第十二講　巧用文章信息及邏輯關系

　　(1)(8 min.)

　　(2024·長郡月考五)I took up skydiving in my twenties. At the time the accident happened, I'd done just 30 jumps. The airfield was quiet when I __1__. On board were Chris, who was taking a tourist, and Ants, the cameraman. Chris indicated I should exit first and the other three would __2__. Later I knew it was this __3__ that saved my life.

　　At 12,000 feet Chris rolled up the door and nodded that it was time for my exit. I put my foot on a step just beside the door, and in an instant the propeller blast (螺旋槳氣流) threw me against the side of the plane, half in, half out. I pushed and got my other leg out of the door, but in doing so I found myself __4__ the body of the plane towards the tail. My parachute (降落傘) got caught and my __5__ and legs were pushed backwards, powerless, in the strong wind.

　　I was strangely __6__. To a skydiver, being at 12, 000 feet is a good thing. Altitude is your friend; being close to the ground is deadly and will kill you.

　　Ants appeared and moved slowly towards me, his legs held by Chris in the door. Ants reached out and got hold of my foot. With the weight partly off, I found myself falling away from the plane, __7__ freed. I waved and smiled to indicate I was fine.

　　It was actually very __8__. If any one of a number of factors had been different, I would have __9__. I could have hit the plane with my head. If I had been the last to exit, the pilot alone would have been unable to free me, and even if he had been aware that I was __10__ underneath the plane, he would still have had to land at some point.

　　Blue Skies, Black Death is the skydivers' mantra(咒語). On the one hand, there's the freedom and __11__ of the open sky. But in order to __12__ this joy, you must accept that there is usually only one result if something goes wrong.

　　1. A. jumpedB. arrived

　　C. woke

　　D. drove

　　2. A. follow

　　B. escape

　　C. leave

　　D. fly

　　3. A. trouble

　　B. effort

　　C. chance

　　D. decision

　　4. A. sliding down

　　B. knocking over

　　C. crashing into

　　D. breaking down

　　5. A. body

　　B. arms

　　C. head

　　D. fingers

　　6. A. frightened

　　B. anxious

　　C. excited

　　D. calm

　　7. A. really

　　B. hopefully

　　C. certainly

　　D. finally

　　8. A. funny

　　B. ordinary

　　C. clear

　　D. serious

　　9. A. died

　　B. laughed

　　C. stopped

　　D. returned

　　10. A. covered

　　B. adjusted

　　C. attached

　　D. connected

　　11. A. pride

　　B. confidence

　　C. excitement

　　D. willingness

　　12. A. observe

　　B. experience

　　C. imagine

　　D. discover

　　(2)(8 min.)

　　(2024·十二校聯考二)I was driving home from a meeting this freezing evening at about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd, and my car started to choke and then died.

　　I barely managed to walk into a gas station, hoping that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat __1__ spot to wait for the tow truck (拖車). Before I could make the __2__ , I saw a woman walking out of the “quickie mart” building, and it looked like she __3__ on some ice and fell onto a gas pump! So I got out to see if she was okay. When I got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had __4__. She was a young woman who looked really worn out with __5__ circles under her eyes.

　　I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying “I don't want my kids to see me __6__，” so we stood on the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was __7__ to California and that things were extremely __8__ for her right now.

　　So, I asked, “And you were praying？” That made her back away from me a little, but I __9__ her I was not a crazy person and said, “He heard you, and He sent me.”

　　I took out my __10__ and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could __11__ her car completely. Then I hurried to the next door McDonald's and bought two big bags of food. She gave the food to the

　　__12__ in the car who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little.

　　1. A. warm

　　B. safe

　　C. empty

　　D. large

　　2. A. preparations

　　B. decision

　　C. bills

　　D. call

　　3. A. stepped

　　B. slipped

　　C. waited

　　D. walked

　　4. A. expected

　　B. estimated

　　C. fallen

　　D. imagined

　　5. A. bright

　　B. dark

　　C. colorful

　　D. frozen

　　6. A. talking

　　B. falling

　　C. walking

　　D. crying

　　7. A. flying

　　B. hurrying

　　C. driving

　　D. walking

　　8. A. rough

　　B. typical

　　C. sharp

　　D. tight

　　9. A. astonished

　　B. approved

　　C. showed

　　D. convinced

　　10. A. money

　　B. food

　　C. card

　　D. car

　　11. A. start out

　　B. fill up

　　C. pull up

　　D. get over

　　12. A. kids

　　B. passers-by

　　C. husband

　　D. boys

　　(3)(8 min.)

　　After a hard struggle, I was accepted by a university.

