學測原句
- 112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 3 段Dancers used small reed hoops as symbolic representations of animals such as eagles or snakes.舞者用小的蘆葦圈,當作老鷹或蛇等動物的象徵。
- symbolic:「象徵的」,symbol 是「象徵」
- representation:「代表物」
- such as…:「例如…」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇To test if sea snakes lose body water at sea.為了測試海蛇在海裡是否會流失體內水分。
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(題目) 第 4 篇Which of the following is true about sea snakes?下列何者關於海蛇是正確的?
- 試題固定問法:選敘述正確的;true about…「關於…是正確的」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇Sea snakes can easily survive long years of drought.海蛇可以輕易撐過長年的乾旱。
- survive:「撐過、存活」
- drought:「乾旱」,gh 不發音
- long years of…:「多年的…」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇To see whether sea snakes drink water offered to them.為了觀察海蛇會不會喝提供給牠們的水。
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇To find out if sea snakes are greatly reduced in population.為了查明海蛇的數量是否大幅減少。
- find out:「查明」
- population:這裡是「(生物的)數量」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇If a sea snake was dried and weak, it drank more fresh water.如果海蛇又乾又虛弱,牠會喝更多淡水。
- if…was…, it drank…:if 子句用過去式,描述實驗中發生的事
- dried:「乾癟的」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇To prove that sea snakes drink only water coming from rivers.為了證明海蛇只喝來自河流的水。
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇Evolution will very likely enable sea snakes to drink seawater.演化很可能讓海蛇能夠喝海水。
- very likely:「很可能」
- enable someone to V:「使某人能夠…」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇Sea snakes will be the last creature affected by global warming.海蛇將是最後一個受全球暖化影響的生物。
- the last…:這裡是「最後一個」
- affected by…:過去分詞,修飾 creature
- global warming:「全球暖化」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇Most of the sea snakes had lost a lot of body water when captured.大多數海蛇被捕獲時已流失大量體內水分。
- had lost:過去完成式,被捕獲前就已經流失
- body water:「體內水分」
- when captured:省略 they were
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇If captured in the wet season, sea snakes drank a lot of fresh water.如果在雨季被捕獲,海蛇會喝很多淡水。
- if captured:省略 they were
- wet season:「雨季」
- a lot of…:「很多…」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇Dehydration is not a problem among sea snakes since they live at sea.脫水對海蛇不是問題,因為牠們住在海上。
- a problem among…:「…之間的問題」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 4 篇The sea snakes’ population distribution is closely related to rainfall.海蛇的族群分布與降雨密切相關。
- be closely related to…:「與…密切相關」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段The researchers collected more than 500 yellow-bellied sea snakes and weighed them.研究人員蒐集了超過 500 條黃腹海蛇,並替牠們秤重。
- collect:「蒐集」
- weigh:「秤重」,gh 不發音
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段Thus, the team became interested in testing whether sea snakes became dehydrated at sea.因此,研究團隊對測試海蛇在海上是否會脫水產生興趣。
- become interested in V-ing:「對…產生興趣」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段But during the dry season when there is no rain, snakes presumably have nothing to drink.但在沒下雨的乾季,蛇大概沒有東西可喝。
- dry season:「乾季」
- presumably:「大概」,presume 是「推測」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段Thus, it seems the snake is able to endure certain degrees of dehydration in between rains.因此,這種蛇似乎能在兩次下雨之間,忍受一定程度的脫水。
- it seems (that)…:「似乎…」
- certain degrees of…:「一定程度的…」
- in between rains:「兩次雨之間」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段Scientists believe that dehydration at sea may explain the declining populations of sea snakes in some parts of the world.科學家認為,海上脫水可能解釋了世界部分地區海蛇數量減少的現象。
- dehydration:「脫水」,dehydrate 的名詞
- declining:「減少中的」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段Because yellow-bellied sea snakes usually spend all of their time far from land, rain is the animals’ only source of fresh water.因為黃腹海蛇通常一直待在遠離陸地的地方,雨水是牠們唯一的淡水來源。
- spend all of their time far from land:「一直待在遠離陸地的地方」
- fresh water:「淡水」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 1 段However, the sea snake’s salt glands cannot handle the massive amounts of salt that would enter their bodies if they actually drank seawater.然而,海蛇的鹽腺無法處理牠們若真的喝了海水、會進入體內的大量鹽分。
- would enter:與事實相反的假設,因為牠們其實不喝海水
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段A snake’s likelihood to drink also correlated with its body condition, with more withered snakes being more likely to drink, and to drink more.蛇願意喝水的可能性也與牠的身體狀況相關,越乾癟的蛇越可能喝水,喝得也越多。
- correlate with…:「與…相關」
- withered:「乾癟的」,wither 是「枯萎」
- with A being more likely to…:with + 受詞 + 分詞,補充說明
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段Finally, as predicted, snakes captured during the dry season contained significantly less body water than those scooped up in the rainy season.最後,如預期的,乾季捕獲的蛇,身體水分明顯少於雨季撈到的蛇。
- as predicted:「如預期」
- capture:「捕獲」
- significantly:「明顯地」
- contain:「含有」
- scoop up:「撈起」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 3 段They found that during the dry season about half of the snakes accepted fresh water offered to them, while nearly none did during the wet season.他們發現,在乾季,約有一半的蛇接受提供給牠們的淡水,而在雨季幾乎沒有蛇接受。
- accept:「接受」
- offered to them:過去分詞,修飾 fresh water
- while:這裡是「而」,表示對比
- nearly none:「幾乎沒有」
- wet season:「雨季」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段When it rains, a thin layer of fresh water forms on top of the ocean, providing the snakes with a fleeting opportunity to lap up that precious resource.下雨時,海面上會形成一層薄薄的淡水,讓蛇有短暫的機會舔食這項珍貴資源。
- thin layer:「薄層」
- form:這裡是不及物動詞,「形成」
- lap up:「舔食」
- 105 學測|閱讀測驗 第 4 篇|第 2 段An international team of researchers focused on a population of yellow-bellied sea snakes living near Costa Rica, where rain often does not fall for up to seven months out of the year.國際研究團隊聚焦於哥斯大黎加附近的一群黃腹海蛇,當地一年常有長達七個月不下雨。
- focus on…:「聚焦於…」
- yellow-bellied:「黃腹的」
- where…:補充說明哥斯大黎加
- up to seven months out of the year:「一年中多達七個月」
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