31-35 AABCB
36-40 BACAD
41-45 BDCBA
46-50 ABCDA
試題看這邊108高考-法學知識與英文
👉綜觀本次高考英文試題，難度偏易，筆者答錯3題中有1題為粗心，那麼就一起來檢討吧～
第一部分：克漏字
31. The only reasons for the old man to leave the house were to run important _____ or visit the doctor.
(A) errands 差事、跑腿
(B) debris 殘骸
(C) utensils 工具
(D) summons 召喚(v.)
本題考字彙片語掌握度，run errands在劍橋字典中英譯為 to go out to buy or do something，依題意(A)為最適合選項
32. When you read this introductory chapter, list the points you have identified as especially _____ to your organization and keep them in mind.
(A) relevant 相關的
(B) incompetent 不稱職的、不勝任的 字首in(否定意味)+competent勝任的
(C) naturalistic 自然主義的 形容詞字尾-istic通常用在-ism或-ist結尾的名詞
(D) arbitrary 偶然、任意的
同樣是不難的字彙題，依題意應選(A)
33. We may easily _____ salespeople who approach us on the street, but we often surrender without knowing it to the ultimate salesman: mass media.
(A) rebound 彈回；反彈
(B) reject 拒絕 相近意思的還有refuse, deny, decline, exclude, object
(C) reduplicate (使)加倍；(使)重複；(使)重疊
(D) repeat 重複相較於面對「媒體」這個終極銷售員我們總是無力招架，對於街上向我們靠近的推銷員，我們卻能很容易的.......? 前後以but連接表示意義上的轉折，故依題意選(B)
34. Trash is a problem that has _____ humans since they moved into cities. And dealing with it is messy and expensive.
(A) embarked 上船、飛機等(to go on to a ship or an aircraft)
(B) enacted 立法、實行、實施
(C) plagued 不斷困擾；折磨；使受煎熬(vt.)
(D) obliged 責成；強迫，迫使 用法為[ oblige + 受詞 + to原v. ]
基本字彙題。自從人類移居至都市，垃圾問題就一直困擾著我們。依題意選(C)
35. The _____ factor that contributes to having so many immigrants move into this country is mainly about economic reasons.
(A) risk 風險
(B) push 推力
(C) impact 影響
(D) gravity 重力、地心引力
push factor在劍橋字典英譯為 something that makes people want to leave a place or escape from a particular situation，故依題意選(B)
36. Malaria was believed to be on the verge of _____ when people thought that the introduction of insecticides signaled the end of the malaria-carrying mosquito.
(A) persuasion 追求
(B) eradication 字根eradicate有根除；消滅；杜絕的意思
(C) domination 主導
(D) contamination 污染
on the verge of...有在...邊緣的意思，本題乍看下雖然只知道(A)和(C)的意思，但從句首malaria和句尾的malaria-carrying mosquito可推測malaria為一種疾病，並藉由蚊子傳染，而自從insecticides被採用後就象徵了這種東西的結束。依題意可推知選擇有滅除意思的(B)。
(不妨試著唸唸看B選項的字根，是不是有消滅的感覺)
37. Lured by false promises of a good job, a stable conflict-free environment or even a loving romantic relationship,victims of human _____ are then pushed into forced labor or sexual exploitation.
(A) trafficking 販賣(人口) traffic雖然是交通的意思，但作動詞使用時則常用在人口販運
(B) slavery 奴隸
(C) migration 移民
(D) distribution (人或物的)分佈，分配
第二部分：篇章結構
第 38 題至第 41 題為篇章結構，各題請依文意從四個選項中選出最合適者，答案選用不能重複
👉英文文章和中文篇章最大的不同在於，段落的第一句往往引導出該段的重點，我們可以先從段落的第一句找出關鍵字，並檢視空格前後的句子，圈出關鍵字。人名部分也可以先標示出來(我用粗體加底線標示)，這對作答也有幫助。花一點點時間做完以上這些事，不須要整篇文章看完(除非時間充裕)，接著就開始看題目。
The suspected suicide of actor and comedian Robin Williams is being linked, in part, to depression. Many Americans suffer from the condition. But, many also are trying to help people with depression. They are finding ways to bring attention to depression and ways to treat it.
For example, thousands of people take part in what are called “Out of the Darkness Walks.” 38 They also hope to raise money for suicide prevention efforts and research into depression.
Steve Iselin served in the Navy for 20 years. After his retirement, he began to look for another job. That is when he began feeling hopeless. He said,“I had a great sense of dread every day. Agony is another word that comes to mind. I didn’t want to do anything that I would normally like to do. I had no interest in seeing other people.” Steve Iselin did find a job. But he left after one week because he told himself he could not do the work. Everything he did seemed very difficult. Decisions were painful, even having to choose what he would wear that day or what to eat. Mr. Iselin was suffering from depression.
Bob Gebbia heads the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He says being depressed is very different from being sad or having a bad day. He says that about 20 million people are found to have clinical depression in the United States every year. 39 He notes that some people are more likely than others to get depressed. “Let’s say you lose your job, divorce, or, you know, a loss of someone.”