　　Taking pride in myself, I felt as though I had a

　　__1__

　　in social status, just like Napoleon, who claimed in vanity(自負) after he climbed up the Alps, “I'm even higher than the Alps”．

　　As a consequence,

　　the whole family considered me as a bright moon outshining the dim stars around, I was allowed to have my own

　　__2__

　　in everything. And soon I got used to squandering (揮霍) money at university, I drank, __3__

　　and went to dance. In other words，I could enjoy milk and bread at __4__

　　.

　　The family was reunited in the vacation. __5__

　　had I sat down when I took out a package of cigarettes. Of course I asked Dad to

　　__6__

　　one out first. He was a “cigarette addict”. Although he had announced hundreds of times that he would give up smoking, he never

　　__7__

　　his promise. When I was admitted to the university, he said, smiling, “I will stop smoking”. Well, I knew he

　　__8__

　　to save for my tuition, but it was just another “rubber check”， I

　　__9__

　　secretly.

　　However, I was mistaken this time. With a smile, Dad said, “It is three months since I stopped smoking.” I was dumbfounded and

　　__10__

　　at him with astonishment. His face had become thinner. There were more wrinkles on his forehead than I had

　　__11__.Tears were about to rush out of my eyes, but I had to keep them back because Dad might be

　　__12__. Hard as our life was, Dad never shed tears. I am determined to stop smoking.

　　1. A. raise

　　B. situation

　　C. rise

　　D. fall

　　2. A. order

　　B. behavior

　　C. way

　　D. idea

　　3. A. picnicked

　　B. cheated

　　C. smoked

　　D. suffered

　　4. A. length

　　B. once

　　C. present

　　D. ease

　　5. A. Hardly

　　B. Only

　　C. Little

　　D. Just

　　6. A. hold

　　B. hand

　　C. let

　　D. pick

　　7. A. broke

　　B. kept

　　C. made

　　D. showed

　　8. A. failed

　　B. stopped

　　C. meant

　　D. started

　　9. A. understood

　　B. thought

　　C. moved

　　D. recognized

　　10. A. shouted

　　B. wondered

　　C. stared

　　D. laughed

　　11. A. expected

　　B. imagined

　　C. appeared

　　D. judged

　　12. A. angered

　　B. panicked

　　C. worried

　　D. confused

　　第十二講　巧用文章信息及邏輯關系

　　(1)(8 min.)

　　(2024·長郡月考五)I took up skydiving in my twenties. At the time the accident happened, I'd done just 30 jumps. The airfield was quiet when I __1__. On board were Chris, who was taking a tourist, and Ants, the cameraman. Chris indicated I should exit first and the other three would __2__. Later I knew it was this __3__ that saved my life.

　　At 12,000 feet Chris rolled up the door and nodded that it was time for my exit. I put my foot on a step just beside the door, and in an instant the propeller blast (螺旋槳氣流) threw me against the side of the plane, half in, half out. I pushed and got my other leg out of the door, but in doing so I found myself __4__ the body of the plane towards the tail. My parachute (降落傘) got caught and my __5__ and legs were pushed backwards, powerless, in the strong wind.

　　I was strangely __6__. To a skydiver, being at 12, 000 feet is a good thing. Altitude is your friend; being close to the ground is deadly and will kill you.

　　Ants appeared and moved slowly towards me, his legs held by Chris in the door. Ants reached out and got hold of my foot. With the weight partly off, I found myself falling away from the plane, __7__ freed. I waved and smiled to indicate I was fine.

　　It was actually very __8__. If any one of a number of factors had been different, I would have __9__. I could have hit the plane with my head. If I had been the last to exit, the pilot alone would have been unable to free me, and even if he had been aware that I was __10__ underneath the plane, he would still have had to land at some point.

　　Blue Skies, Black Death is the skydivers' mantra(咒語). On the one hand, there's the freedom and __11__ of the open sky. But in order to __12__ this joy, you must accept that there is usually only one result if something goes wrong.

　　1. A. jumpedB. arrived

　　C. woke

　　D. drove

　　2. A. follow

　　B. escape

　　C. leave

　　D. fly

　　3. A. trouble

　　B. effort

　　C. chance

　　D. decision

　　4. A. sliding down

　　B. knocking over

　　C. crashing into

　　D. breaking down

　　5. A. body

　　B. arms

　　C. head

　　D. fingers

　　6. A. frightened

　　B. anxious

　　C. excited

　　D. calm

　　7. A. really

　　B. hopefully

　　C. certainly

　　D. finally

　　8. A. funny

　　B. ordinary

　　C. clear

　　D. serious

　　9. A. died

　　B. laughed

　　C. stopped

　　D. returned

　　10. A. covered

　　B. adjusted

　　C. attached

　　D. connected

　　11. A. pride

　　B. confidence

　　C. excitement

　　D. willingness

　　12. A. observe

　　B. experience

　　C. imagine

　　D. discover

　　(2)(8 min.)

