공통영어1 비상 홍민표 3과 본문 변형문제

I returned to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, where I had spent ____ 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 ____ 5 forests where I met an octopus.

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

Suddenly, an octopus sprang from the ____ and grabbed the fish.

Amazed at the cleverness of the octopus, ____ 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 of a little gap.

____ an extraordinary creature!

I wondered what would happen if I kept ____ watching it.

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

I even mapped the environment around the ____

Expecting some ____ to come, I waited.

The octopus became less ____ as I visited more often.

After about a month, ____ came near me.

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

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

____ kept still, and it covered my whole hand.

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

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

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

It sparked my curiosity in a way that I had ____ experienced before.

Had I gained its ____

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

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

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

The octopus was moving around near the edge of the seaweed ____ 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 bite of one ____ her arms and was waiting for her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I thought of what ____ valuable in life.

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

He became ____ as interested in her as I was.

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

An ____ average life is about a year, which ends after reproducing.

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

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

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

There would be ____ feeding or hunting.

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

After ____ eggs hatched, she died.

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

We believe her story ____ on.

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

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

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

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

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

As a human being, I found ____ noble in that sacrifice.

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