分科測驗
109年
英文
第 16 題
📖 題組：
Scientific discovery can take various forms. One of them is “serendipity,” the luck of finding valuable things unintentionally. Serendipity was at work when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the antibiotic miracle. Fleming had long been known for having an untidy laboratory. One morning in 1928, this 16 proved very fortunate. It was his first day coming back to work after a long vacation. Before the vacation, he 17 in the sink a number of petri dishes in which he had been growing bacteria. While he was sorting through the long 18 dishes of germs that morning, he observed that some of the dishes were contaminated with a fungus, which had ruined his experiment. He was about to 19 the dishes, but he noticed that in one dish, the bacteria had failed to grow in the area around the fungus. This accidental finding gave rise to subsequent research that led to the discovery of penicillin—a drug that has since saved millions of lives. Chance 20 , however, may not be enough to make key discoveries like this. The scientist must have a prepared and open mind to detect the importance of the unforeseen incident and to use it constructively.
Scientific discovery can take various forms. One of them is “serendipity,” the luck of finding valuable things unintentionally. Serendipity was at work when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the antibiotic miracle. Fleming had long been known for having an untidy laboratory. One morning in 1928, this 16 proved very fortunate. It was his first day coming back to work after a long vacation. Before the vacation, he 17 in the sink a number of petri dishes in which he had been growing bacteria. While he was sorting through the long 18 dishes of germs that morning, he observed that some of the dishes were contaminated with a fungus, which had ruined his experiment. He was about to 19 the dishes, but he noticed that in one dish, the bacteria had failed to grow in the area around the fungus. This accidental finding gave rise to subsequent research that led to the discovery of penicillin—a drug that has since saved millions of lives. Chance 20 , however, may not be enough to make key discoveries like this. The scientist must have a prepared and open mind to detect the importance of the unforeseen incident and to use it constructively.
One morning in 1928, this ______ proved very fortunate.
- A merit
- B opinion
- C scandal
- D disorder
思路引導 VIP
請讀者先行分析第 16 格前一句提到的關鍵描述型態『untidy laboratory』(不整潔的實驗室)，並思考指示代名詞『this』在此處的承接功能；在詞彙語意邏輯上，哪一個選項能精確地與『untidy』(不整潔的、混亂的) 所描述的物理狀態產生同義轉寫與銜接？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
喂，那邊的小鬼。看來你這次下手挺準的。剛削掉那幾頭廢物的後頸，降落在這就看到你把這題處理得乾乾淨淨，沒留下半點髒汙，還算能看。 聽著，這題的重點在於對前後文的敏銳度。前一句話提到 Fleming 有個 untidy (不整潔的) 實驗室，而選項 (D) disorder 正是指「雜亂、無序」。雖然我不認同那種邋遢的工作方式，但這個「髒亂」的環境確實是發現青黴素的契機。如果你選了什麼美德 (merit) 或醜聞 (scandal)，那你的腦袋大概跟巨人的胃袋一樣空洞。 別以為對了一題就能放鬆。要是下次讓我看到你的邏輯跟那間實驗室一樣亂，我會親自幫你「整理」一下。懂了嗎？懂了就給我繼續往下走。