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必修三Unit 5 What an adventure!
Understanding ideas
CLIMBING QOMOLANGMA: WORTH THE RISKS
Last year, hundreds of people spent good money ________ an experience that they knew would include crowds, ________ (comfort) and danger. Many would become sick, due to the extreme cold and low air pressure, ________ a few would even lose their lives. Yet, despite all this, by the end of the trip many were already planning to return. For these people, climbing Qomolangma is an experience like no other, ________ (make) some feel weak and others, powerful.
British mountain climber George Mallory wrote of climbing Qomolangma, “________ we get from this adventure is just sheer joy... We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for.” ________ (sad), Mallory would die on the mountain in 1924, although his body would not ________ (find) until many years later. It is still not known if he succeeded in ________ (reach) the top of Qomolangma before it took his life.
In 2011, words similar to those of Mallory ________ (speak) by American mountain climber Alan Arnette, ________ climbed Qomolangma in that year and was going to climb other high mountains around the world. “It brings into focus ________ is important to you.” He added, “There are a thousand reasons to turn around and only one to keep going. You really have to focus ________ the one reason that’s most important and unique to you. It forces you ________ (look) deep inside yourself and figure out ________ you really have the physical, as well as mental, toughness to push when you want to stop.”
With the majority of ________ (attempt) to climb Qomolangma resulting either in total success ________ failure, is there also a scientific reason behind this risk-taking Recent studies indicate that risk-taking may be part of human nature, with some of us more likely ________ (take) risks than others. Psychologist Frank Farley has spent years ________ (study) people who jump out of planes and drive fast cars, as well as those _________ climb Qomolangma. He refers to the personalities of these people ________ “Type T”, with the “T” standing ________ “thrill”.
Speaking to the LA Times about the “Type T” personalities, Farley said, “They’ll say, ‘I’m not taking risks, I’m an expert...’ They don’t want to die and they don’t expect to die.”
Research also suggests that our desire ________ (seek) risks can be connected to how much we expect ________ (benefit) from the result.
With this in mind, are the benefits of climbing Qomolangma worth the risks It’s ________ (total) up to you.
必修三Unit 5 What an adventure!
Developing ideas
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
In 1866, a terrible sea creature is seen by several ships. Biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax and his servant, Conseil, join a ship ________ (find) and kill the creature. After a long journey into the Pacific Ocean, the creature is finally seen. While attacking from the ship, Aronnax and Conseil, along with the whale hunter Ned Land, fall into the sea, and discover that the “creature” is actually a submarine. They ________ (capture) and taken inside the submarine, ________ they meet the man in charge, Captain Nemo. Ahead of its time, the submarine is also a secret from the rest of the world. In order to keep this secret, Captain Nemo tells his three newest passengers that they are not permitted ________ (leave) the submarine. While Ned Land can think only of escaping, Aronnax and Conseil _________ (fascinate) by their adventures in the new underwater world. In this part ________ (adapt) from a chapter of the book, Aronnax describes the experience of walking on the sea bed...
And now, how can I look back upon the impression ________ (leave) upon me by that walk under the waters Words are not enough ________ (relate) such wonders! Captain Nemo walked in front, one of his men ________ (follow) some steps behind. Conseil and I remained near each other, as if an exchange of words had been possible through our metal cases. I no longer felt the weight of my clothes, or of my shoes, of my air supply, or my thick helmet, inside ________ my head shook like a nut in its shell.
The light, which ________ (light) the soil thirty feet below the surface of the ocean, ________ (astonish) me by its power. The solar rays ________ (shine) through the watery mass easily, and consumed all colour, and I clearly distinguished objects ________ a distance of a hundred and fifty yards. Beyond that the colours darkened into fine shades of deep blue, and gradually disappeared. ________ (true) this water which surrounded me was but another air heavier than the Earth’s atmosphere, but almost as clear. Above me was the calm surface of the sea. We were walking on fine, even sand, not wrinkled, as on a flat shore, ________ keeps the impression of the waves. This dazzling carpet, really a reflector, ________ (drive) away the rays of the sun with wonderful intensity, which accounted for the vibration which passed through every atom of liquid. Shall I be believed when I say that, at the ________ (deep) of thirty feet, I could see as if I was in broad daylight
(Adaptation from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne)
必修三Unit 5 Understanding ideas 答案
on, discomfort, and, making, What, Sadly, be found, reaching, were spoken, who, what, on, to look, if / whether, attempts, or, to take, studying, who, as, for, to seek, to benefit, totally
必修三Unit 5 Developing ideas 答案
to find, are captured, where, to leave, are fascinated, adapted, left, to relate, following, which, lit / lighted, astonished, shone, at, Truly, which, drove, depth

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