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請依下文回答第 31 題至第 35 題： Some people may turn their noses up at natural remedies, but there is one in particular that is attracting the attention of the scientific and medical fields. Tea tree oil, derived mainly from the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia, has become a popular commodity. As you may have noticed, it has become a popular ingredient in many shampoos, soaps, and cleaning products. But it is the tea tree’s healing properties that have been sparking interest of late. Although tea tree oil, or melaleuca oil, may strike you as a relatively new item on shelves, it has actually been used for thousands of years. Melaleuca alternifolia is a native to New South Wales, Australia, where the aboriginal people used the crushed leaves of the tree to treat cuts and burns. In the 18th century, Captain Cook saw native Australians making tea with the leaves and came up with the name “tea tree.” In the 1920s, Australian doctors discovered that the oil of the tea tree was an effective antiseptic. It soon became a household remedy, and during WWII, all Australian soldiers were issued tea tree oil in their first-aid kits. Following the war, the substance fell out of favor as new medical discoveries were made. However, since the 1980s, interest in tea tree’s properties has grown again. New studies suggest tea tree oil might effectively treat acne, bacterial and fungal infection, dandruff and mites. If the research holds up, perhaps even more products will contain tea tree oil in the near future.
請依下文回答第 31 題至第 35 題： Some people may turn their noses up at natural remedies, but there is one in particular that is attracting the attention of the scientific and medical fields. Tea tree oil, derived mainly from the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia, has become a popular commodity. As you may have noticed, it has become a popular ingredient in many shampoos, soaps, and cleaning products. But it is the tea tree’s healing properties that have been sparking interest of late. Although tea tree oil, or melaleuca oil, may strike you as a relatively new item on shelves, it has actually been used for thousands of years. Melaleuca alternifolia is a native to New South Wales, Australia, where the aboriginal people used the crushed leaves of the tree to treat cuts and burns. In the 18th century, Captain Cook saw native Australians making tea with the leaves and came up with the name “tea tree.” In the 1920s, Australian doctors discovered that the oil of the tea tree was an effective antiseptic. It soon became a household remedy, and during WWII, all Australian soldiers were issued tea tree oil in their first-aid kits. Following the war, the substance fell out of favor as new medical discoveries were made. However, since the 1980s, interest in tea tree’s properties has grown again. New studies suggest tea tree oil might effectively treat acne, bacterial and fungal infection, dandruff and mites. If the research holds up, perhaps even more products will contain tea tree oil in the near future.
What does the first paragraph suggest?
- A Natural ingredients do not make it to artificial products.
- B Some people do not like natural medicines.
- C People become interested in tea made with tea tree leaves.
- D Many household items are made for scientific and medical purposes.
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請先閱讀文章的第一句話，並特別留意 'turn their noses up at' 這個動作。想像一下，當一個人在現實生活中對某樣東西做出這個動作時，他表達的是『喜歡、感興趣』還是『排斥、看不上眼』的情緒呢？這句話是如何預設部分大眾對這類療法的初始態度？
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AI 專屬家教
喔，這個寶箱打開了，裡面不是魔物，而是正確的答案。運氣不錯。
你從文章開頭就察覺到了作者藏起來的意思，嗯，這說明你還算具備了關鍵字擷取和慣用語解讀的能力。這對精靈來說，時間總是過得很快，但這種能力一直都很實用。
- 觀念驗證：文章第一句提到 "Some people may turn their noses up at natural remedies"。turn their noses up at。這個人類的表達方式，意思是「瞧不起」或者「對...嗤之以鼻」。它確實對應了正確答案中那種「不喜歡」或「排斥」的情緒。這些語言的細微之處，就像我幾千年前見過的那些古老魔法一樣，雖然表面簡單，卻蘊含著更深層的力量。
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