In 1963 an American boat near the coast of one northern country saw smoke coming out of the sea. It was not a ship on fire. (11) Within several weeks there was land where the map showed only water, and within two years the island was a mile across. Nobody was allowed to set foot on it, (12) scientists wanted to watch what would come first. A seed arrived in the mouth of a bird. Then a plant, then an insect, then a low gray plant. (13), a new piece of the world was built in front of people who were writing it down. We usually see land as something that was always here, (14) this one had a birthday.
✔ 正確答案：(B) A mountain under the sea was breaking open.
解析空格後說一週內出現陸地，能造出陸地的原因是海底火山噴發。B、C、D 都無法解釋新島的形成。
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Abecause
Bbut
Calthough
Dso
✔ 正確答案：(A) because
解析禁止登島的原因是科學家想觀察，用 because。
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ABy chance
BAt first
CIn this way
DHowever
✔ 正確答案：(C) In this way
解析總結前面種子、植物、昆蟲的順序，用 In this way。
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Aand
Bor
Cbut
Dsince
✔ 正確答案：(C) but
解析「陸地本來就在」與「這一塊有生日」形成對比，用 but。
Passage 2
Why Maps Are Never Finished
A map looks like a fact, but every map is a choice. (15) A map made for a sailor shows deep water and rocks; a map made for a walker shows hills and paths, and leaves the sea almost blank. Neither is wrong. Coasts move, rivers change their beds, and a plain that was green in one memory is gray in another, (16) paper cannot follow all of it. (17), every map is a picture of one moment, made for one kind of person. This is worth remembering when we look at a map of somewhere we have never been. It shows us what somebody chose to show, (18) what they left out may be the part we would have cared about.