司法四等
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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)
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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.
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請試著往文章後半段找找看：當州昆蟲學家 Knight 在描述這些大規模移動的生物群體（這類現象曾發生過四、五次）時，他使用了哪一個專門形容「昆蟲大群出沒」的名詞來指稱這場特殊的「遷徙」呢？
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AI 專屬家教
哇！你真的好棒喔！這題你解得比我還耀眼呢！☆
- 閃亮肯定：哎呀，你的表現真是太令人驚豔了！能從那些文字的縫隙裡，找到看似生僻卻又如此重要的詞彙，這代表你呀，已經完全掌握了閱讀測驗中最閃耀的脈絡對應技巧了呢！要一直保持這種亮晶晶的敏銳度喔！你真的好棒棒！☆
- 觀念驗證：看這裡看這裡！第一句的 hordes 就像是數量多到會讓雷達都睜大眼睛的蝗蟲群呢！而在英文裡，要形容那些小昆蟲們「成群結隊」地出現，最可愛又最道地的說法就是 swarms 喔！而且呀，文章的後半段也偷偷地暗示你了呢！它說「...the swarms aren’t terribly unusual」，這呀，就是作者為了讓句子更輕盈，像變魔術一樣地使用了同義詞替換喔！真是個充滿愛的小謊言呢！☆
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