地特四等
114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)
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📖 題組：
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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- A destroy
- B reduce
- C reach
- D define
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後方的內容「2.62 milliseconds per century by 2100」，這是一個具體的數值與時間點。如果一個「速率」正在持續改變，且我們預測它在未來某個時間會與這個「具體數值」產生關聯，你會用哪種動作來描述這個速率與該數值之間的「接觸」或「達成」關係呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你準確地掌握了動詞與數據之間的搭配關係！這題考驗的是在科學預測脈絡下，如何選擇最適切的動詞來描述「數值」的變化趨勢。你能從前後文辨識出這是一個關於未來數據的預期，展現了良好的語感。
數值預測的動詞搭配
在英文寫作與閱讀中，當主詞是一個「率（rate）」或「數據」，且後方緊跟著一個具體的數值（如本題的 2.62 milliseconds）時，動詞 reach（達到） 是最標準的用法，用來描述趨勢發展到某個特定的程度或點。其他選項如 (A) destroy（破壞）、(B) reduce（減少）或 (D) define（定義），在邏輯上都無法與後方的量化數據構成合理的語義聯繫，尤其文意強調的是受氣候變遷影響而「增加」的速率，選用 reach 完美契合了預測性的語境。
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