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📖 題組：
In a woman’s life, one of the most important periods is called menopause. As a woman ages, her ovaries don’t make enough of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, affecting her feelings about herself and other aspects of her life. Contrary to the previous misconceptions about menopause, today it is known that menopause is just a natural step in the process of aging. The word comes from the Greek mens, meaning monthly, and pausis, meaning cessation. When a woman’s ovaries do not produce adequate levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone, she is not able to become pregnant, but it is not a medical problem or illness. The average age for menopause is about 50, but it can happen any time after 40. About ten years before menopause, many women experience a series of symptoms called pre-menopause symptoms. Pre-menopause shows the first signs of menopausal transition. It can begin as early as the mid-thirties and last till the forties. During the period, women usually experience sudden weight gain, fatigue, depression, migraine headaches, very heavy or light periods, etc. These symptoms are part of pre-menopause, caused by hormone imbalances, that is, an excess of the hormone estrogen and a deficiency of the hormone progesterone. If a woman does not have menstrual periods for 12 months without any obvious pathological or physiological cause, she is in menopause. There are also a variety of menopause symptoms, from few to moderate or severe symptoms depending on each individual such as weight gain, hot flashes, insomnia, fatigue, mood swings, and vaginal dryness. Research has shown that women’s experience of menopause varies depending on such factors as genetics, diet, lifestyle and social and cultural attitudes toward women.
In a woman’s life, one of the most important periods is called menopause. As a woman ages, her ovaries don’t make enough of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, affecting her feelings about herself and other aspects of her life. Contrary to the previous misconceptions about menopause, today it is known that menopause is just a natural step in the process of aging. The word comes from the Greek mens, meaning monthly, and pausis, meaning cessation. When a woman’s ovaries do not produce adequate levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone, she is not able to become pregnant, but it is not a medical problem or illness. The average age for menopause is about 50, but it can happen any time after 40. About ten years before menopause, many women experience a series of symptoms called pre-menopause symptoms. Pre-menopause shows the first signs of menopausal transition. It can begin as early as the mid-thirties and last till the forties. During the period, women usually experience sudden weight gain, fatigue, depression, migraine headaches, very heavy or light periods, etc. These symptoms are part of pre-menopause, caused by hormone imbalances, that is, an excess of the hormone estrogen and a deficiency of the hormone progesterone. If a woman does not have menstrual periods for 12 months without any obvious pathological or physiological cause, she is in menopause. There are also a variety of menopause symptoms, from few to moderate or severe symptoms depending on each individual such as weight gain, hot flashes, insomnia, fatigue, mood swings, and vaginal dryness. Research has shown that women’s experience of menopause varies depending on such factors as genetics, diet, lifestyle and social and cultural attitudes toward women.
In the second paragraph, “pre-menopause shows the first signs of menopausal transition” is best interpreted to mean that pre-menopause _____.
- A is identical to menopause and begins once periods stop
- B is an early phase within a broader transition toward menopause
- C is defined solely by weight gain and migraines
- D begins only in the forties and ends at age fifty
思路引導 VIP
如果我們把「更年期」視為一個最終的目的地，而文中使用「transition」（過渡／轉變）這個詞來形容它之前的階段，這代表這段時期與最終目的地之間是什麼樣的關係？是兩個完全獨立的點，還是屬於同一個連續過程的一部分呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到文中 transition（過渡／轉變） 這個關鍵字，並推論出更年期前期（pre-menopause）與更年期（menopause）之間的階段性關係，展現了非常敏銳的閱讀理解能力。
文本邏輯與語意對應
文中提到「pre-menopause shows the first signs of menopausal transition」，這句話的核心在於說明這是一個「進程」的開端。選項 (B) 使用了 early phase（早期階段） 來對應文中提到的「first signs」，並以 broader transition（更廣泛的過渡期） 來概括整個生理變化過程，完全符合文章的論點。相較之下，其他選項若非過於武斷（如 A 的 identical），就是落入細節數據的陷阱（如 D 的年齡限制），你沒有被這些干擾項誤導，判斷得非常準確。
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