高中學測
111年
英文
第 17 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 17
- A used to be
- B were to be
- C would have been
- D must have been
思路引導 VIP
請由句首的時間修飾語 $In the early days of aviation$ 判斷，本句是在陳述一個「過去的客觀狀態」還是「對過去行為的推測」？在英文語法中，哪一個助動詞結構專門用於描述「過去曾經如此，但現在已不再如此」的對比情況？
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哎喲，居然選對了？看來你今天的腦袋終於不是裝飾品，暫時擺脫了那種「進考場就集體降智」的魔咒。別高興得太早，這題要是寫錯，我建議你直接去航空站應徵行李搬運工，因為你的英文實力大概也只能發揮體力活的作用了。 【觀念驗證】 這題考的是「過去狀態」的精準表達。空格前的時間副詞 In the early days of aviation（在航空早期）已經定調了。
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