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Cholesterol and heart disease

1. pre-reading

• Do you like to eat fast food? Do you do exercise regularly?
• Do you learn of your cholesterol level?

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2. reading comprehension questions

• What is the health problem American people are encountering?  What is the cause for this disease? (P2)
• Do cholesterol levels have to do with heart disease? (P3)
• What would affect the amount of cholesterol? What is the hardening of the arteries? (P4)
• Heart disease will not happen to children. True? (P5)
• What is a safe level of cholesterol? (P6)
• How can we lower our cholesterol level? (P7)
• How can we educate people about the danger of cholesterol? (P8)
• How much can we improve our cholesterol level if we do something for it? (P9)
• How can we eat a diet low in cholesterol level? (P10) 
• How can we reduce our anxiety about a new diet? (P11)
• How can restaurant owners make customers feel comfortable about their diet? (P12)

3. collocations

• heart disease (line 5)
• heart attack (line 9)
• ... cholesterol levels are connected with heart disease. (line 15)
• people inherit from their parents (line 21)
• result in (line 46) 
• along with (line 56)
• by thirty or forty percent (line 61)
• by the time (line 63)
• go on a vegetarian diet (line 66)
• get used to (line 77)
• deal with (line 83)
• changes in (line 83)
• attractive to (line 103)
• stare at (line 104)
• the same problem as (line 108)

4. usage and grammar

• ... suffer chest pains that make simple activities ... difficult. (line 12-13)
• One kind of cholesterol sticks fat to the walls of arteries, making the arteries smaller and finally blocking them. (line 21-23)
• doctors can see blood circulating through the heart valves. (lines 25-26)
• By the time ..., he had lowered his arterial blockage ... (line 64) 
• By 2009, sixty percent of the people had theirs checked. (line 100)

5. Quizlet

結業考範圍與題型

考試範圍:

   Reading

Unit 1 Lesson 2: Robert Scott: A Race to the South Pole  (Page 10)

Unit 3 Lesson 1: World Population Growth  (Page 64)

Unit 3 Lesson 3: Women and Change  (Page 84)

Unit 5 Lesson 2: Phobias  (Page 140)

Unit 6 Lesson 3: Sustainable Cities  (Page 178)

Unit 7 Lesson 3: Photovoltaic Cells: Energy Source of the Future  (Page 210)

Unit 8 Lesson 3: Cholesterol and Heart Disease  (Page 244)

 (每課的文章及練習題A. B. C. G 將納入出題範圍)

   Grammar

     I. Unit 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15  (Tense時態)  

II. Unit 39, 40, 41, 42  (Passive Voice被動式)

(每課的講解及練習題1, 2, 3大題將納入出題範圍)

考試題型及配分:

I.     Vocabulary (24%):

A. Definition matching  ( 1分x 10題)

       B. Context matching  ( 2分x 7題,句子從課文中或習題中出)

II. Preposition (10%): Choice  ( 1分x 10題)

III. Error-picking (5%): Choice  ( 1分x 5題)

IV. Sentence-combining (5%): Matching  ( 1分x 5題)

V. Reading Comprehension (24%):

       A. from the reading articles  ( 2分x 8題)

       B. from outside reading passage  ( 2分x 4題)

VI. Grammar (32%): Choice  ( 2分 x 16題)

Question types for the final exam

I. Vocabulary (24%):

A. Definition matching (@2 x 9)

B. Context matching (@2 x 3)


II. Preposition (10%): Choice ( @1 x 10)


III. Error-picking (5%): Choice ( @1 x 5)


IV. Sentence-combining (5%): Matching ( @1 x 5)


V. Reading Comprehension (24%):

A. from the reading articles (@ 2 x 8)

B. from outside reading passage ( @ 2 x 4)


VI. Grammar (32%): Choice ( @2 x 16)

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Photovoltaic cells: Energy source of the future

1. pre-reading question 

• How Photovoltaic Solar Cells Work

 

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2. reading comprehension questions

• How can human beings handle energy shortage? What is special with this new energy? (P1)
• What are the applications of photovoltaic cells? (P2)
• What are the two types of semiconductors in the photovoltaic cell? What is special with a semiconductor, compared to general materials like water and metals? (P4)
• What is solid-state cell? Why is it important to protect photovoltaic cell? (P6)
• How do scientists improve the cost of solar energy produced through photovoltaic cells? (P7)
• What is scientists' expectation in terms of producing efficient energy? (P8)
• What are the advantages of solar energy produced through photovoltaic cells? (P9-11)
• Is there another possibility of producing solar power? (P12)
  

3. collocations

• demand for energy (line 2)
• a solution to the problem (line 4)
• electric current (line 30)
• ... is converted directly into electricity. (line 31) 
• ... if it is protected from damage. (line 35)
•  ..., sand is made up mostly of silicon. (line 39)
• at one time, ... (line 40)
• ..., similar to the way ... (line 43)
• ... is converted into electricity (line 48)
• a significant amount of electricity (line 50)
• advantages over fossil fuels (line 55)
• ... were formed from plants and animals (line 56)
• because of the sun (line 58)
• we cannot wait a million years for more fossil fuels (line 59)
• ..., and in a few decades, they will run out. (line 67)
• plenty of (line 70)
• reliance on fossil fuels (line 76)

4. usage and grammar

• ... see it open automatically by itself? (line 11)
• This program could not exist without the energy produced by photovoltaic cells. (lines 17-18)
• Below this is a layer of silicon. (line 20)
• ..., the cell does not work as efficiently as it should. (lines 36-37)
• However, technology is being developed to make the cells more efficient ... (lines 50-51) 

5. Quizlet

Sustainable cities

1. pre-reading: What do we mean by sustainable cities? Watch YouTube.

2.  reading comprehension

•  Do most of us live in comfortable cities? (P1-2)
• Why do people move to cities? What problem are they facing? (P3)
• If we don't do anything with migrants, what will happen in the future cities? (P4)
• What can governments do for city residents? / What is special in the newly-built cities? (P5)
• What do governments need to consider when building new cities? (P6-7)
• How can cities use energy more efficiently? (P8-9)
• How can cities reduce air pollution? (P10-11)
• Exemplify sustainable city ideas. (P12)
• Which country is building cities that will be environmentally friendly? Are there any problems this country is facing? (P13-14)

3. collocations

• in reality (line 5)
• pleasant places (line 6)
• temporary squats (line 14)
• shanty towns (line 14)
• made of (line 15)
• by 2050 (line 17)
• city dwellers (line 24)
• farming lots (line 33)
• cut down on (line 40)
• for this reason (line 49)
• environmentally friendly (line 55)
• decent places (line 64)
• a number of (line 69)
• large quantities of ... (line 85)

4. grammar and usages

• ... by designing buildings ... (line 43) / Cities can also be cooled by having more green spaces ... (line 47)

5. Quizlet