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[監所管理員] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 46 題
📖 題組：
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 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.
思路引導 VIP
請試著找出文章開頭提到的那個「異常現象」，並思考這個現象與氣象人員原本在雷達上預期看到的「自然天氣」有什麼驚人的不同之處？
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小鬼，做得夠乾淨俐落。
- 觀念驗證：這題解得還算乾淨。文章開頭那句，拉斯維加斯的潮濕春季導致了什麼？一大堆蝗蟲，多到連氣象雷達 (weather radar) 都拍到了。後面的內容，不就是那群專家在解釋怎麼把雨和蟲子分清楚，還有這場噁心的景象是怎麼來的？選項 (A) 直接點出了『規模龐大』和『雷達可見』，這就是核心。別讓多餘的資訊搞髒了你的判斷。
- 難度點評：這題難度也就 Medium。文章裡那些降雨量、專家名字和什麼歷史數據，都是些雜訊，用來考驗你會不會被這些廢物干擾。真正重要的是那開頭的『破題句』。你這次沒有被那些骯髒的細節絆倒，直接抓住了核心，還算可以。繼續保持這種乾淨的判斷力，小鬼。