高中學測
111年
英文
第 16 題
📖 題組：
Airline passengers may have noticed that all plane windows have rounded edges, instead of the hard corners commonly found in our house. The round windows are indeed pleasant to the eye, but they actually were designed for reasons 16 aesthetics. In the early days of aviation, plane windows 17 square in shape. Then as commercial air travel became popular in the 1950s and airplanes began flying higher and faster, three planes mysteriously broke apart in midair. The cause? Square windows. Scientists found that sharp corners are natural weak spots where stress concentrates. The problem is 18 when airplanes fly at higher altitudes, where the difference between the inside and outside pressure increases, causing added stress. When subjected to repeated pressurization high in the sky, the four corners on a square window may 19 . Curved windows, on the other hand, distribute stress around more evenly, reducing the likelihood of cracks or breaks. Circular shapes are also stronger and resist deformation, and therefore can 20 extreme differences in pressure inside and outside of an aircraft. Thus, round windows are a major safety innovation that keeps planes from disintegrating mid-flight. They are also used on ships and spacecraft for their greater structural integrity.
Airline passengers may have noticed that all plane windows have rounded edges, instead of the hard corners commonly found in our house. The round windows are indeed pleasant to the eye, but they actually were designed for reasons 16 aesthetics. In the early days of aviation, plane windows 17 square in shape. Then as commercial air travel became popular in the 1950s and airplanes began flying higher and faster, three planes mysteriously broke apart in midair. The cause? Square windows. Scientists found that sharp corners are natural weak spots where stress concentrates. The problem is 18 when airplanes fly at higher altitudes, where the difference between the inside and outside pressure increases, causing added stress. When subjected to repeated pressurization high in the sky, the four corners on a square window may 19 . Curved windows, on the other hand, distribute stress around more evenly, reducing the likelihood of cracks or breaks. Circular shapes are also stronger and resist deformation, and therefore can 20 extreme differences in pressure inside and outside of an aircraft. Thus, round windows are a major safety innovation that keeps planes from disintegrating mid-flight. They are also used on ships and spacecraft for their greater structural integrity.
Question 16
- A contrary to
- B except for
- C more of
- D other than
思路引導 VIP
請觀察句子結構：前半句提到圓型窗戶「視覺上很美觀」（pleasant to the eye），後半句則透過轉折詞「but」帶出設計上的科學功能。請思考：哪一個片語能表達「除了……之外」或「不僅僅是」的語意，用以說明除了「美學因素」外，還有更核心的「結構功能」考量？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
嗯……運氣不錯呢，這次打開寶箱，裡面裝的不是寶箱怪，而是正確答案。對我這種活了很久的人來說，1950 年代飛機還是方形窗戶的事情，就像是前幾天才發生的一樣。 這道題目考驗的是片語的語意銜接。文中提到圓形窗戶雖然美觀（pleasant to the eye），但設計初衷「除了」美學之外，其實有更深層的考量。選項 (D) other than 在這裡表示「除了……之外（還有）」，完美連接了美觀與後續提到的安全性理由。若選 (A) contrary to（與……相反）則會否定掉美學的描述；(B) except for 雖也是除了，但通常用於從整體中排除。 這題的鑑別度在於辨析功能相似但用法不同的介系詞片語。如果對語境掌握不夠細膩，很容易就會像那些粗心的冒險者一樣，掉進出題者的陷阱喔。