text mainly tells us how cuckoos .

A. fool other birds B. produce eggs C. destroy others’ nests D. protect their children

完形填空

Juan Lopez is a custodian （看護人） at a community of ocean-side homes. One day， he was driving his truck through the neighborhood， making his rounds to make sure everything was 1 . Suddenly， he" "noticed a motionless animal 2 on a bike path， so he 3 the truck and went closer to look.

When he 4 beside the animal， Juan was 5 to find himself face to face with a baby sea lion. Juan recently heard a report stating that high numbers of sea lion pups （幼崽） have been 6 ashore because sea lion mothers go out to sea for days to hunt for food， leaving their pups near shore. Perhaps this pup had been left by its mother for a long time and started to 7 . Maybe that’s why the pup came ashore and ended up on the 8 .

Juan grabbed a blanket from his truck. His plan was to 9 the blanket on the road， roll the" " 10 onto it， and then carry the baby to the 11 . But when Juan unfolded the blanket and waved it out in midair， the pup let out a cry of fear and started 12 away. Clearly， the pup would have nothing to do with Juan’s plan. There had to be another 13 .

Juan had worked in the community for 25 years. Every night， he had made his rounds withoutnbsp; " 14 . He always drove around， listening to the sounds of the crashing waves and the sea lions" 15 in the distance. Suddenly， Juan had an idea. He 16 the bark （嗥叫聲） he was hearing. As he barked， the sea lion pup 17 . Juan kept barking and started making his way toward the boardwalk. 18 ， the pup followed. Juan barked and walked along the boardwalk toward the ocean. The pup walked behind until they 19 the shore. Juan gave a final 20 bark， and the pup jumped into the water.

1. A. in order B. ahead of time C. off schedule D. left behind

2. A. standing B. walking C. sitting D. lying

3. A. started B. parked C. drove D. forgot

4. A. rested B. wandered C. knelt D. checked

5. A. surprised B. eager C. disappointed D. amused

6. A. crying B. fighting C. playing D. bathing

7. A. panic B. grow C. travel D. move

8. A. path B. bike C. sea D. truck

9. A. fold B. spread C. throw D. wave

10. A. baby B. food C. medicine D. water

11. A. shelter B. zoo C. hospital D. ocean

12. A. looking B. backing C. rolling D. keeping

13. A. pup B. blanket C. guard D. way

14. A. transport B. noise C. accidents D. passersby

15. A. hunting B. barking C. swimming D. singing

16. A. learned B. recalled C. repeated D. collected

17. A. went asleep B. calmed down C. jumped up D. held on

18. A. Anxiously B. Obviously C. Amazingly D. Unwillingly

19. A. left B. found C. landed D. reached

20. A. greeting B. gift C. farewell D. joy