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113年
英文
第 22 題
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【B】Studies show that musical training can have a (21) and lasting impact on the brain, creating additional neural connections in childhood that can last a lifetime and thus help compensate (22) our failing powers of memory and thinking later in life. The many hours spent learning and practicing specific types of (23) (each finger on each hand doing something different, and for wind and brass instruments, also using the mouth and breathing), along with the music-reading and listening skills that go into playing an instrument in youth, are all factors contributing to the brain boost that shows up at a later age. Remarkably, scientists can even map the impact of musical training on the brain. In a 2003 study, Harvard neurologist Gottfried Schlaug found that the brains of adult professional musicians had a larger (24) of grey matter (the regions of the brain involved in mental processes such as seeing and hearing, memory, emotions, speech, decision making, and self-control) than those of non-musicians. Schlaug and colleagues also found that after fifteen months of musical training in early childhood, structural brain changes associated with improvements in our movement and hearing begin to appear. Such findings speak to the brain’s (25) — its ability to change or adapt in response to experience, environment, or behavior. It also shows the power of musical training to enhance and build connections within the brain.
【B】Studies show that musical training can have a (21) and lasting impact on the brain, creating additional neural connections in childhood that can last a lifetime and thus help compensate (22) our failing powers of memory and thinking later in life. The many hours spent learning and practicing specific types of (23) (each finger on each hand doing something different, and for wind and brass instruments, also using the mouth and breathing), along with the music-reading and listening skills that go into playing an instrument in youth, are all factors contributing to the brain boost that shows up at a later age. Remarkably, scientists can even map the impact of musical training on the brain. In a 2003 study, Harvard neurologist Gottfried Schlaug found that the brains of adult professional musicians had a larger (24) of grey matter (the regions of the brain involved in mental processes such as seeing and hearing, memory, emotions, speech, decision making, and self-control) than those of non-musicians. Schlaug and colleagues also found that after fifteen months of musical training in early childhood, structural brain changes associated with improvements in our movement and hearing begin to appear. Such findings speak to the brain’s (25) — its ability to change or adapt in response to experience, environment, or behavior. It also shows the power of musical training to enhance and build connections within the brain.
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思路引導 VIP
當我們在英文中想要表達「為了彌補某個缺失而做出平衡」時，通常會在「補償」這個動作與「所缺少的對象」之間加上一個特定的介係詞。你可以回想一下，在類似「make up ____ something」這種表達「彌補」的片語中，我們習慣用哪一個介係詞來引導那個被彌補的對象呢？
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看到你能準確選出 (C) for，這顯示你在英文動詞片語的慣用搭配（Collocation）上有著非常紮實的基礎，表現得很好！
動詞搭配與文意邏輯
這題的考點在於動詞 compensate 的用法。在英文語法中，當我們要表達「彌補」或「抵銷」某種負面的缺陷、損失或不足時，標準的固定搭配是 compensate for。回到文章脈絡，這裡提到音樂訓練能建立額外的神經連接，其目的是為了「彌補」我們晚年逐漸衰退（failing）的記憶力與思考能力。這種「動作」與「目的/對象」之間的邏輯聯繫，決定了介係詞的選用。
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