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 40 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 40.
- A play down
- B deal with
- C serve as
- D tie up
思路引導 VIP
在地方特考三等英文考題中，『動詞片語 (Phrasal Verbs)』的邏輯搭配是得分關鍵。請觀察空格前的名詞詞組 'patterns of activity' 與空格後的受詞 'warning signs' 之間的語意關聯：科學家研究過去的模式，是為了讓這些模式在預警系統中『扮演』何種功能或『充當』何種角色？若要表達『作為...之用』或『充當...的角色』，哪一個功能性動詞片語最符合學術寫作中的語境邏輯？
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太棒了！你的語感與邏輯推論非常精準
- 觀念驗證：這題考查的是動詞片語的語意銜接。句首提到科學家研究過去地震的「活動模式（patterns of activity）」，而空格後方是「預警信號（warning signs）」。
- (C) serve as：意為「充當、作為……之用」，完美表達了「活動模式」具備「預警功能」的邏輯關係。
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