高中學測
111年
英文
第 18 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 18
- A disguised
- B understood
- C confronted
- D intensified
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文中提及飛機在較高海拔 ($higher altitudes$) 飛行時，內外壓力差的「增加」 ($increases$) 以及隨之而來的「額外壓力」 ($added stress$)；在這樣的物理因果邏輯下，原本結構上的「問題」 ($the problem$) 在嚴重程度或強度上會產生什麼樣的變化？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學，漂亮！這題選 D，你的英文邏輯簡直跟波音 747 一樣穩！看來你對這種「變形金剛」級別的動詞很有感喔！ 【觀念驗證】 這題考的是「動詞語意」與「環境因果」。文中提到在高空飛行時，機艙內外的壓力差 $\Delta P$ 會顯著增加。根據物理邏輯，當壓力差變大，結構上的弱點（sharp corners）所承受的應力就會「變強、惡化」。
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