　　(2024·十二校聯考二)I was driving home from a meeting this freezing evening at about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd, and my car started to choke and then died.

　　I barely managed to walk into a gas station, hoping that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat __1__ spot to wait for the tow truck (拖車). Before I could make the __2__ , I saw a woman walking out of the “quickie mart” building, and it looked like she __3__ on some ice and fell onto a gas pump! So I got out to see if she was okay. When I got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had __4__. She was a young woman who looked really worn out with __5__ circles under her eyes.

　　I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying “I don't want my kids to see me __6__，” so we stood on the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was __7__ to California and that things were extremely __8__ for her right now.

　　So, I asked, “And you were praying？” That made her back away from me a little, but I __9__ her I was not a crazy person and said, “He heard you, and He sent me.”

　　I took out my __10__ and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could __11__ her car completely. Then I hurried to the next door McDonald's and bought two big bags of food. She gave the food to the

　　__12__ in the car who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little.

　　1. A. warm

　　B. safe

　　C. empty

　　D. large

　　2. A. preparations

　　B. decision

　　C. bills

　　D. call

　　3. A. stepped

　　B. slipped

　　C. waited

　　D. walked

　　4. A. expected

　　B. estimated

　　C. fallen

　　D. imagined

　　5. A. bright

　　B. dark

　　C. colorful

　　D. frozen

　　6. A. talking

　　B. falling

　　C. walking

　　D. crying

　　7. A. flying

　　B. hurrying

　　C. driving

　　D. walking

　　8. A. rough

　　B. typical

　　C. sharp

　　D. tight

　　9. A. astonished

　　B. approved

　　C. showed

　　D. convinced

　　10. A. money

　　B. food

　　C. card

　　D. car

　　11. A. start out

　　B. fill up

　　C. pull up

　　D. get over

　　12. A. kids

　　B. passers-by

　　C. husband

　　D. boys

　　(3)(8 min.)

　　After a hard struggle, I was accepted by a university.

　　Taking pride in myself, I felt as though I had a

　　__1__

　　in social status, just like Napoleon, who claimed in vanity(自負) after he climbed up the Alps, “I'm even higher than the Alps”．

　　As a consequence,

　　the whole family considered me as a bright moon outshining the dim stars around, I was allowed to have my own

　　__2__

　　in everything. And soon I got used to squandering (揮霍) money at university, I drank, __3__

　　and went to dance. In other words，I could enjoy milk and bread at __4__

　　.

　　The family was reunited in the vacation. __5__

　　had I sat down when I took out a package of cigarettes. Of course I asked Dad to

　　__6__

　　one out first. He was a “cigarette addict”. Although he had announced hundreds of times that he would give up smoking, he never

　　__7__

　　his promise. When I was admitted to the university, he said, smiling, “I will stop smoking”. Well, I knew he

　　__8__

　　to save for my tuition, but it was just another “rubber check”， I

　　__9__

　　secretly.

　　However, I was mistaken this time. With a smile, Dad said, “It is three months since I stopped smoking.” I was dumbfounded and

　　__10__

　　at him with astonishment. His face had become thinner. There were more wrinkles on his forehead than I had

　　__11__.Tears were about to rush out of my eyes, but I had to keep them back because Dad might be

　　__12__. Hard as our life was, Dad never shed tears. I am determined to stop smoking.

　　1. A. raise

　　B. situation

　　C. rise

　　D. fall

　　2. A. order

　　B. behavior

　　C. way

　　D. idea

　　3. A. picnicked

　　B. cheated

　　C. smoked

　　D. suffered

　　4. A. length

　　B. once

　　C. present

　　D. ease

　　5. A. Hardly

　　B. Only

　　C. Little

　　D. Just

　　6. A. hold

　　B. hand

　　C. let

　　D. pick

　　7. A. broke

　　B. kept

　　C. made

　　D. showed

　　8. A. failed

　　B. stopped

　　C. meant

　　D. started

　　9. A. understood

　　B. thought

　　C. moved

　　D. recognized

　　10. A. shouted

　　B. wondered

　　C. stared

　　D. laughed

　　11. A. expected

　　B. imagined

　　C. appeared

　　D. judged

　　12. A. angered

　　B. panicked

　　C. worried

　　D. confused