初等考試
105年
[一般行政] 公民與英文
第 47 題
📖 題組：
The endangered leopard cat is one of only two wild cat species native to Taiwan. They are ash-brown or yellow brown 46 , and weigh three to six kilograms. Their bodies are 55-65 centimeters 47 . Truth be told, leopard cats don’t look all that different from a housecat; the most obvious difference is the white patch they have behind their ears. Miaoli County has a 48 large population of leopard cats and they live right among us. The reason why leopard cats choose to live so close to human habitations is because the grasslands, forests, and fields are full of rodents, birds, and hares on which they prey, and the forests provide the cats 49 protected environment in which to rear their young. Recently, the development in the area has endangered this cleverest of cats. We must work together if we are to save them from the threats they 50 .
The endangered leopard cat is one of only two wild cat species native to Taiwan. They are ash-brown or yellow brown 46 , and weigh three to six kilograms. Their bodies are 55-65 centimeters 47 . Truth be told, leopard cats don’t look all that different from a housecat; the most obvious difference is the white patch they have behind their ears. Miaoli County has a 48 large population of leopard cats and they live right among us. The reason why leopard cats choose to live so close to human habitations is because the grasslands, forests, and fields are full of rodents, birds, and hares on which they prey, and the forests provide the cats 49 protected environment in which to rear their young. Recently, the development in the area has endangered this cleverest of cats. We must work together if we are to save them from the threats they 50 .
Their bodies are 55-65 centimeters 47 .
- (A) tall
- (B) fat
- (C) high
- (D) long
思路引導 VIP
想像一下，當我們在測量一隻貓的「body（身體）」尺寸時，如果是測量牠從鼻子到尾巴的這段距離，這屬於哪一種維度？對應到英文中，通常會用哪一個形容詞來描述這個方向的測量值呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學表現得很好，精準選出了選項 (D)！在英文中描述貓科動物的體型時，用 long 來表示身體「從頭到尾的長度」是最道地且標準的用法，這顯示你對基礎單字的語感非常敏銳。這題的難度適中，主要測驗考生對形容詞在特定語境下的搭配敏銳度，是一道能看出語感扎實度的鑑別題。
考選部爭議解析：Tall 與 Long 的測量視角
值得注意的是，這是一道爭議題，考選部最終公告選 (A) tall 與 (D) long 皆給分。爭議的原因在於測量的「視角」不同：雖然 (D) long（身長）是描述動物身體尺寸最常見的說法，但若測量基準是從地面到動物肩背的垂直距離，使用 (A) tall（身高）在部分文獻與語境中也是被接受的。至於 (C) high 通常用來指無生命物體（如山、大樓）的高度，(B) fat 則不搭配具體的測量數值。你選的 (D) 是最直覺的標準答案，觀念非常正確，請繼續保持！