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[調查工作組] 外國文(英文)
第 9 題
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What is particularly interesting about our species? For a start, we walk 7 on our hind-legs at all times, which is an extremely unusual way of getting around for a mammal. There are also several unusual 8 about our head, not least of which is the very large brain it contains… Our forelimbs, being freed from helping us to get about, possess a very high degree of 9 skill. Part of this skill lies in the anatomical structure of the hands, but the 10 element is, of course, the power of the brain…The most obvious product of our hands and brains is technology. No other animal maneuvers the world in the extensive and arbitrary way that humans do. The termites 11 constructing intricately structured mounds which create their own “air-conditioned” environment inside. However, the termites cannot choose to build a cathedral instead. Humans are unique because they have the capacity to choose what they do.
What is particularly interesting about our species? For a start, we walk 7 on our hind-legs at all times, which is an extremely unusual way of getting around for a mammal. There are also several unusual 8 about our head, not least of which is the very large brain it contains… Our forelimbs, being freed from helping us to get about, possess a very high degree of 9 skill. Part of this skill lies in the anatomical structure of the hands, but the 10 element is, of course, the power of the brain…The most obvious product of our hands and brains is technology. No other animal maneuvers the world in the extensive and arbitrary way that humans do. The termites 11 constructing intricately structured mounds which create their own “air-conditioned” environment inside. However, the termites cannot choose to build a cathedral instead. Humans are unique because they have the capacity to choose what they do.
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- A meditative
- B calculative
- C manipulative
- D possesive
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請觀察空格後方的句子，作者特別強調了哪個身體部位的「解剖結構」？再想一想，英文中哪一個描述「技巧」的單字，其字根與這個「身體部位」直接相關，且能用來形容靈活處理事物的能力呢？
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- 觀念驗證： 這題的關鍵在於前文提到的 forelimbs（前肢）以及後文緊接的 anatomical structure of the hands（手的解剖結構）。選項 (C) manipulative 源自字根 mani-（手），意指「操作的、精巧控制的」，完美契合人類運用雙手創造科技的語境。
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