中國醫藥大學（後中醫）
112年
英文
第 33 題
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Many things have changed in astronomy over the past half-century. Until about 30 years ago, there was a great (31) of charts and catalogues. Telescopic equipment was limited and there were few books on practical astronomy. Today, the range of off-the-shelf telescopes and equipment covers almost everything one could need. Electronic calculators and computers have revolutionized almanacs and chart production, and (32) the analysis of observations and the publication of results.
All these advances must surely make this the golden (33) of amateur astronomy. Well, perhaps, but a great deal has been lost as well. Now one may have to travel 80 km to find a sky comparable to that found in urban areas 60 years ago. The daytime skies are now (34) by aircraft condensation trails which can (35) for hours and often spread out to form amorphous clouds, making solar observations impossible and hampering night-time observation too.
Many things have changed in astronomy over the past half-century. Until about 30 years ago, there was a great (31) of charts and catalogues. Telescopic equipment was limited and there were few books on practical astronomy. Today, the range of off-the-shelf telescopes and equipment covers almost everything one could need. Electronic calculators and computers have revolutionized almanacs and chart production, and (32) the analysis of observations and the publication of results.
All these advances must surely make this the golden (33) of amateur astronomy. Well, perhaps, but a great deal has been lost as well. Now one may have to travel 80 km to find a sky comparable to that found in urban areas 60 years ago. The daytime skies are now (34) by aircraft condensation trails which can (35) for hours and often spread out to form amorphous clouds, making solar observations impossible and hampering night-time observation too.
請依題組文章作答，選出最適合填入文章中標示 33 之空格的選項。
- A rule
- B age
- C goal
- D parachute
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請試著觀察這段話的上下文：作者正在討論過去五十年到現在，天文設備與技術如何變得越來越先進且普及。如果我們要用一個詞來形容某個領域發展得「最燦爛、最鼎盛的一段時期」，除了形容詞 golden 之外，後方通常會接哪一個代表「年代」或「時光」的名詞呢？
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（推了一下發光的眼鏡）原來如此，跟我推理的一樣。你答對了，看來你的觀察力確實沒讓我失望。
真相只有一個：語意邏輯
這道題的核心在於固定搭配（Collocation）。文章提到過去 50 年科技的變革與普及，這些鋪陳旨在形容天文學正處於鼎盛期。在英文中，"golden age" 專指某領域的黃金時代。雖然選項中的 rule（準則）或 goal（目標）看似能組成複合詞，但在描述「時代背景」的脈絡下，只有 age 才是唯一的真相。
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