會考英語

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Kivalina, an island village in Alaska, USA, is known by only a few people. It cannot be found on most maps of Alaska because it is only 10km². This small Arctic village is home to 400 Inuit people. However, their home will become uninhabitable because the island could be covered by the Chukchi Sea by 2025. These Inuit people will have to leave their home.
But life now is already difficult. Over the past twenty years, winters have become warmer, the Arctic ice has kept melting, and the sea has been rising. These changes have made it harder to live by hunting and fishing than before. What’s worse, there is no Arctic ice thick enough to keep them safe from terrible wind and rain.
These Inuit people think it is the oil and power companies in Alaska that have brought all these troubles, but they are the ones who are paying the price. It would cost hundreds of millions to move their village, and they have no idea where to get the money. Groups like ReLocate are working together with the Inuit people to save Kivalina, but nobody is sure if their hard work will come to anything.

All the Inuit people can do now is to pray the rising sea will not cover their home too soon.

What can we learn about Kivalina?
(A) It is waiting to shine.
(B) It has become history.
(C) It is fighting for one last hope.
(D) It has given up its chance to rise.

[題組:第35到37題]After a lot of tests and interviews, you finally got into a good school or got a good job. But there’s a problem: it’s a long way from home. “Well, I can take the bus or drive,” you might think. But before you decide whether it’s OK to have such a long commute, it’s best to know __35___ . Having a long commute means you’ll get fewer hours of sleep, and that’ll make you feel tired easily. You’ll also have less time for friends and family, for exercise, or for a nice meal. A long commute not only eats up your time but also __36___ . Studies show that people who have a long commute get fat easily and often have neck or back problems. It’s easier for them to have heart problems too. __37___ . Studies find that these people get angry more often, feel less happy with their lives, and do less well at work. Now, does that good school or that good job still sound good to you?

35.
(A) what else you can do
(B) how you can enjoy it more
(C) how it will change your life
(D) what is the best way of commute for you

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NOlympics in Munich

11/11/2013

People in the city of Munich have spoken their mind: they do not want to host the Winter Olympics in 2022. To the cities that fight for this chance, __38___. The Olympics usually do a lot of good to the host city. The Games bring in jobs, visitors, and, most important of all, money. So why did people in Munich say no?
The Olympics __39_____ for people in Munich. For them, the world’s biggest sports festival could invite serious trouble. There would be a lot of building work before the Games, and during the Games, too much traffic and too many visitors. Life would become terrible and nature would be hurt. And __40___: Munich hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, and its neighbor, the mountain town Garmisch-Partenkirchen, hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Still, the heavy price Munich paid does not worry the cities that are in the race to get the 2022 Winter Olympics.__ 41___, they are happy that Munich said no to the Olympics-their chances of getting the Games have become higher.

38.
(A) this is surely a surprise
(B) this sounds like a good idea
(C) this is perhaps a smart answer
(D) this is old news they have heard