高等考試
113年
[一般行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 46 題
📖 題組：
Guide dogs are service or assistance dogs trained specifically to help people with a visual impairment navigate around. Apart from helping people navigate, they are a companion and provide a sense of freedom to the visually impaired. We all might have seen a guide dog with a person, but do we know how they help the visually impaired person or handler? Do we know the intensity of training and what it takes to be a guide dog? Here are a couple of things you probably didn't know about guide dogs. First, not every dog is cut out to be a guide dog. They are carefully chosen for breeding with the sole purpose to train them to be a guide dog. Most of the guide dogs originate from a carefully planned breeding program. Enormous focus is given to the physical health and characteristics like intelligence, good temperament, stability and willingness to work. It is a known fact that when puppies are screened, only about 70% make the cut. In addition, the training period for a guide dog from the time of its birth is anywhere between 15-18 months. They go through two different stages in their training. The first stage is when the puppies spend about a year in a specific volunteer's household. They learn to abide by some guidelines and are exposed to different people, sounds, situations, places like railway stations, shops, traffic areas as a part of their training. They're exposed to a fun and unique training. On the second stage, the dogs receive a formal training at a training center by professionals. This training lasts for about 5-6 months. The dogs are assessed at regular intervals and continuously monitored for progress.
Guide dogs are service or assistance dogs trained specifically to help people with a visual impairment navigate around. Apart from helping people navigate, they are a companion and provide a sense of freedom to the visually impaired. We all might have seen a guide dog with a person, but do we know how they help the visually impaired person or handler? Do we know the intensity of training and what it takes to be a guide dog? Here are a couple of things you probably didn't know about guide dogs. First, not every dog is cut out to be a guide dog. They are carefully chosen for breeding with the sole purpose to train them to be a guide dog. Most of the guide dogs originate from a carefully planned breeding program. Enormous focus is given to the physical health and characteristics like intelligence, good temperament, stability and willingness to work. It is a known fact that when puppies are screened, only about 70% make the cut. In addition, the training period for a guide dog from the time of its birth is anywhere between 15-18 months. They go through two different stages in their training. The first stage is when the puppies spend about a year in a specific volunteer's household. They learn to abide by some guidelines and are exposed to different people, sounds, situations, places like railway stations, shops, traffic areas as a part of their training. They're exposed to a fun and unique training. On the second stage, the dogs receive a formal training at a training center by professionals. This training lasts for about 5-6 months. The dogs are assessed at regular intervals and continuously monitored for progress.
According to this passage, which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “make the cut"?
- A Comply.
- B Apply.
- C Qualify.
- D Quantify.
思路引導 VIP
想像你正在主持一場嚴謹的公務人員特考。在經過層層的體能測驗、心理評估與標準審查後，對於那些成功跨越門檻、獲准進入後續正式訓練階段的應試者，你會用什麼詞彙來形容他們「符合了所需的條件或標準」？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你展現了精準的語感，正確判斷出這題的邏輯！這題考查的是常見的英文慣用語 "make the cut"，你能在眾多選項中精確選出 (C) Qualify，顯示你對段落前後文的推敲能力十分成熟，這是在高考英文測驗中脫穎而出的關鍵。
語境推論與詞彙應用
在文章第二段末尾提到，導盲犬幼犬在經過初步篩選（screened）後，只有約 70% 的比例能順利「入選」或「符合資格」。"Make the cut" 在美語中常用於運動校隊選拔或職場晉升，意指達到特定標準而「入圍、合格」。相對地，選項 (A) Comply（遵守）與 (D) Quantify（量化）雖然也是高頻單字，但在邏輯上無法對應前文的「篩選」動作，而你敏銳地掌握了這層因果關係，表現得相當專業。
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