1. 第一題空格應選 (B) 理由: a. 空格前一句提及 "Some even use metal detectors..."(有些人甚至用金屬探測器……),而 (B) 項句子提及 "Only the lucky few have encountered..."(只有少數幸運的人會意外拾獲……),前一句的 Some(有些人)與 (B) 項句子的 Only the lucky few(只有少數幸運的人)互相呼應,故形成關聯。 b. 根據上述,(B) 項應為正選。 大補丸 a. encounter vt. 意外發現,偶然邂逅;遭遇 Anna encountered her favorite singer at the mall. 安娜在那間購物中心意外遇見她最喜歡的歌手。 b. drop off... / drop... off 把……送到某處;讓……下車 Larry dropped off his dirty clothes at the dry cleaner’s on his way to work. 賴瑞上班途中把髒衣服送到乾洗店。 2. 第二題空格應選 (F) 理由: a. 空格前一句提及 "The tradition of putting a letter to an unknown recipient into a bottle and throwing it into the ocean..."(這個把一封寄給未知收件人的信放入瓶中並將其扔進海裡的傳統……),而 (F) 項句子提及 "An early scientific use for the practice was revealed..."(……便揭開了此做法早期的科學用途),前一句的 The tradition of putting a letter to an unknown recipient into a bottle and throwing it into the ocean(這個把一封寄給未知收件人的信放入瓶中並將其扔進海裡的傳統)即是 (F) 項句子提及的 the practice(此做法),故形成關聯。 b. 根據上述,(F) 項應為正選。 大補丸 practice n. 做法 衍: common practice 普遍的做法 It is common practice for guests to bring a gift when visiting friends in Taiwan. 在臺灣,帶伴手禮去拜訪朋友是很常見的做法。 3. 第三題空格應選 (A) 理由: a. 空格前一句提及 "Illman was on a family outing when she noticed the antique glass bottle in the sand..."(伊爾曼在家庭出遊時注意到沙堆裡的古老玻璃瓶……),而 (A) 項句子提及 "While she was cleaning the sandy gin bottle..."(她在清理這個布滿沙子的杜松子酒瓶時……),前一句的 the antique glass bottle in the sand(沙堆裡的古老玻璃瓶)即是 (A) 項句子的 the sandy gin bottle(這個布滿沙子的杜松子酒瓶),故形成關聯。 b. 根據上述,(A) 項應為正選。 大補丸 gin n. 杜松子酒,琴酒 4. 第四題空格應選 (E) 理由: a. 空格前一句提及 "... a crew member tossed the bottle overboard an estimated 950 km off the coast of Western Australia."(……一名船員在距離西澳海岸約九百五十公里處將該瓶子拋進大海。),而 (E) 項句子提及 "... which had been sent afloat 132 years ago and is the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered."(……它被丟入大海漂流一百三十二年,且是曾被重新拾獲的最古老瓶中信。),前一句的 tossed the bottle overboard(將該瓶子拋進大海)與 (E) 項句子的 which had been sent afloat(被丟入大海)互相呼應,故形成關聯。 b. 根據上述,(E) 項應為正選。 大補丸 a. authenticate vt. 證明……為真實 These experts have authenticated the document. 這些專家已證明該文件為真。 b. afloat adv. & a. 在海上(的);漂浮(的) 5. 第五題空格應選 (C) 理由: a. 空格前一句提及 "Contained inside were official documents written by the captain of the ship, detailing routes, coordinates, and other information."(其中包含船長所寫的官方文件,其詳細記錄了航線、座標以及其他訊息。),而 (C) 項句子提及 "... were an attempt by the German Naval Observatory to map ocean currents around the world."(……是德國海軍氣象天文臺嘗試將世界各地洋流繪製成地圖所做的努力。),前一句的 detailing routes, coordinates, and other information(其詳細記錄了航線、座標以及其他訊息)與 (C) 項句子的 map ocean currents around the world(將世界各地洋流繪製成地圖)互相呼應,故形成關聯。 b. 根據上述,(C) 項應為正選。 大補丸 a. attempt n. 嘗試;企圖 衍: in an attempt to V 試圖(做)…… Terry worked day and night in an attempt to finish the project on time. 泰瑞日夜工作,試圖準時完成企劃案。 b. observatory n. 天文臺;觀測站 c. current n. 水流;流動 |