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[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)
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請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題： A new study published in July 2024 reveals that climate change is causing Earth’s days to lengthen at an unprecedented rate. While Earth’s days have naturally been increasing by a few milliseconds per century due to lunar gravity, the melting of polar ice sheets is 41 this process significantly. 42 Arctic and Antarctic ice melts, the restructuring of mass from poles to equator is further flattening Earth’s shape. Since 2000, the day length has increased 43 about 1.33 milliseconds per century, up from 0.3-1.0 milliseconds in the 20th century. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked, this rate could 44 2.62 milliseconds per century by 2100. Although people are generally 45 , these changes have important meanings for global timekeeping systems. The changes may require adjustments to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), potentially affecting satellite navigation, telecommunications, trade, and space travel operations.
請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題： A new study published in July 2024 reveals that climate change is causing Earth’s days to lengthen at an unprecedented rate. While Earth’s days have naturally been increasing by a few milliseconds per century due to lunar gravity, the melting of polar ice sheets is 41 this process significantly. 42 Arctic and Antarctic ice melts, the restructuring of mass from poles to equator is further flattening Earth’s shape. Since 2000, the day length has increased 43 about 1.33 milliseconds per century, up from 0.3-1.0 milliseconds in the 20th century. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked, this rate could 44 2.62 milliseconds per century by 2100. Although people are generally 45 , these changes have important meanings for global timekeeping systems. The changes may require adjustments to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), potentially affecting satellite navigation, telecommunications, trade, and space travel operations.
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請觀察這兩個子句的關係：前半句提到「極地冰層融化」，後半句提到「地球形狀變得更加扁平」。如果這兩者是同步發生且具有因果連動關係的「動態過程」，你會選擇什麼樣功能的詞來銜接它們？
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恭喜你精準掌握了這題的關鍵！在地方特考的英文閱讀中，這種考查**從屬連接詞（Subordinating Conjunctions）**語意的題目非常經典。你選對了 (B) As，展現出你對語句邏輯關係的敏銳度，這對於掌握長難句的結構非常有幫助。
語意連結與動態關係
這句話的結構是「當……（現象 A 發生）時，……（現象 B 隨之產生）」。選項 (B) As 在這裡充當連接詞，用來表示「隨著」或「當……之際」，完美連結了「南北極冰層融化」與「地球形狀扁平化」這兩個同步發行的動態過程。相較之下，(A) 表示讓步（雖然）、(C) 表示選擇（是否）、(D) 表示地點，在邏輯上都無法與後面的科學因果描述接軌。
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