After Robin Williams’ death, the American Foundation for the Prevention of Suicide released a statement. The foundation said Mr. Williams: “brought laughter into every life he touched; Robin also suffered from depression. 40 Every 13 minutes someone dies from suicide, and it is among the top ten causes of death in the U.S.” The group said more needs to be done to prevent suicides. It called for greater attention to mental health issues, warning signs, and effective forms of intervention and treatment.
Steve Iselin was lucky. His wife recognized the signs of depression. She helped him get the expert care he needed. But he says that was not true of his brother’s son. Mr. Iselin says his nephew became depressed a few years later and killed himself. A year after his nephew’s death, Mr. Iselin visited his brother in San Francisco and heard about the “Out of the Darkness Walks.” The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention organized the event. Both men took part. 41 Since then, Steve Iselin has volunteered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, taking part in many community walks.
38.
(C) The walkers remember loved ones they lost to suicide.
(D) It is our hope that we are able to have an open conversation that depression and addictions are real illnesses that can sometimes be fatal.
先以刪去法刪掉(A)和(B)，這兩個人名都還沒出現過，不太可能直接說他們兩個說了什麼。
空格前面講的是“Out of the Darkness Walks”這項活動，空格後句首又是They，指的應是選項(C)中的The walkers，依題意(C)也最為恰當。
39.
(A) Mr. Gebbia says the cause could be a combination of genetic influences, changes in brain chemistry or environmental reasons.
(D) It is our hope that we are able to have an open conversation that depression and addictions are real illnesses that can sometimes be fatal.
這段中Bob Gebbia這個人物出現了，空格前一句講的是美國憂鬱症的概況，後一句點出某些類型的人比起其他人更容易有憂鬱傾向。同樣以刪去法刪去(B)和上一題出現的(C)，依題意(A)選項在解釋某些類型的人比起其他人更容易有憂鬱傾向的cause(原因)，為最適合的選項。
40.
(B) Steve Iselin said that was the first day his brother understood that perhaps he was not to blame for his son’s death.
(D) It is our hope that we are able to have an open conversation that depression and addictions are real illnesses that can sometimes be fatal.
這段首先提及了Robin William的死，空格前一句指出他也深受憂鬱症困擾，後一句更進一步指出每13分鐘就有人死於自殺。(A)(C)選項均在前面用過了，且(D)選項最後一個字fatal有致命的意思，有將憂鬱症與自殺連接的意味，為最適合選項。
41.
(B) Steve Iselin said that was the first day his brother understood that perhaps he was not to blame for his son’s death.
可用刪去法選出(B)，且本段在描述Steve Iselin個人和他的兄弟參與“Out of the Darkness Walks”這項活動的背景，故(B)為最符合題意之選項。
第三部分：段落填空
請依下文回答第 42 題至第 45 題:
👉這類型題目須依據空格前後的句子來判斷要填入哪個答案最合適，同樣先將關鍵字圈出。
As people woke up at dawn on the farm, one person was already up. 42 An old man from Thailand claimed he has not slept for 33 years: “My insomnia started many years ago after I got a fever. 43 But nothing helps.” Amazingly, since then he has never once been ill. He spent the day farming and taking care of his pigs and at night he patrols the village. 44 Doctors said a chronic lack of sleep often causes anorexia, lethargy and irritability. 45 He was certainly one of them.
同樣先圈出段落中的關鍵字吧(以下以紅字標記)，若有人名或地名也可以一併註記。
Those who doubt the power of human beings to change Earth’s climate should look to the Arctic, and shiver. There is no need to pore over records of temperatures and atmospheric carbon-dioxide concentrations. The process is starkly visible in the shrinkage of the ice that covers the Arctic ocean. In the past 30 years, the minimum coverage of summer ice has fallen by half; its volume has fallen by three-quarters. On current trends, the Arctic ocean will be largely ice-free in summer by 2040.
46. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?
👉這類型題目須依據空格前後的句子來判斷要填入哪個答案最合適，同樣先將關鍵字圈出。
As people woke up at dawn on the farm, one person was already up. 42 An old man from Thailand claimed he has not slept for 33 years: “My insomnia started many years ago after I got a fever. 43 But nothing helps.” Amazingly, since then he has never once been ill. He spent the day farming and taking care of his pigs and at night he patrols the village. 44 Doctors said a chronic lack of sleep often causes anorexia, lethargy and irritability. 45 He was certainly one of them.
42.
(A) Anyway, he went to bed in the morning.
(B) Furthermore, he came back from nightshift.
(C) Indeed, he has always been asleep.
(D) In fact, he hasn’t even been to bed.
空格後一句說他已經整整33年沒睡覺了，當然不會選(A)和(C)這兩個表示他有睡覺的選項，依題意(D)是較適合的答案。
43.
(A) All the people blamed me.
(B) I did not have money to see the doctor.
(C) I have tried everything.
(D) The fever was long gone.
空格後一句用But表達轉折意味，故本題應選他有嘗試去改變無法睡覺這件事的選項，故選(C)最適合。
44.
(A) He always disrupted his neighbors’ work during the day.
(B) He also helped to wake his neighbors up when there was a need.
