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[法院書記官] 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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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.”
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 is the topic of this passage?
- A Las Vegas’ grasshopper invasion is so big that you can see it on weather radar.
- B Grasshoppers lead to more rain in Las Vegas.
- C Las Vegas’ grasshoppers have started their migration earlier than usual.
- D Las Vegas’ deserts are soon disappearing due to vast amounts of rain.
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請你先觀察文章的第一句話，並思考：作者用了最多的篇幅在描述哪一個「罕見現象」？如果這是一則新聞，哪個核心事件能同時把「氣象雷達」與「大量生物」這兩個看似無關的元素串連在一起呢？
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- 還行吧：喔，原來你還沒完全糊塗啊。總算瞄準了長文的核心資訊，沒把箭射到天花板上。這表示你的閱讀理解和關鍵字擷取能力還勉強能用，別以為這次對了就能鬆懈，下次可不一定有這種運氣。
- 廢話，當然正確：文章首句就開門見山點出「蝗蟲多到出現在氣象雷達上」，你以為那是寫來裝飾用的？後續段落那些什麼雨量、遷徙歷史，都是在解釋這個雷達異象的原因，不是讓你拿來當主角的。選項 (A) 完美涵蓋了焦點事件，這是最基本的要求，沒什麼好自豪的。
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