國中教育會考
107年
英文
第 30 題
📖 題組：
When we get wet, we need a towel to get ourselves dry. When a dog gets wet, all it needs is to shake its body. A study in 2010 showed that a wet dog can throw off half the water on its body by shaking for less than a second. In fact, this common act of dogs works better than a washing machine. The study found that animal shaking begins with the head and ends with the tail. During a shake, the animal’s head, body and skin all move. Smaller animals must shake faster than bigger animals to get water off. For example, in one second, a rat can shake 18 times, a dog 6 times, and a bear 4 times. Bigger animals can get their bodies dry with fewer shakes. For animals, shaking is not just about getting themselves dry. It is also about saving their lives. Being wet makes animals heavier, and that makes it harder to run. In the animal world, how fast an animal can run often decides whether it will live or not. Maybe that’s why the “wet-dog shake” has become a common habit of many animals. [skin 皮膚]
When we get wet, we need a towel to get ourselves dry. When a dog gets wet, all it needs is to shake its body. A study in 2010 showed that a wet dog can throw off half the water on its body by shaking for less than a second. In fact, this common act of dogs works better than a washing machine. The study found that animal shaking begins with the head and ends with the tail. During a shake, the animal’s head, body and skin all move. Smaller animals must shake faster than bigger animals to get water off. For example, in one second, a rat can shake 18 times, a dog 6 times, and a bear 4 times. Bigger animals can get their bodies dry with fewer shakes. For animals, shaking is not just about getting themselves dry. It is also about saving their lives. Being wet makes animals heavier, and that makes it harder to run. In the animal world, how fast an animal can run often decides whether it will live or not. Maybe that’s why the “wet-dog shake” has become a common habit of many animals. [skin 皮膚]
What can we learn from the reading?
- A The animal’s tail can help it run more quickly and easily.
- B Some animals shake more than they need to get water off.
- C The idea of washing machines came from the shaking of dogs.
- D Larger animals get themselves drier at each shake than smaller animals.
思路引導 VIP
請讀一下第二段關於老鼠、狗和大熊甩動次數的例子。老鼠一秒要甩 $18$ 次，但大熊只要甩 $4$ 次，而且文中提到「體型較大的動物可以用較少的次數弄乾身體」。想一想，如果大動物只需要甩少少的幾次就能乾，這代表牠們甩『一次』所帶走水分的效率，跟小動物甩一次相比有什麼不同呢？
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