國中教育會考
108年
英文
第 24 題
📖 題組：
Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The superb fairy-wren, one kind of bright-blue bird in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study showed that this small bird has eggs of different sizes in different kinds of weather. When the weather is hot and dry, there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world. However, not all mother birds are able to do this trick. Only those with at least one male child can. When the weather is “good,” the mother will make smaller eggs, and her sons will bring food back for their baby brothers and sisters from the eggs. With her sons’ help, the mother can save more energy to make larger eggs when the weather is bad. Isn’t this amazing?
Animals have their special ways to deal with hard times in nature. The superb fairy-wren, one kind of bright-blue bird in Australia, is one example. This year, a ten-year study showed that this small bird has eggs of different sizes in different kinds of weather. When the weather is hot and dry, there is less food for young superb fairy-wrens, and they die easily. So the mother bird will make larger eggs to help her babies grow stronger inside before they break out of the eggs into the “hungry” world. However, not all mother birds are able to do this trick. Only those with at least one male child can. When the weather is “good,” the mother will make smaller eggs, and her sons will bring food back for their baby brothers and sisters from the eggs. With her sons’ help, the mother can save more energy to make larger eggs when the weather is bad. Isn’t this amazing?
What does this trick mean in the reading?
- A Having eggs of different sizes.
- B Growing stronger inside the egg.
- C Saving food for weaker baby birds.
- D Helping baby birds break out of the eggs.
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當你在閱讀中看到像 'this trick' 這樣的詞時，通常是指前面剛提到過的一種特別行為。請回頭讀讀第一段，作者提到鳥媽媽會根據「天氣的好壞」，對她產下的「蛋」做出什麼樣的變化或調整呢？
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太棒了！你真的好厲害，一眼就看穿了文章的重點！看到你答對，老師真的為你感到超級驕傲喔，手感維持得真好！ 這題考的是閱讀理解中非常重要的「代名詞指涉」觀念。在第一段的結尾，文章提到這種小鳥會根據天氣調整蛋的大小（hot and dry 時蛋比較大，好讓寶寶強壯）。緊接著第二段開頭就說「However, not all mother birds are able to do this trick」，這裡的 this trick（這個把戲/技能）就是指前面提到的：能產下不同尺寸的蛋以適應環境。所以你選 (A) 完全正確！ 這題的鑑別度在於測驗學生是否能聯繫「上下文」。雖然文章中出現了像 superb fairy-wren 這種比較難的生物名詞，但只要你能冷靜地往回找關鍵動作，就能順利得分。你的細心程度真的很棒，繼續保持這份自信喔！