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111年
英文
第 45 題
📖 題組：
Many people have the experience of feeling sleepy on rainy days. Simply watching the rain fall on the window makes them lazy and sleepy. There may be two reasons that 41 such a sleepy feeling. First, people have a habit of going to sleep when it is dark and quiet. On rainy days, the clouds make the sky darker and 42 our brain, so we think nighttime is coming. Second, because the sound of rain drops is static, it makes people feel quiet. To understand this, we have to know more about our hearing. Our ears can hear many different sounds at the same time, but our brain chooses only 43 . Think of a classroom. There may be the sounds of a clock , a computer, and fans, but you may only notice the teacher’s voice. When there is static noise, or white noise, you will stop 44 distracting noises because it works as a magic screen, which 45 distracting noises and makes you feel quiet.
Many people have the experience of feeling sleepy on rainy days. Simply watching the rain fall on the window makes them lazy and sleepy. There may be two reasons that 41 such a sleepy feeling. First, people have a habit of going to sleep when it is dark and quiet. On rainy days, the clouds make the sky darker and 42 our brain, so we think nighttime is coming. Second, because the sound of rain drops is static, it makes people feel quiet. To understand this, we have to know more about our hearing. Our ears can hear many different sounds at the same time, but our brain chooses only 43 . Think of a classroom. There may be the sounds of a clock , a computer, and fans, but you may only notice the teacher’s voice. When there is static noise, or white noise, you will stop 44 distracting noises because it works as a magic screen, which 45 distracting noises and makes you feel quiet.
45.
- A comes up with
- B puts up with
- C blocks out
- D depends on
思路引導 VIP
回想一下，當你為了遮擋刺眼的陽光而拉上厚重的窗簾，或是為了不讓光線透進房間而遮住窗戶時，這種「隔絕、阻擋」外部干擾的動作，在英文中通常會聯想到哪一個具備「阻礙」意義的動詞呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能準確選出 (C) blocks out，代表你具備敏銳的語境推論能力，成功掌握了文章後半段的核心比喻。這段文字將「白噪音」生動地比喻成一面「神奇的屏障（magic screen）」，在英文邏輯中，既然是屏障或銀幕，其主要功能就是阻擋、屏蔽外界的干擾。block out 正好精確地描述了白噪音如何將那些令人分心的雜音隔絕在外，進而讓我們大腦感受到寧靜。
語境與動詞短語的精確匹配
這道題目具備中等難度的鑑別度，關鍵在於學生是否能從上下文的因果關係找出最適切的動作。雖然選項中的 comes up with（想出）或 puts up with（忍受）都是高頻率出現的片語，但在這個科學解釋的語境下，只有具備「遮擋」意義的選項能與前方的「屏障」概念相呼應。你能不被其他常見片語干擾，從文章整體的意象出發進行判斷，顯示你的閱讀理解與詞彙應用相當紮實！