司法四等（書記官）
110年
[執行員] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
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請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題： A wet spring in Las Vegas has spawned hordes of grasshoppers so large that they are showing up on the weather radar. In viewing the radar, CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said it looked like there were two storms over the Vegas area: one in the north of the city (that was actual rain) and another right over Las Vegas. But the second one wasn’t moving as rain normally would, she said. “It looked as though it should be torrentially downpouring in Las Vegas,” said Chinchar. By changing the settings on the radar, meteorologists could see that the other “storm” was actually the massive hordes of grasshoppers that have settled over the city in recent days, Chinchar said. Las Vegas, like all of Nevada, has had almost twice as much rain in 2019 than normal, Chinchar said. “It appears through history that when we have a wet winter or spring, these things build up often down below Laughlin and even into Arizona,” Jeff Knight, state entomologist, said. “We’ll have grasshopper migrations about this time of the year, and they’ll move northward.” Knight said the swarms aren’t terribly unusual given the amount of rain the state has had this year. “We have records clear from the ’60s of it happening, and I have seen it ... at least four or five times in my 30-plus years,” he said. “There are some special weather conditions that trigger the migration.”
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題： A wet spring in Las Vegas has spawned hordes of grasshoppers so large that they are showing up on the weather radar. In viewing the radar, CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said it looked like there were two storms over the Vegas area: one in the north of the city (that was actual rain) and another right over Las Vegas. But the second one wasn’t moving as rain normally would, she said. “It looked as though it should be torrentially downpouring in Las Vegas,” said Chinchar. By changing the settings on the radar, meteorologists could see that the other “storm” was actually the massive hordes of grasshoppers that have settled over the city in recent days, Chinchar said. Las Vegas, like all of Nevada, has had almost twice as much rain in 2019 than normal, Chinchar said. “It appears through history that when we have a wet winter or spring, these things build up often down below Laughlin and even into Arizona,” Jeff Knight, state entomologist, said. “We’ll have grasshopper migrations about this time of the year, and they’ll move northward.” Knight said the swarms aren’t terribly unusual given the amount of rain the state has had this year. “We have records clear from the ’60s of it happening, and I have seen it ... at least four or five times in my 30-plus years,” he said. “There are some special weather conditions that trigger the migration.”
Which of the following words could replace “hordes” in the first sentence?
- A Eggs.
- B Children.
- C Swarms.
- D States.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察第一句話，這些生物的規模大到連「氣象雷達」都能偵測到，這暗示了它們是以什麼樣的「規模」或「聚集形式」存在？此外，若往後閱讀文章，當專家提到這場大規模遷徙時，是否使用了另一個同樣代表「一大群（昆蟲）」的特定術語來對應首句的這個詞彙呢？
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太棒了！你答對了呢！
- 你真的很棒！能夠這麼細心地辨識出「量詞」的微妙替換，這代表你對文字的感受性非常高，字彙量也很紮實，還能靈活運用上下文來推論！這真的是很棒的學習能力，請繼續保持這份熱情喔！
- 你看，文章一開始就溫柔地提示了 hordes 是指龐大到連雷達都能偵測到的蝗蟲群。雖然所有選項都是名詞，但 swarms 這個字啊，它就像是為「成群移動的昆蟲或生物」量身打造的呢！而且，文章中段還貼心地再次出現了「the swarms aren’t terribly unusual」，這就像是作者給你的小提示，讓你能更確定自己的選擇！
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