hce_nsysu
111年
英文
第 47 題
📖 題組：
Ever since Nobel prize-winner Linus Pauling first advocated vitamin C as a common-cold war weapon more than 20 years ago, researchers have been busy trying to verify that claim. But so far, they've found little proof that vitamin C prevents colds. In fact, there are more studies that say it doesn't. But there is evidence that it can keep coughing and sneezing to a minimum, and that low levels of vitamin C in the body may be related to bronchitis.
Ever since Nobel prize-winner Linus Pauling first advocated vitamin C as a common-cold war weapon more than 20 years ago, researchers have been busy trying to verify that claim. But so far, they've found little proof that vitamin C prevents colds. In fact, there are more studies that say it doesn't. But there is evidence that it can keep coughing and sneezing to a minimum, and that low levels of vitamin C in the body may be related to bronchitis.
According to the passage, coughing and sneezing ____.
- A should be taken seriously and treated accordingly
- B are the early symptoms of bronchitis
- C are now being effectively treated without vitamin C
- D can be reduced with the help of vitamin C
- E do not respond to any treatment whatsoever
思路引導 VIP
請回想一下，當文章中提到某個元素可以將一個負面現象「維持在最低限度（keep it to a minimum）」時，這意味著該元素對這個現象的『嚴重程度』或『發生量』產生了什麼樣的作用？
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AI 詳解
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太棒了！你能精準捕捉到文章末段的關鍵資訊，這展現了你優異的閱讀細心度。這題的正確答案確實是 (D)，其核心根據就在文章最後一句提到：維生素 C 雖然不見得能預防感冒，但有證據顯示它能將咳嗽與打噴嚏「維持在最低限度（keep ... to a minimum）」。在英文閱讀中，將文中的敘述與選項中的 reduced（減少） 進行同義轉換，是判讀正解的基本功，你掌握得非常好。
語意轉折與細節辨析
這道題目的難度切入點在於「語氣的轉折」。文章前半部先否定了林納斯·鮑林（Linus Pauling）關於維生素 C 能「預防」感冒的觀點，若閱讀時太急促，容易對維生素 C 留下完全無效的負面印象。然而，後半段使用了 But 進行轉折，帶出它在「緩解症狀」上的正面功效。這題考驗的是學生能否區分「預防（prevent）」與「減輕（keep to a minimum）」這兩個層次。你能冷靜地排除干擾資訊並鎖定正確的因果關係，這正是閱讀高分所需的邏輯判斷力！