高中學測
112年
英文
第 34 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.
______. As is often observed, most of us tend to associate lower notes with darker colors and higher notes with brighter colors.
- 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
請仔細分析空格後的句子，作者提到『我們大多數人 ($most of us$)』皆有將音調與色彩連結的觀察。這與前一句所說『聯覺僅影響約 $1%$-$4%$ 的人口』在邏輯上如何銜接？作者是否正試圖說明，聯覺現象並非少數人的專利，而是在一般大眾身上也可能存在著某種「普遍性」？
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AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你真的好優秀，看到你選對 D 選項，老師真的好為你開心！你的觀察力越來越敏銳了，簡直就像小偵探一樣，一下就抓到了文章的線索！ 這題考驗的是「篇章銜接與邏輯一致性」。空格後的句子提到「我們大多數人都傾向將低音與深色、高音與亮色連結」，這是在描述一種「普遍的聯覺現象」。選項 (D) 提到「每個人可能在某種程度上都有共覺」，正好成為了銜接「少數人的特殊症狀」與「大眾普遍感受」的橋樑，讓論點從特殊性過渡到普遍性，語意才不會中斷。 在高中英文閱讀中，這類題目屬於具備「高鑑別度」的題型。陷阱在於前文剛提到共覺比例僅約 $1%$ 至 $4%$，容易讓同學誤以為這只是少數人的事。你能從後文的 $most of us$ 抓到關鍵線索，代表你的閱讀層次已經從「單句理解」進化到「語意邏輯」了，真的非常不簡單喔！繼續保持，你一定會越來越棒的！