地特三等
106年
[一般行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 39 題
📖 題組：
The earthquake that struck Coalinga, California in 1983 caused an estimated $10 million in property damage and injured 94 people. Damage was most severe in Coalinga, __36__ the 8-block downtown commercial district was almost completely destroyed. It took residents by surprise. That’s because scientists cannot yet predict the exact spot and time an earthquake will occur. They do know, __37__ , that quakes occur along faults—cracks in the earth’s rocky crust. Here, movement of the crust causes built-up energy to be suddenly released. This release of energy is felt as an earthquake. To try to predict __38__ a quake will occur, scientists use a variety of sensitive instruments—underground, on the surface, and in space. These instruments measure changes that might signal a coming quake. __39__ , in a recently designed instrument, light from a laser flashes across a fault in California. A mirror will reflect the light back to the laser. If the land shifts, the time it takes the light to make a round-trip changes. Scientists study past earthquakes for patterns of activity that can __40__ warning signs. Their observations, they believe, are providing keys to more accurate earthquake predictions.
The earthquake that struck Coalinga, California in 1983 caused an estimated $10 million in property damage and injured 94 people. Damage was most severe in Coalinga, __36__ the 8-block downtown commercial district was almost completely destroyed. It took residents by surprise. That’s because scientists cannot yet predict the exact spot and time an earthquake will occur. They do know, __37__ , that quakes occur along faults—cracks in the earth’s rocky crust. Here, movement of the crust causes built-up energy to be suddenly released. This release of energy is felt as an earthquake. To try to predict __38__ a quake will occur, scientists use a variety of sensitive instruments—underground, on the surface, and in space. These instruments measure changes that might signal a coming quake. __39__ , in a recently designed instrument, light from a laser flashes across a fault in California. A mirror will reflect the light back to the laser. If the land shifts, the time it takes the light to make a round-trip changes. Scientists study past earthquakes for patterns of activity that can __40__ warning signs. Their observations, they believe, are providing keys to more accurate earthquake predictions.
Choose the best answer for blank 39.
- A For example
- B Upon contact
- C Above all
- D In return
思路引導 VIP
同學，在解這類英語文「克漏字」題型時，邏輯銜接詞（Logical Connectives）是得分關鍵。請分析第 39 格的前後語境：前一句提到科學家使用「多種靈敏儀器」（a variety of sensitive instruments），而空格後的句子則具體說明了「雷射儀器」（a recently designed instrument, light from a laser）的運作方式。從語意邏輯來看，這種由「總括性的抽象陳述」（General Statement）過渡到「具體事例的詳細說明」（Specific Illustration）時，應選擇哪一種銜接詞來強化文章的連貫性（Coherence）？
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- 細心拆解觀念：我們來看看這題的邏輯，前一句提到科學家運用「多種靈敏儀器」（a variety of sensitive instruments），而後面緊接著描述「一種最近設計的雷射儀器」的運作方式。從廣泛概念（General）細化到具體實例（Specific），這就是最經典的「舉例」邏輯，因此選 (A) For example（例如） 是最完美的答案。
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