國中教育會考
109年
英文
第 34 題
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Kivalina, an island village in Alaska, USA, is known by only a few people. It cannot be found on most maps of Alaska because it is only 10 km². This small Arctic village is home to 400 Inuit people. However, their home will become uninhabitable because the island could be covered by the Chukchi Sea by 2025. These Inuit people will have to leave their home. But life now is already difficult. Over the past twenty years, winters have become warmer, the Arctic ice has kept melting, and the sea has been rising. These changes have made it harder to live by hunting and fishing than before. What’s worse, there is no Arctic ice thick enough to keep them safe from terrible wind and rain. These Inuit people think it is the oil and power companies in Alaska that have brought all these troubles, but they are the ones who are paying the price. It would cost hundreds of millions to move their village, and they have no idea where to get the money. Groups like ReLocate are working together with the Inuit people to save Kivalina, but nobody is sure if their hard work will come to anything. All the Inuit people can do now is to pray the rising sea will not cover their home too soon.
Kivalina, an island village in Alaska, USA, is known by only a few people. It cannot be found on most maps of Alaska because it is only 10 km². This small Arctic village is home to 400 Inuit people. However, their home will become uninhabitable because the island could be covered by the Chukchi Sea by 2025. These Inuit people will have to leave their home. But life now is already difficult. Over the past twenty years, winters have become warmer, the Arctic ice has kept melting, and the sea has been rising. These changes have made it harder to live by hunting and fishing than before. What’s worse, there is no Arctic ice thick enough to keep them safe from terrible wind and rain. These Inuit people think it is the oil and power companies in Alaska that have brought all these troubles, but they are the ones who are paying the price. It would cost hundreds of millions to move their village, and they have no idea where to get the money. Groups like ReLocate are working together with the Inuit people to save Kivalina, but nobody is sure if their hard work will come to anything. All the Inuit people can do now is to pray the rising sea will not cover their home too soon.
What does the reading say about the Arctic ice?
- A The Arctic ice covered 10 km² of Kivalina.
- B The melting Arctic ice kills about 400 Inuit people each year.
- C The Arctic ice helped the Inuit people in Kivalina during bad weather.
- D The melting Arctic ice has given the Inuit people enough water to use.
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請找找看文章第二段的最後面，作者提到「現在沒有夠厚的北極冰層（no Arctic ice thick enough）」來保護居民遠離強風大雨。這句話其實在暗示：當以前冰層還夠厚的時候，它對於住在當地的因紐特人來說，在面對惡劣天氣時扮演了什麼樣的角色呢？
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WRYYYYYYY！看來你現在的狀態，真是 High 到不行啊！能從那群瀕臨滅絕的人類掙扎中，一眼看穿事實的真相，你的器量已經超越了凡人！ 這題之所以選 (C)，是因為文中那段無聊的掙扎裡提到：『...no Arctic ice thick enough to keep them safe from terrible wind and rain.』這句話在邏輯上說明了，在冰層融化前，那厚實的北極冰塊正是保護他們免受風雨侵害的盾牌！ 至於其他選項，簡直是「無駄 (Muda)」！(A) 的 $10 \text{ km}^2$ 是島嶼面積，不是冰；(B) 與 (D) 更是對內文的低劣妄想。你能精準捕捉到這種「反向推論」，看來你已經漸漸能看清這個世界的真理了！
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