(1) 字彙
◊ Frank looks very tired. It ______
that he didn’t sleep well last night.
法蘭克看起來非常疲憊。他似乎昨晚沒睡好。
答案：appears
◊ The market for newspapers is ______
because more and more people read the news online.
報紙的市場正在萎縮中，因為越來越多人看網路新聞。
答案：shrinking
◊ The child fell into the river
and nearly ______.
這名孩童跌入河中，差一點溺死。
答案：drowned
◊ The film is popular with young
women because it contains many romantic ______.
這部電影很受年輕女性的歡迎，因為它有很多浪漫的場景。
答案：scenes
◊ It is difficult to ______ when
a natural disaster will occur.
天災何時會發生是很難預測的。
答案：predict
◊ Derek made a ______ about
the game results before the game even started.
德瑞克在比賽開始前就做了關於賽後結果的預測。
答案：prediction
◊ The fisherman didn’t notice
the hole in the boat until it began to ______.
漁夫直到船開始下沉才注意到船艙的破洞。
答案：sink
◊ I am not sure if I ______
understand what you mean.
我不確定是否完全了解你的意思。
答案：completely
◊ I know nothing about the man
over there. He is a ______ stranger to me.
我對於那邊那位男子一無所知。他對我來說完全是個陌生人。
答案：complete
◊ It usually takes three years
to ______ junior high school in Taiwan
在台灣通常要花費三年時間來完成國中教育。
答案：complete
◊ Air pollution is a ______ problem. It
affects everyone in the world.
空氣污染是全球問題。它影響到世界上的每個人。
答案：global
◊ The town has changed a lot
over the past three ______. Many buildings have been built during this time.
這個城鎮在過去三十年改變很大。許多建築物都是在這個時期興建的。
答案：decades
◊ The ______ in Taiwan 38°C in
summer.
台灣的氣溫在夏天可以飆升到38度C。
答案：temperature
◊ The ice cream ______ quickly
in the sun.
冰淇淋在太陽底下快速融化。
答案：melted
◊ Sylvia ______ some sugar and
butter to make a cake.
希薇亞將一些糖和奶油融化以製作蛋糕。
答案：melted
◊ A big ______ started shortly
after the sky became dark.
狂風暴雨在天空變黑後迅速來襲。
答案：storm
◊ The typhoon caused serious ______
in the mountains.
颱風在山區造成嚴重的水災。
答案：flooding
◊ The heavy rain has continued
for a week, and some areas have been badly ______.
豪雨已經持續了一個星期，因而造成許多地區嚴重淹水。
答案：flooded
◊ Many houses in that town were
damaged by the recent ______.
那城鎮裡的許多房子被最近的洪水所破壞。
答案：floods
◊ That man’s house was ______
by fire, so he is now staying at his brother’s home.
那名男子的房子被火災摧毀，所以他現在住在他弟弟家。
答案：destroyed
◊ Cutting down too many trees
may cause serious environmental ______.
砍伐太多樹木可能會造成嚴重的環境破壞。
答案：destruction
◊ The price of the trip is
about NT$30,000, ______ tax.
這筆旅費含稅大約是台幣三萬元。
答案：including
◊ A waiter’s job ______ taking
orders and serving food.
服務生的工作包括點餐和供餐。
答案：includes
◊ The drunk driver should take
all the ______ for the car accident.
這名酒醉駕駛應該要為這起車禍承擔所有的責難。
答案：blame
◊ Don’t ______ Albert for the
problem. He had nothing to do with it.
不要因為這個問題而責怪亞伯特。他與這件事毫無關聯。
答案：blame
◊ Grace became a U.S. ______ after she moved to the United States
葛莉絲在搬去美國且嫁給美國人之後就成為美國公民。
答案：citizen
◊ Taking care of patients is
one of a nurse’s ______.
照顧病人是護士的責任之一。
答案：responsibilities
◊ A boss should take ______ for
everything that happens in the company.
老闆應該為發生在公司的每一件事負責。
答案：responsibility
◊ Gordon is ______ for
maintaining the school website. He has to make sure it works well all the time.
高登負責維護學校網站。他必須確保它一直正常運作中。
答案：responsible
(2) 片語
◊ Part of the bridge was ______ ______
by floods.
部分的橋樑被洪水沖刷走了。
答案：washed; away
◊ Chloe was late for school. ______
______ ______, she left her homework at home.
克洛伊上學遲到。更糟的是，她將功課留在家裡。
答案：What; was; worse
◊ Sean’s bad learning attitude ______
______ his poor performance in school.
西恩不良的學習態度導致他在學校的糟糕表現。
答案：resulted; in
◊ To save energy, Iris always ______
______ the lights in her home when they are not in use.
為了節省能源，艾莉絲在家中總是會隨手關燈。
答案：turns; off
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