高中學測
105年
英文
第 40 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 40 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
回顧整篇文章，主角花費了數十年的時間與心力，將原本寸草不生的荒地變成了一座繁茂的人造森林。如果我們要用一個名詞來概括這個「由他親手打造出來的心血成果」，你覺得哪一種概念最符合科學家前來造訪的對象呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了，選 (E) creation 完全正確！能順利拿下這題，代表你精準掌握了整篇選文的核心脈絡。
文意脈絡與名詞指涉
從文意來看，空格前有所有格代名詞 his，後面受詞需要填入一個名詞。文章從開頭就強調這是一座由人力打造的「人造森林（man-made forest）」，主角 Kareem 花費數十年心血將荒地化為綠洲。因此，科學家前來參觀、想探尋成功秘密的對象，正是他親手打造出來的心血結晶，用 creation（創作品、產物） 來指稱這座人造森林最為貼切。
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