공통영어1 비상 홍민표 3과 본문 변형문제

I returned to the Cape ____ Good Hope, South Africa, where I had spent my childhood, after over 20 years of movie-making.

I went diving in the cold sea off the coast of the Cape, and it was among the dense seaweed 5 forests where I met an ____

I saw a fish peacefully swimming near a ____ of shells.

Suddenly, an octopus sprang from the heap and grabbed the ____

Amazed at the cleverness of ____ octopus, I swam a little closer, but it disappeared.

In fact, it had lifted a piece of seaweed, wrapped it around itself, and was staring at me out ____ a little gap.

What an ____ extraordinary creature!

I wondered what would happen ____ I kept watching it.

To see the world from the octopus’s perspective, I left a camera near ____ den and started visiting regularly.

I even mapped ____ environment around the den.

Expecting some drama to come, ____ waited.

The octopus became less scared as I visited ____ often.

After about a month, ____ came near me.

I put my ____ out, and it reached out to me.

After another week, it started to wave like ____ human friend saying, “Hi, I’m excited to see you.”

I kept still, and it covered my ____ hand.

Since I had to take ____ breath, I swam toward the surface.

To my surprise, it rode on my hand all the way ____ the top.

There I was, just staring into the eyes ____ this incredible creature.

It sparked my curiosity in a way ____ I had not experienced before.

Had I ____ its trust?

I started reading books about octopuses, but I wanted ____ learn more about this marvelous creature.

The first thing I learned was that ____ was a “she.”

Danger in the form of pyjama sharks, the area’s biggest predators, came with little warning in the ____

The octopus was moving around near the edge of ____ seaweed forest, and I saw a shark tracking her.

In ____ instant, she swam into a crack to escape, but the shark was faster.

The shark had taken a ____ of one of her arms and was waiting for her.

I wanted to save my friend, but in ____ environment, I could only observe.

She managed to get deeper into the ____ but she was bleeding.

After a while, the shark lost interest, and the octopus used the ____ to get back to her den, without one of her arms.

She was in serious danger ____ her arms function like the hands, legs, nose, and eyes of humans.

The next day, I was ____ to see that she had survived.

She was weak, and her colors were not ____ bright.

I checked on her every day, wondering if that day ____ be the last.

It ____ emotionally painful to witness these things happening to her.

A short while later, I saw that the ____ had healed.

To my amazement, a little arm started to grow back, ____ she started to become active again.

I started to compare my life to life ____ the unforgiving sea.

I thought of what was valuable ____ life.

I began to spend more time with my family and friends, and I ____ started to dive with my young son.

He became just as interested in her as I ____

As ____ octopus’s arm became more functional, I felt things in my life were improving too.

An octopus’s average life is about a year, which ends ____ reproducing.

One day, eight ____ after meeting her, I found her with another octopus.

It was bittersweet knowing her final days were approaching even though she would ____ young.

____ mating, she didn’t come out of her den.

There would ____ no feeding or hunting.

She was timing her final moments for the hatching ____ her eggs.

____ the eggs hatched, she died.

A ____ months later, my son found a little octopus.

We believe her ____ continues on.

I fell in love with an octopus and the ____ wildness she represented.

I built a relationship with her and witnessed her life ____ to the final moments.

I saw ____ from a perspective that I could not have had without this experience.

She was smart, sensitive, ____ strong, often going through rough and tough days just like humans do.

Eventually, she ____ herself to protecting the birth of her young before she died.

As a human ____ I found something noble in that sacrifice.

She was not ____ an octopus; she was a part of this world just as I am a part of it now, and in that sense, we all have our own stories to tell.