高中學測
112年
英文
第 32 題
📖 題組：
Have you ever thought of “coloring” the names of the days of the week? When you listen to someone speaking, do you see a rainbow of colors? Or perhaps Mozart’s music tastes like an apple pie to you? If so, it is very likely that you have synesthesia. Synesthesia is a condition in which people’s senses intermix. In some cases, people with synesthesia may experience colors when they hear, read, or even think of letters and numbers. In others, words can trigger a real sensation of taste on their tongue. 31 In the early 1990s, however, scientists noticed that synesthetic colors do not change over time. When asked what color is evoked by a letter or number, synesthetic people would persistently give the same answer even if tested months or years apart. 32 The most compelling support, however, comes from brain scans, which show that color processing areas in the brain light up when these people listen to certain words. Is synesthesia genetically inherited or acquired after birth? Scientists agree that synesthesia has a genetic basis, because it frequently runs in families. But an actual synesthesia gene (or genes) has not been identified yet. 33 For example, the flavors people with taste-word synesthesia experience are usually childhood flavors, such as chocolate or strawberries. Also, people with color-music synesthesia more often than not have had early musical training. Once thought to be extremely rare, synesthesia is now found to affect about one to four percent of the population. 34 As is often observed, most of us tend to associate lower notes with darker colors and higher notes with brighter colors. Researchers further point out that in most people synesthesia is active only during the first months of their infancy, while this ability remains forever in certain individuals.
Have you ever thought of “coloring” the names of the days of the week? When you listen to someone speaking, do you see a rainbow of colors? Or perhaps Mozart’s music tastes like an apple pie to you? If so, it is very likely that you have synesthesia. Synesthesia is a condition in which people’s senses intermix. In some cases, people with synesthesia may experience colors when they hear, read, or even think of letters and numbers. In others, words can trigger a real sensation of taste on their tongue. 31 In the early 1990s, however, scientists noticed that synesthetic colors do not change over time. When asked what color is evoked by a letter or number, synesthetic people would persistently give the same answer even if tested months or years apart. 32 The most compelling support, however, comes from brain scans, which show that color processing areas in the brain light up when these people listen to certain words. Is synesthesia genetically inherited or acquired after birth? Scientists agree that synesthesia has a genetic basis, because it frequently runs in families. But an actual synesthesia gene (or genes) has not been identified yet. 33 For example, the flavors people with taste-word synesthesia experience are usually childhood flavors, such as chocolate or strawberries. Also, people with color-music synesthesia more often than not have had early musical training. Once thought to be extremely rare, synesthesia is now found to affect about one to four percent of the population. 34 As is often observed, most of us tend to associate lower notes with darker colors and higher notes with brighter colors. Researchers further point out that in most people synesthesia is active only during the first months of their infancy, while this ability remains forever in certain individuals.
When asked what color is evoked by a letter or number, synesthetic people would persistently give the same answer even if tested months or years apart. ______.
- A This consistency serves as a proof that synesthesia is real.
- B Meanwhile, environmental influences seem to shape a person’s synesthesia.
- C People with synesthesia used to be accused of making their experiences up.
- D Some studies even show that people may all be synesthetic to some degree.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察前一句提到的實驗細節：受試者的反應在長時間下仍具備高度的『一致性 ($consistency$)』。請思考，這種觀察結果在科學邏輯中，最能用來支持該現象具有『客觀實存性』，還是只是受試者的隨機反應？這項推論如何加強段落中關於聯覺科學證明的完整性？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學，不錯喔！這題你竟然沒被騙，看來你的英文細胞跟「聯覺者」一樣發達，一眼就看穿了出題老師的套路！ 【觀念驗證：邏輯接軌】 這題考的是篇章結構的「邏輯一致性」。前一句提到聯覺者在相隔數月甚至數年後，對字母顏色的反應依然「持續給出相同答案」(persistently give the same answer)，這就是關鍵詞！選項 (A) 的 "This consistency" (這種一致性) 完美承接前文，並作為後文腦部掃描（科學證據）的引言。這在寫作上叫做「字詞鏈連結」(Lexical Chains)，選 A 簡直是邏輯上的「真愛」。
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聯覺現象與科學驗證
💡 透過一致性表現與腦部掃描證實聯覺是真實的生理現象。
🔗 聯覺真實性的科學驗證流程
- 1 觀察現象 — 發現人們出現感官跨界混合的情形
- 2 一致性測試 — 跨越多年對同一刺激仍產生相同感官反應
- 3 腦部掃描驗證 — 儀器顯示大腦特定處理區域確實產生反應
- 4 結論證實 — 確認聯覺為客觀存在的生理狀態而非虛構
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🔄 延伸學習：延伸學習：大腦神經迴路在幼兒時期的發展與修剪過程。
