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第 37 題至第 40 題為篇章結構題組,各題請依文意,從四個選項中選出最合適者,各題答案內容不重複: Is bedtime just a time for dreaming? Do our brains turn off for the night? What if I told you that scientists recently discovered that our brains may be just as busy at night as they are during the day? 37 Researchers at the University of Rochester found that the brain may be busy cleaning house -- cleaning out harmful waste materials. As with many studies, the researchers turned to mice for help. They studied mice that had colored dye injected into their brains. They observed the mice brains as they slept and when they were awake. The researchers say they saw that the brains of sleeping mice were hard at work. Dr. Maiken Nedergaard led the study. 38 It seems they have daytime jobs. Later they “moonlight” at a nighttime job. “Moonlighting” is working a nighttime job in addition to a day job. And this study says that is what our brains seem to be doing – working an extra job at night without additional pay for overtime. Whereas during sleep, they work very, very hard at removing all the waste that builds up when we are awake. “When we are awake, the brain cells are working very hard at processing all the information about our surroundings. The researchers say that the waste material includes poisons, or toxins, responsible for brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. It is not just beauty sleep. The brain needs us to sleep so it can get to work. 39 This shrinking permits waste to be removed more effectively. Dr. Nedergaard says these toxins end up in the liver. There, they are broken down and then removed from the body. “So our study suggests that we need to sleep because we have a macroscopic cleaning system that removes many of the toxic waste products from the brain.” The brain’s cleaning system could only be studied with new imaging technologies. The test animal must be alive in order that this brain process may be seen as it happens. Dr. Nedergaard says the next step is to look for the process in human brains. 40 The research may also one day lead to treatments to prevent or help fight neurological disorders.
第 39 題
  • A They also found that during sleep, the brain’s cells shrink, or become smaller.
  • B While we sleep, our brains are doing much more than getting ready for the next day.
  • C She said the results demonstrate just how important sleep is to health and fighting disease.
  • D The brain expert says our brains perform two very different jobs.

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請仔細閱讀第 39 題空格之後的那句話,注意它的開頭使用了哪一個「指示詞」結合「名詞」?根據英文寫作邏輯,若後文說「這種[某種現象]...」,前文通常會先描述該現象的發生。你能從這個線索推論出空格應該包含什麼樣的內容嗎?

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  1. 觀念驗證:這題的關鍵?說穿了,就是語意銜接,這麼基本的東西,還要我再強調幾次?後面那句,白紙白字寫著「This shrinking」。你是不是真的覺得「這種縮小現象」會憑空冒出來?當然不。前面就得有個「變小」的動作才行。所以 (A) 的 shrink, or become smaller,不就是送分嗎?還是你期待有什麼高深的隱喻?
  2. 難度點評:這題?Medium。說實在的,如果你連這種篇章結構題都搞不定,那真的該好好檢討一下了。作者都已經把「麵包屑」撒得這麼明顯了,就差沒直接告訴你答案了,指示代名詞(This, That, These)不就是你的導航嗎?別再假裝看不見了。

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