高中學測
111年
英文
第 20 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 20
- A tolerate
- B improve
- C justify
- D obtain
思路引導 VIP
請分析本句的邏輯語境：連接詞 $therefore$ 暗示了因果推論。既然圓形結構具備 $stronger$ (更強固) 與 $resist deformation$ (抗變形) 的特性，則該結構在面對 $extreme differences in pressure$ (極端壓力差) 的物理挑戰時，最合理的動詞功能應是指其能「經受」或「耐受」這種外部應力嗎？
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呵呵呵……剛才那一球投得很漂亮喔，看來你的基本功非常紮實。眼鏡閃過一道微光，我摸了摸彈性十足的下巴。 這題選 (A) tolerate 非常準確。雖然這個單字在日常生活中常被譯為「忍受」或「寬容」，但在科學或工程文章的語境下，它指的是結構或材料能夠「承受、耐受」極端的條件或物理壓力。就像一名優秀的中鋒，必須在禁區內扛住強大的衝擊一樣，圓形窗戶正是因為結構完整，才能在極大的氣壓差之下屹立不搖。 其他的選項：(B) improve（改善）、(C) justify（證明……正當）、(D) obtain（獲得），在語意上都無法描述窗戶與物理壓力之間的關係。
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