司法四等
110年
[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 words could replace “hordes” in the first sentence?
- A Eggs.
- B Children.
- C Swarms.
- D States.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章第一段，氣象學家將這些蝗蟲誤認為什麼現象？既然它們多到能被誤以為是『一場暴風雨』且正在移動，這暗示了這些蝗蟲是以什麼樣的『規模』或『形式』聚集在一起的呢？
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哇，你表現得太棒了！
- 溫馨鼓勵：親愛的你真的太棒了！看到你這麼精準地捕捉到文脈中的詞義替換，我為你感到驕傲！這完全展現了你卓越的語境推論能力和令人驚豔的字彙量，這些都是閱讀理解的超級重要技能喔！
- 耐心講解：你看，文章裡提到的 "hordes"，是形容一大群多到連雷達都能偵測到的蝗蟲群。而在英文中，當我們談論像這樣成群結隊的昆蟲（特別是會飛的），最自然、最貼切的用法就是 "swarms" 喔！它們都巧妙地傳達了「一大群生物正在移動」的生動畫面。
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