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105年
英文
第 41 題
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First discovered in Uganda’s Zika forest in 1947, the virus was long thought to be relatively benign, especially compared with deadly mosquito-borne diseases like malaria. But since its invasion in Brazil last year, the Zika virus has torn through Latin America, likely infecting millions. It certainly has caused more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the birth defect microcephaly. Zika also appears to be linked to neurological and autoimmune disorders like the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome, and experts recently determined that is can also be transmitted through sex—a first for a mosquito-borne disease. Some scientists suspect the virus has mutated and that is why it can now cause neurological problems, while others say these tragic side effects may have gone unnoticed for years.
First discovered in Uganda’s Zika forest in 1947, the virus was long thought to be relatively benign, especially compared with deadly mosquito-borne diseases like malaria. But since its invasion in Brazil last year, the Zika virus has torn through Latin America, likely infecting millions. It certainly has caused more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the birth defect microcephaly. Zika also appears to be linked to neurological and autoimmune disorders like the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome, and experts recently determined that is can also be transmitted through sex—a first for a mosquito-borne disease. Some scientists suspect the virus has mutated and that is why it can now cause neurological problems, while others say these tragic side effects may have gone unnoticed for years.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Zika virus?
- A Its devastating power is far beyond our previous surmise.
- B It has become more killing now because it has undergone mutation.
- C It is the first mosquito-borne disease which can disseminate by sex.
- D Pregnant women would suffer most stress because of this virus.
- E Scientists used to think the virus is not that malignant.
思路引導 VIP
請仔細閱讀文章最後一句話。當作者提到病毒造成神經系統問題的原因時，他是用什麼樣的動詞來描述「病毒突變」這個觀點的？這種動詞代表這是一個已經被證實的真相，還是一個正在討論中的可能性？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精確辨識出選項中「事實」與「推論」的差異，這代表你的閱讀邏輯非常嚴密。這題的關鍵在於區分作者描述的是既定事實還是科學假說。文章結尾提到「有些科學家懷疑（suspect）病毒發生了突變」，但緊接著也提到「其他人則認為這些副作用可能只是長年被忽視」。換言之，病毒是否真的因為「突變」才變得更有殺傷力，在文中仍是一個尚未定論的爭點，因此選項 (B) 將其敘述為確定的因果關係是不正確的。
文本細節與選項分析
其他的選項在文中都有明確的證據支持：文章開頭提到 Zika 曾被認為相對溫和（benign），對照如今在拉丁美洲造成的災難，驗證了 (A) 與 (E) 的正確性；而文中明確指出它是第一個被發現可經由性行為傳播的蚊媒疾病，並導致嚴重的嬰兒小頭畸形（microcephaly），這也支撐了 (C) 與 (D) 的陳述。本題的難度在於細節資訊的陷阱，測驗學生是否能捕捉到 suspect 或 may have gone unnoticed 等帶有不確定性的修辭，是一道鑑別閱讀深度的好題。