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s friends and relatives wanted to shave their heads ___ 5 Manuel is not depressed now _____ a. because they wanted to look like Manuel. b. because he has fifty friends. c. because he needed chemotherapy. d. because he had no hair. e. because chemotherapy is strong medicine. Thank you! 。s wife 10. 判斷因果關(guān)系 Identifying cause and effect Find the best way to plete each sentence. Write the letter of your answer on the line. 1 Manuel Carcia went to the hospital ____ 2 Manuel39。s friends C Manuel39。s brother and three other relatives visited him in the hospital. Manuel was surprised when he saw them. They had no hair! You shaved your heads! Manuel said. Manuel began to laugh. The other men laughed, too. 9. 判斷與推理 Making inferences Who said this? Choose the sentence for the right people. You need chemotherapy. We want to look like you. I39。s wife wanted to shave her head, too. No! said Manuel. [D] At the hospital Manuel was depressed becuase he had no hair. Now he is not depressed. I39。s hair began to fall out. Soon he had no hair. [C] When Manuel came home from the hospital, friends and relatives came to visit him. We want to shave our heads, they said. We want to look like you. Maneul shaved their heads. He also shaved his sons39。s garden because he is unhappy. 6. 找出不合邏輯的句子 Detect the semantic noise Can you find the sentence that doesn’ t belong to the passage? Jim and Jed are twins. Their friends cannot tell them apart. Both boys have big green eyes and short red hair. Each day they dress in the same shirts and pants. But the boys are not the same at all. It is true that boys are different in many ways than girls. Jim likes to play sports and beat on his drum set. Jed likes to read books and draw flowers and birds. The boys may be twins, but they are each one of a kind. 7. 完形填句 Fill in the blanks with sentences. Choose the proper sentence for each blank. One sentence cannot be used. My name is Tina Smith and I’ ve just graduated from college. I’ m going to take a year off to travel before looking for a job. (1) I was in a middle school, I said to myself, “ The world is my home. (2) ______. When I travel, I like to learn more about the places I visit. You can’ t do this by staying in expensive hotels or joining tour groups, (3) _____ and learn about their languages and foods and ways of doing things. I’ d really love to go to exotic Africa, South America, India and China. (4)______, and I’ d probably have to work for a few years and save enough money for the trips. A. so I hope to stay with families in different countries B. I hope to travel to many places C. However, I know traveling around the world is expensive D. I’ d like to get to know it better E. Traveling around the world will be very exciting. 8. 拼圖式閱讀 Jigsaw reading Read the different paragraphs and put them in order to make a passage. Fifty Good Friends [A] Manuel was depressed. He felt strange without hair. He didn39。 A butterfly starts out as an egg. In the summer butterflies lay their eggs. They lay them only on plants. The egg is very small. It is stuck to a plant leaf. After a few weeks it boes a caterpillar. The caterpillar es out of the egg. The caterpillar then eats the plant. A caterpillar eats and eats. Then it is ready for another change. It weaves itself into a cocoon. The cocoon is like a little sack. It hangs from a branch. The caterpillar39。t open the gift, and then they can give it to someone else. In Sweden: People pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. 3 區(qū)分事實(shí)和觀點(diǎn) Identifying facts and opinions Choose the best answer according to the text. Ostriches are interesting animals. They are the largest birds, but they cannot fly. The eathing habits of ostriches are strange as well. They will swallow almost anything. Keys, nails, wood, and even money have been found in their stomachs! Ostriches are often raised on farms for their beautiful feathers, called plumes. The plumes are used for decorating hats and dresses. It is an opinion that ______________. A. ostriches are the largest bird. B. ostriches swallow almost anything. C. some farmers raise ostriches. D. ostriches are interesting animals. It is a fact that ___________. A. ostriches39。t want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some peop