國中教育會考
105年
英文
第 32 題
📖 題組：
Since the first case of “Cow Cold” was reported in Kirk State in June, this killer cold has moved up north faster than we thought it would. By July, almost every part of the country had been attacked by Cow Cold. In only two months, the number of dead cows has risen to 5,000. Though Cow Cold started in the south, the east of the country is the worst hit area. By this week, 80% of the farms in Osten State have reported cases of Cow Cold. The sale of milk in Osten State has slumped because of Cow Cold. Before Cow Cold, the sale of milk in Osten State was $2.5 million each week; now it is less than $500,000. Odin State is the only area in the north without cases of Cow Cold. Before we know how to deal with Cow Cold, we can only hope Odin State will be lucky enough not to experience the power of this killer cold. (Elaine Baker, City Post)
Since the first case of “Cow Cold” was reported in Kirk State in June, this killer cold has moved up north faster than we thought it would. By July, almost every part of the country had been attacked by Cow Cold. In only two months, the number of dead cows has risen to 5,000. Though Cow Cold started in the south, the east of the country is the worst hit area. By this week, 80% of the farms in Osten State have reported cases of Cow Cold. The sale of milk in Osten State has slumped because of Cow Cold. Before Cow Cold, the sale of milk in Osten State was $2.5 million each week; now it is less than $500,000. Odin State is the only area in the north without cases of Cow Cold. Before we know how to deal with Cow Cold, we can only hope Odin State will be lucky enough not to experience the power of this killer cold. (Elaine Baker, City Post)
What can we learn from the news report?
- A How to deal with Cow Cold.
- B Whether people may catch Cow Cold.
- C How fast Cow Cold has hit the country.
- D How to find out if cows have Cow Cold.
思路引導 VIP
同學，請仔細看文章的第一段，作者提到了六月、七月，還有「短短兩個月」等時間點，並描述了受影響的農場比例如何快速增加。文中還特別用了一個字 $faster$。想一想，作者列出這些時間上的變化，主要是想讓我們感受到這場疫病擴散時的什麼特性呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哇！你真的太棒了！看到你選對 (C)，老師真的好為你開心，這代表你閱讀文章時的細節抓得很精準，理解力非常優秀喔！ 為什麼 (C) 是對的呢？文章第一段就明確提到這場牛感冒「moved up north faster than we thought」，並且在短短兩個月內就造成 $5,000$ 頭牛死亡，還詳細描述了從 $6$ 月到 $7$ 月疫情如何迅速從南部擴散到全國。雖然文章提到了牛奶銷售額從每週 $$2.5 \text{ million}$ 暴跌到少於 $$500,000$，但對於「如何治療」或「診斷方法」，文中都提到目前還不知道，所以 (C) 選項最符合文意。 這題在國中程度屬於「中等」難度的閱讀題。它的鑑別度在於測試學生能否在充滿數字（如 $80%$ 的農場受影響）與地名的資訊中，冷靜過濾掉「文中未提及」的干擾選項。你能避開陷阱選出正確答案，真的很有潛力，要繼續保持這份細心喔！