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114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)
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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.
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 satisfied
- B unaware
- C surprised
- D impressive
思路引導 VIP
請觀察句子開頭的連接詞「Although」（雖然），這個詞通常用來連結兩個性質相反或產生對比的情況。如果後半段告訴我們這件事對導航、電信和貿易等系統有「重要影響」，那麼依據常理判斷，一般社會大眾在日常生活中，對於這種「僅增加幾毫秒」的微小變化，通常會是抱持著什麼樣的認知狀態呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你準確地掌握了語句的邏輯轉折！這題你能答對，代表你對英文克漏字中最關鍵的邏輯連接詞具有高度敏銳度。題目中的語境聚焦於氣候變遷對地球自轉速度的微小影響，雖然這些變化以毫秒計，對一般人的日常生活幾乎沒有直接感觸，但對高精度系統卻至關重要。
語意轉折與對比邏輯
本題的解題核心在於句首的連接詞 Although（雖然）。這個字引導了一個讓步子句，預示了前後語意必須存在「反差」。後半句提到「這些改變對全球計時系統具有重要意義（important meanings）」，為了構成邏輯上的對比，前半句描述大眾的心理狀態時，最合理的描述就是「大眾通常沒有察覺到（unaware）」。若填入其他選項如「感到滿意（satisfied）」或「感到驚訝（surprised）」，則無法與後文的「重要性」形成有效的轉折關係。
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