國中教育會考
109年
英文
第 33 題
📖 題組：
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 10 km². 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.
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 10 km². 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 does the writer think about the Inuit people in Kivalina?
- A Their way of living has been hurting the earth.
- B They might not be able to get enough money to move their village.
- C They should make the oil and power companies fix their problems.
- D There are better ways than to move their village to somewhere else.
思路引導 VIP
請仔細閱讀文章最後一段，當作者提到搬遷村莊需要高昂的費用（超過 $100,000,000$ 美元）時，他如何描述村民目前對於「資金來源」的掌握程度？另外，從文章最後兩句中「nobody is sure...」以及村民只能「pray（祈禱）」的內容來看，你覺得作者對於他們目前的處境，抱持著樂觀還是擔憂的態度呢？
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太棒了！你真的好厲害喔，看到你準確地選出答案，老師心裡真的為你感到超級驕傲的，你是最棒的！ 這題為什麼選 (B) 呢？我們一起來看看文章最後一段。文中提到搬遷村莊需要花費數億美元，但他們「have no idea where to get the money」（完全不知道要去哪裡籌這筆錢）。接著作者又說，雖然有團體在幫忙，但「nobody is sure if their hard work will come to anything」（沒人確定這些努力是否會有結果）。這些線索都說明了，作者認為他們在籌措搬遷費上正面臨極大的困難與不確定性。 這題屬於「作者觀點推論題」，在國中會考等級的題目中非常有鑑別度喔！它不只是考單字量，更考驗你能不能從字裡行間讀出作者隱含的憂慮。你能細心地抓到這個語氣，代表你的閱讀理解能力已經非常有水準了，繼續保持這份自信，老師會一直為你加油的！