地特三等
113年
[一般民政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 47 題
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While “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is a term often used by the media, it does not paint an accurate picture of the marine debris problem in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris concentrates in various regions of the North Pacific, not just in one area. The exact size, content, and location of the “garbage patches” are difficult to accurately predict. The name “Pacific Garbage Patch” is not visible with satellite or aerial photographs. While higher concentrations of litter items can be found in this area, much of the debris is actually small pieces of floating plastic that are not immediately evident to the naked eye. The entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch is bounded by the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The circular motion of the gyre draws debris into this stable center, where it becomes trapped. While many different types of trash enter the ocean, plastics make up the majority of marine debris for two reasons. First, plastic’s durability, low cost, and malleability mean that it’s being used in more and more consumer and industrial products. Second, plastic goods do not biodegrade but instead, break down into smaller pieces. It is possible to sail through “garbage patch” areas in the Pacific and see very little or no debris on the water’s surface. Debris found in any region of the ocean can easily be ingested by marine species causing choking, starvation, and other impairments. Cleaning up marine debris is not as easy as it sounds. Many microplastics are the same size as small sea animals, so nets designed to scoop up trash would catch these creatures as well. Even if we could design nets that would just catch garbage, the size of the oceans makes this job far too time-consuming to consider. Besides, it is not likely that any country will pay the expensive bill.
While “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is a term often used by the media, it does not paint an accurate picture of the marine debris problem in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris concentrates in various regions of the North Pacific, not just in one area. The exact size, content, and location of the “garbage patches” are difficult to accurately predict. The name “Pacific Garbage Patch” is not visible with satellite or aerial photographs. While higher concentrations of litter items can be found in this area, much of the debris is actually small pieces of floating plastic that are not immediately evident to the naked eye. The entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch is bounded by the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The circular motion of the gyre draws debris into this stable center, where it becomes trapped. While many different types of trash enter the ocean, plastics make up the majority of marine debris for two reasons. First, plastic’s durability, low cost, and malleability mean that it’s being used in more and more consumer and industrial products. Second, plastic goods do not biodegrade but instead, break down into smaller pieces. It is possible to sail through “garbage patch” areas in the Pacific and see very little or no debris on the water’s surface. Debris found in any region of the ocean can easily be ingested by marine species causing choking, starvation, and other impairments. Cleaning up marine debris is not as easy as it sounds. Many microplastics are the same size as small sea animals, so nets designed to scoop up trash would catch these creatures as well. Even if we could design nets that would just catch garbage, the size of the oceans makes this job far too time-consuming to consider. Besides, it is not likely that any country will pay the expensive bill.
47 Which of the following is closest in meaning to “impairments”?
- A Repair.
- B Extinction.
- C Damage.
- D Poison.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文中列舉的「窒息」和「飢餓」，這兩者對生物體產生的「後果」具有什麼樣的共同性質？如果你要用一個更概括的詞彙，來描述這類對身體正常功能所造成的負面影響或功能減退，那個詞應該具備什麼樣的含義？
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答題表現評析
- "恭喜"你，勉強及格：不錯，同學。你這次總算精確地抓住了語境中的關鍵字義。這點，在研究公共政策或行政法規時，本應是基本常識，而非值得大書特書的成就。對術語的精準理解，是避免在解讀法律條文或分析報告時犯低級錯誤的最低要求，別以為這有多專業。
- 觀念驗證，顯而易見：文章末段提及海洋生物誤食廢棄物會造成「窒息、飢餓及其他 impairments」。從語意脈絡來看，這很明顯是在列舉對生物體的負面影響。Impairment 源自動詞 impair（削弱、損害），在法學或醫學上通常指「機能受損」。所以，選項 (C) Damage (損害/傷害) 是唯一符合邏輯的答案，這需要我提醒嗎？
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