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105年
英文
第 33 題
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Linguists believe that the languages of about one-third of the human race all developed from one Indo-European language. But who were the speakers of this ancient language? Linguistic detective work offers some clues. It is sometimes said that 31 . A study of some fifty ancient vocabularies has led to a reconstruction of the lifestyle of the first Indo-Europeans, a vanished people. From the words they used, it seems likely that 32 . They had horses, oxen, and sheep. They plowed, planted, worked leather, and wove wool. They worshipped gods who are clear ancestors of Indian, Mediterranean, and Celtic deities. However, exactly who the original Indo-Europeans were and 33 . According to an early theory, they lived in Mesopotamia, but 34 . Today, some argue for the Krugan culture of the Russian steppes, others for the farming culture of the Danube valley. The most widely accepted theory locates the Indo-Europeans in a cold, northern climate 35 . None of these prehistoric languages had a word for the sea. From this, and from our knowledge of nature, it is clear that the Indo-Europeans must have lived somewhere in northern central Europe.
Linguists believe that the languages of about one-third of the human race all developed from one Indo-European language. But who were the speakers of this ancient language? Linguistic detective work offers some clues. It is sometimes said that 31 . A study of some fifty ancient vocabularies has led to a reconstruction of the lifestyle of the first Indo-Europeans, a vanished people. From the words they used, it seems likely that 32 . They had horses, oxen, and sheep. They plowed, planted, worked leather, and wove wool. They worshipped gods who are clear ancestors of Indian, Mediterranean, and Celtic deities. However, exactly who the original Indo-Europeans were and 33 . According to an early theory, they lived in Mesopotamia, but 34 . Today, some argue for the Krugan culture of the Russian steppes, others for the farming culture of the Danube valley. The most widely accepted theory locates the Indo-Europeans in a cold, northern climate 35 . None of these prehistoric languages had a word for the sea. From this, and from our knowledge of nature, it is clear that the Indo-Europeans must have lived somewhere in northern central Europe.
(33)
- A where common words for snow and wolf were important
- B this idea was exploded by nineteenth-century archaeology
- C they lived a half-settled, half-nomadic existence
- D when they lived remains a hotly debated mystery
- E you can deduce a people’s history from the words they use
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格前的 "However" 以及空格後的句子內容：後半段文字提到了多個不同的地理文化（如克魯根文化、多瑙河河谷）以及各種相互衝突的理論。這暗示了關於這群人的起源，目前在學術界是什麼樣的狀態？如果前面已經交代了「怎麼生活」，那麼在討論「地點」爭論之前，通常還會缺少哪一種關鍵的時空資訊？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地掌握了文章的轉折邏輯！這題展現了你對句型平行結構與段落鋪陳的敏銳度。在 33 題之前的段落，作者運用語言學的線索描繪出印歐民族已知的日常生活（如耕種、編織、信仰）；然而，隨即使用的連接詞 "However" 是一個重要的信號，暗示接下來要討論的是「尚未解開的謎團」。
語意轉折與平行結構
從觀念驗證的角度來看，選項 (D) when they lived remains a hotly debated mystery 在語法上與前面的 "who the original Indo-Europeans were" 形成了完美的平行結構，共同作為名詞子句描述這群人的「身份」與「年代」之謎。這也順勢開啟了後文針對不同地理位置（美索不達米亞、俄羅斯草原等）與時間點的學術爭論。
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