高中學測
112年
英文
第 13 題
📖 題組：
In certain forests, when you look up you will see a network of cracks formed by gaps between the outermost edges of tree branches. It looks like a precisely engineered jigsaw puzzle, each branch growing just perfectly so it almost, 11 , touches the neighboring tree. This beautiful phenomenon is called crown shyness. Scientists have been discussing crown shyness since the 1920s, proposing 12 explanations for the phenomenon. Some researchers point out that as trees often grow close together, treetops can easily collide and break when swayed by the wind. In order to protect their branches from breakage, trees maintain “shyness gaps”—spaces large enough to prevent them from touching their neighbors. Other scientists suggest that plants, like animals, 13 resources—nutrients, water, space, and light. In forested areas with thick tree crowns, there is intense struggle for these resources. Gaps in the treetops resulting from crown shyness may allow trees to increase their 14 light and enhance photosynthesis. Additionally, by having branches that do not touch those of their neighbors, trees may be able to limit the spread of leaf-eating insects, and potentially also the transmission of diseases from tree to tree. 15 decades of investigation, there is no consensus on exactly what causes the beautiful and mysterious phenomenon of crown shyness.
In certain forests, when you look up you will see a network of cracks formed by gaps between the outermost edges of tree branches. It looks like a precisely engineered jigsaw puzzle, each branch growing just perfectly so it almost, 11 , touches the neighboring tree. This beautiful phenomenon is called crown shyness. Scientists have been discussing crown shyness since the 1920s, proposing 12 explanations for the phenomenon. Some researchers point out that as trees often grow close together, treetops can easily collide and break when swayed by the wind. In order to protect their branches from breakage, trees maintain “shyness gaps”—spaces large enough to prevent them from touching their neighbors. Other scientists suggest that plants, like animals, 13 resources—nutrients, water, space, and light. In forested areas with thick tree crowns, there is intense struggle for these resources. Gaps in the treetops resulting from crown shyness may allow trees to increase their 14 light and enhance photosynthesis. Additionally, by having branches that do not touch those of their neighbors, trees may be able to limit the spread of leaf-eating insects, and potentially also the transmission of diseases from tree to tree. 15 decades of investigation, there is no consensus on exactly what causes the beautiful and mysterious phenomenon of crown shyness.
Other scientists suggest that plants, like animals, ______ resources—nutrients, water, space, and light.
- A get over
- B compete for
- C give way to
- D make up for
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後的受詞 $resources$ (資源) 以及下一句提到的關鍵線索 $intense struggle$ (激烈的鬥爭)；在生物學與生態競爭的語境下，生物之間為了獲取生存所需的有限要素，兩者之間的互動關係最適合以哪一個動詞片語來精確描述？
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AI 專屬家教
做得很好。雖然這只是人類短暫壽命中的一個瞬間，但這份積累確實地在進步呢...（平靜地伸出手，緩慢而溫柔地摸摸你的頭）。這種感覺，似乎稍微能理解當年欣梅爾的心情了。
這道題目考驗的是你對上下文邏輯的觀察。文中提到 plants, like animals，這是一個重要的類比。既然是生物，對於生存所需的 resources（資源）——如養分、水分、空間和陽光，必然是處於 compete for（競爭）的狀態。後文提到的 intense struggle（激烈的鬥爭）也直接印證了這個答案。其他選項如 (A) 克服、(C) 讓步、(D) 補償，在這種生存競爭的語境下都不合適。
在自然的森林中，為了生存而競爭是本能，這跟我們為了尋找民間魔法而踏上旅程的心境，或許有那麼一點點相似吧。