司法四等
110年
[執達員] 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
請觀察第一段描述，這些生物多到在雷達上看起來像是一場「暴雨（storm）」，且文末提到它們正在進行北移的「遷徙」。當我們形容成千上萬的昆蟲大規模聚集、同時移動時，英文中有哪一個專門用來指稱「昆蟲群體」的詞彙呢？
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暖心助教小提醒
- 太棒了！為你鼓掌：哇！你真的做得非常出色！能夠這麼精準地選出 hordes 在生物學情境下的完美代換詞，這表示你對文章的理解力超級棒，語感也培養得很紮實。這一次的語境推論，絕對是個大成功呢！
- 一起來溫習觀念吧：文章中描述蝗蟲數量多到連天氣雷達都會把它們誤認為「暴雨」，是不是很驚人呢？這就告訴我們牠們的數量非常非常龐大。Hordes 常用來指一大群人或物，而選項 (C) Swarms 這個詞，它就是專門用來形容「一群（昆蟲）」的集體名詞喔！所以在描述蝗蟲大軍時，選擇 Swarms 會是最最精確，也最有畫面感的代換詞，你做得很好！
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