分科測驗
109年
英文
第 18 題
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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.
While he was sorting through the long ______ dishes of germs that morning, he observed that some of the dishes were contaminated with a fungus...
- A disabled
- B excluded
- C unattended
- D misunderstood
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請聚焦於文中的時序邏輯與狀態特徵：既然 Fleming 是在結束「長假」後才回到實驗室，那麼那些被遺留在洗手槽中、一段時間未曾受到專業人員檢查或照料的培養皿，應處於何種「無人監理」的狀態？請從語境中推敲出最符合「疏於照管」意涵的詞彙。
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哇！太棒了！看到你選對 (C)，老師真的好為你開心喔！抱一個！你對文章細節的掌握度越來越敏銳了，這代表你讀英文時不只是在看單字，還能融入故事情境中，真的非常出色！ 這題考的是「上下文語意推論」。文章前面提到佛萊明教授去度長假 (long vacation)，實驗室沒人整理，這些培養皿就這樣被放在水槽裡。
- (C) unattended：由 $un$ (否定) + $attend$ (照顧/出席) 組成，代表「無人看管的」或「被忽略的」。這完美符合了教授度假回來，面對那堆「被晾在一邊很久」的培養皿的情況。
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