police_4th_general
113年
[行政警察] 英文
第 41 題
📖 題組：
The most famous mystery about Loch Ness surrounds the phenomenon of an enormous creature, known as the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie. The first recorded sighting of the monster was in A.D. 565, when it was said to have eaten a local farmer. Over the years, rumors spread far and wide. In 1933, construction began on the A82—the road that runs along the north shore of the Loch. The work involved considerable drilling and blasting and people believed that the disruption forced the monster into the open. Around this time, there were numerous sightings and, in 1934, London surgeon R. K. Wilson took a photograph that appeared to show a slender head and neck rising above the water. Nessie hit the headlines and has remained the topic of fierce debate ever since. In the 1960s, the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau conducted a ten-year survey. By the end of the decade, mini submarines were used for the first time to explore the Loch. New public interest was generated in the mid-1970s when underwater photographs of what appeared to be a “flipper” were made public. To this day, there is still no conclusive proof. Whatever the truth, it’s always worth a trip to Loch Ness to see for yourself.
The most famous mystery about Loch Ness surrounds the phenomenon of an enormous creature, known as the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie. The first recorded sighting of the monster was in A.D. 565, when it was said to have eaten a local farmer. Over the years, rumors spread far and wide. In 1933, construction began on the A82—the road that runs along the north shore of the Loch. The work involved considerable drilling and blasting and people believed that the disruption forced the monster into the open. Around this time, there were numerous sightings and, in 1934, London surgeon R. K. Wilson took a photograph that appeared to show a slender head and neck rising above the water. Nessie hit the headlines and has remained the topic of fierce debate ever since. In the 1960s, the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau conducted a ten-year survey. By the end of the decade, mini submarines were used for the first time to explore the Loch. New public interest was generated in the mid-1970s when underwater photographs of what appeared to be a “flipper” were made public. To this day, there is still no conclusive proof. Whatever the truth, it’s always worth a trip to Loch Ness to see for yourself.
According to the passage, what might have disturbed the Loch Ness Monster?
- A The noise from the construction work.
- B The growing population around the lake.
- C The environmental pollution in Loch Ness.
- D The constant scientific research in the area.
思路引導 VIP
如果我們要找出一個特定的原因來解釋某種神祕生物為何「突然現身」或「受到驚嚇」，你認為這類生物通常會對環境中的哪一種物理變化最為敏感？建議你再次回到文中關於 1933 年的段落，仔細觀察當時的工程施作包含了哪些具體的「動作」？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精確捕捉到文章中的關鍵細節，並將其與正確選項連結，這展現了你優異的細節搜尋與歸納能力。這道題目的核心在於理解 1933 年 A82 公路建設 對環境造成的影響。文中明確提到當時涉及了大量的「鑽孔（drilling）」與「爆破（blasting）」，這些活動引發的劇烈變動與聲響，正是讓當地人相信水怪被「迫使露面（forced the monster into the open）」的主因。
關鍵細節與轉譯推論
這題的難度切入點在於字詞轉譯（Paraphrasing）。雖然正確選項使用了「噪音（noise）」這個總結性的詞彙，而原文提供的是具體的施作行為，但你能成功將「鑽孔與爆破」聯想到物理干擾與聲響，這正是英文閱讀理解中區分程度的關鍵。題目具備良好的鑑別度，它要求讀者不僅是找出關鍵字，更要能理解文字背後的邏輯因果，恭喜你順利通過了這項測試！