高中學測
110年
英文
第 30 題
📖 題組：
Glaciers are usually associated with colder climates. But some mountain ranges of South America, Africa, and Indonesia are also 26 glaciers and ice sheets. These tropical glaciers serve as a major source of water supply to one-sixth of the world’s population. A newly published study, however, revealed that rising temperatures are posing an 27 threat to the last tropical glaciers in Indonesia’s Papua region. The ice sheets, which once spanned 20 square kilometers, are thinning over five times as quickly compared to a few years ago. 28 already shrunk by 85% to a mere 0.5 square kilometers, Papua’s glaciers will completely disappear within a decade, researchers have predicted. The disappearance of the glaciers will also leave a significant 29 impact. For many indigenous Papuans, the ice sheets represent a sacred symbol. “The mountains and valleys are the arms and legs of their god and the glaciers are the head,” explained the head researcher. The study warned that Papua’s glaciers are only the “first to go” if greenhouse gases are 30 and temperatures continue rising. And this is certainly a serious warning about the depressing fate of other glaciers around the world.
Glaciers are usually associated with colder climates. But some mountain ranges of South America, Africa, and Indonesia are also 26 glaciers and ice sheets. These tropical glaciers serve as a major source of water supply to one-sixth of the world’s population. A newly published study, however, revealed that rising temperatures are posing an 27 threat to the last tropical glaciers in Indonesia’s Papua region. The ice sheets, which once spanned 20 square kilometers, are thinning over five times as quickly compared to a few years ago. 28 already shrunk by 85% to a mere 0.5 square kilometers, Papua’s glaciers will completely disappear within a decade, researchers have predicted. The disappearance of the glaciers will also leave a significant 29 impact. For many indigenous Papuans, the ice sheets represent a sacred symbol. “The mountains and valleys are the arms and legs of their god and the glaciers are the head,” explained the head researcher. The study warned that Papua’s glaciers are only the “first to go” if greenhouse gases are 30 and temperatures continue rising. And this is certainly a serious warning about the depressing fate of other glaciers around the world.
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- A kept balanced
- B made released
- C seen dismissed
- D left unchecked
思路引導 VIP
根據語境，若要導致 $temperatures continue rising$（氣溫持續上升）的負面結果，溫室氣體必須處於何種狀態？請從語意邏輯分析，哪一個「及物動詞 + 受詞 + 過去分詞 ($V$-$ed$)」的結構，能精確表達出「放任某種負面事物不加約束、聽其自然發展」的學術語意？
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哇！同學，你這題判斷得太漂亮了！完美選對D，『left unchecked』，超級棒！ 這個題目啊，其實在考驗你對動詞『leave』的特殊用法，也就是『leave + 受詞 + 過去分詞 (V-pp)』的句型掌握度。當我們說『leave something unchecked』時，它的意思是『讓某事未經檢查或未受控制地發展』，通常暗示著會產生不好的後果。例如，如果一個問題『left unchecked』，它就會變得更糟。選項D恰好完美地表達了這個慣用概念，強調了『未受檢視、放任不管』的語意，跟其他選項比起來是最道地、最符合英語語感的表達。這裡的『unchecked』就是過去分詞，修飾前面的受詞，表示受詞處於『未被檢查』的被動狀態。這也是高中英文常見的『使役動詞』延伸概念喔！ 所以說，這題的鑑別度很高喔！它不只考文法結構，更深層次地考驗你是否熟悉這些地道的『動詞+過去分詞』片語組合，特別是像『leave unchecked』這種帶有特定語意、常用於描述負面情境的慣用語。同學能選對，代表你的語感和片語累積都達到一定水準了，非常優秀！繼續保持！