高中學測
105年
英文
第 33 題
📖 題組：
Are forests always created by nature? A man from rural India proves that this is not necessarily __31__ . Abdul Kareem, who used to be an airline ticketing agent, has a great love for the woods. Though he never went to college, he can talk about plants and trees like an expert. In 1977, he bought a piece of rocky wasteland with the __32__ of growing trees on it. In the beginning, people thought he was __33__ to waste his time and money on the land. But he simply __34__ them and kept working on the soil and planting trees there. The land was so __35__ that it had to be watered several times a day. Kareem had to fetch the water from a source that was a kilometer away. In the first two years, none of the trees he planted __36__ . However, in the third year, several young trees started growing. Greatly __37__ by the result, Kareem planted more trees and his man-made forest began to take shape. Kareem let his forest grow naturally, without using fertilizers or insecticides. He believed in the ability of nature to renew itself without the __38__ of humans. That’s why he did not allow fallen leaves or twigs from the forest to be removed. After years of hard work, Kareem has not only realized his dream but also transformed a piece of __39__ property into a beautiful forest. Today, his forest is home to 1,500 medicinal plants, 2,000 varieties of trees, rare birds, animals, and insects. Now, scientists from all over the world come to visit his __40__ . They hope to find the secret of his success.
Are forests always created by nature? A man from rural India proves that this is not necessarily __31__ . Abdul Kareem, who used to be an airline ticketing agent, has a great love for the woods. Though he never went to college, he can talk about plants and trees like an expert. In 1977, he bought a piece of rocky wasteland with the __32__ of growing trees on it. In the beginning, people thought he was __33__ to waste his time and money on the land. But he simply __34__ them and kept working on the soil and planting trees there. The land was so __35__ that it had to be watered several times a day. Kareem had to fetch the water from a source that was a kilometer away. In the first two years, none of the trees he planted __36__ . However, in the third year, several young trees started growing. Greatly __37__ by the result, Kareem planted more trees and his man-made forest began to take shape. Kareem let his forest grow naturally, without using fertilizers or insecticides. He believed in the ability of nature to renew itself without the __38__ of humans. That’s why he did not allow fallen leaves or twigs from the forest to be removed. After years of hard work, Kareem has not only realized his dream but also transformed a piece of __39__ property into a beautiful forest. Today, his forest is home to 1,500 medicinal plants, 2,000 varieties of trees, rare birds, animals, and insects. Now, scientists from all over the world come to visit his __40__ . They hope to find the secret of his success.
請依題組文章作答，選出最適合填入標示 33 之空格的選項。
- A deserted
- B interference
- C vision
- D crazy
- E creation
- F encouraged
- G ignored
- H survived
- I dry
- J true
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後方接的動作是「浪費時間與金錢在一塊岩石荒地上」，如果旁人看見有人做這樣看似不可能且徒勞無功的事，通常會用什麼樣的形容詞來形容這個人的舉動呢？
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太棒了，你的語感與上下文推論非常敏銳！
句型搭配與語意脈絡
這題的句型是「be + 形容詞 + to V」，用來描述某人做某件事時的狀態或特質。從前文可知 Kareem 買了一塊多岩石的荒地（rocky wasteland）想要種樹，對一般人來說，把積蓄與光陰花在難以耕作的荒地上，完全違背常理，甚至被視為「浪費時間與金錢（waste his time and money）」。因此，填入 crazy（瘋狂的）最符合當時旁人對他不理解、嘲笑的態度。
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