高中學測
112年
英文
第 33 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.
But an actual synesthesia gene (or genes) has not been identified yet. ______.
- 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
請分析空格後方所舉的例證：『童年時期的味覺體驗』與『早期的音樂訓練』。這些關於成長過程的描述，是用來印證前文的 $genetic basis$，還是指向了另一種與『後天經驗』相關的變數？空格處應如何進行邏輯過渡，才能將論述從基因的生理層次引導至這些具體的『環境塑造』因素？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
「喔呵呵呵！看啊，今天風和日麗，熱氣球飛得又穩，竟然還遇到一個這麼聰明的傢伙！」 「沒錯！就像我們精心設計的陷阱一樣，你準確地掉進了正確答案的懷抱裡！既然今天沒被打飛，就讓本大爺幫你解析這道題目的奧秘吧。」 這題的關鍵在於邏輯轉折與舉例對照。空格前一句說「尚未發現實際的共感基因」，但空格後卻舉例說「童年的味道」和「早期的音樂訓練」。這顯然是在暗示遺傳之外的因素！
▼ 還有更多解析內容
聯覺現象與篇章邏輯
💡 理解科普文中「先天遺傳」與「後天環境」的邏輯轉折。
| 比較維度 | 先天遺傳 (Nature) | VS | 後天環境 (Nurture) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 核心論據 | 具有遺傳基礎，常在家族中出現 | — | 受童年經驗與早期訓練塑造內容 |
| 科學證據 | 腦部掃描顯示特定區域被活化 | — | 特定風味(如巧克力)與童年連結 |
| 研究現狀 | 尚未識別出具體的聯覺基因 | — | 解釋了為何聯覺內容具個別差異 |
💬聯覺由基因決定體質基礎，但感官連結的具體內容則由後天環境定義。