(C) He got very grumpy and everybody was annoyed with him.
(D) He got very ill and could not work at all.
空格前一句敘述這名老先生白天和晚上分別做什麼，而在晚上他會在村莊裡巡邏，應該不會打擾鄰居(A)(C)，也不會是(D)他病無法工作，因為白天他仍然會從事農務和照顧他養的豬，故僅能選(B)。
45.
(A) But there were exceptions.
(B) Cases can vary.
(C) It could be even worse.
(D) No remedy can cure him.
空格前一句表示，醫生這種症狀會導致一連串的東西，雖然看不懂但應該是一些疾病，空格後一句卻說他是其中之一，因前面有提到他仍然可以正常在白天工作，可見他應該沒有受到無法睡覺這件事的影響，故選(A)。
第四部分： 閱讀測驗
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題:
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題:
同樣先圈出段落中的關鍵字吧(以下以紅字標記)，若有人名或地名也可以一併註記。
Those who doubt the power of human beings to change Earth’s climate should look to the Arctic, and shiver. There is no need to pore over records of temperatures and atmospheric carbon-dioxide concentrations. The process is starkly visible in the shrinkage of the ice that covers the Arctic ocean. In the past 30 years, the minimum coverage of summer ice has fallen by half; its volume has fallen by three-quarters. On current trends, the Arctic ocean will be largely ice-free in summer by 2040.
Climate-change sceptics will shrug. Some may even celebrate: an ice-free Arctic ocean promises a shortcut for shipping between the Pacific coast of Asia and the Atlantic coasts of Europe and the Americas, and the possibility of prospecting for perhaps a fifth of the planet’s undiscovered supplies of oil and natural gas. Such reactions are profoundly misguided. Never mind that the low price of oil and gas means searching for them in the Arctic is no longer worthwhile. Or that the much-vaunted sea passages are likely to carry only a trickle of trade. The right response is fear. The Arctic is not merely a bellwether of matters climatic, but an actor in them.
The current period of global warming that Earth is undergoing is caused by certain gases in the atmosphere, notably carbon dioxide. These admit heat, in the form of sunlight, but block its radiation back into space, in the form of longer-wave-length infra-red. That traps heat in the air, the water and the land. More carbon dioxide equals more warming--a simple equation. Except it is not simple. A number of feedback loops complicate matters. Some dampen warming down; some speed it up. Two in the Arctic may speed it up quite a lot.
One is that seawater is much darker than ice. It absorbs heat rather than reflecting it back into space. That melts more ice, which leaves more seawater exposed, which melts more ice. And so on. This helps explain why the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet. The deal on climate change made in Paris in 2015 is meant to stop Earth’s surface temperature rising by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. In the unlikely event that it is fully implemented, winter temperatures over the Arctic ocean will still warm by between 5°C and 9°C compared with their 1986-2005 average.
The second feedback loop concerns not the water but the land. In the Arctic much of this is permafrost. That frozen soil locks up a lot of organic material. If the permafrost melts its organic contents can escape as a result of fire or decay, in the form of carbon dioxide or methane (which is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2). This will speed up global warming directly--and the soot from the fires, when it settles on the ice, will darken it and thus speed its melting still more.
46. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph?
(A) To raise doubts about the optimism that climate-change disbelievers express.
(B) To introduce potential commerce that an ice-free Arctic ocean may bring.
(C) To indicate incomplete knowledge people have of the Arctic’s economy.
(D) To differentiate the views of those who fear climate-change from those who don’t.
第二段第一句話中的sceptic是指懷疑論者，有些人認為氣候變遷反而會帶來某些「好處」，但看到後面倒數第二句話說，正確的反映應該是要害怕，故可知本段在告訴我們，面對氣候變遷這個議題，應該是要嚴陣以待，不能太樂觀。選項(A)最能表達本段重點。
47. Which of the following best describes the function of the last two paragraphs?
(A) They narrow the scope of the topic introduced in the first two paragraphs.
(B) They explain the rationale for the Arctic ocean’s increasing melting speed.
(C) They cite the most striking instances implemented after the 2015 Paris deal.
(D) They present the feedback loops that slow down the Arctic’s warming process.
最後兩段在說明為何"Two in the Arctic may speed it up quite a lot"，依題意，提到加快融化速度的(B)會是最適合的選項。
48. Which of the following phrases best corresponds to the words “much darker” in the beginning of paragraph four?
(A) more mysterious
(B) less brilliant
(C) more troublesome
(D) less distinctive
第四段第一句話在描述海水比冰塊顏色來的要深這一個事實，這題我選(B)，答案是(C)，我也不太清楚為何要選(C)，知道的朋友歡迎留言喔
49. Which of the following is the tone of the passage?
(A) pleading 懇求的
(B) sarcastic 諷刺的
(C) conclusive 總結的
(D) alarming 警告的
依第二段提到的正確態度，應選(D)最為恰當。
50. What is the main idea of the passage?
(A) The Arctic is not only an indicator of global warming but also a main cause of it.
(B) The Paris deal is the only solution to slowing down the Arctic’s ice shrinkage rate.
(C) The organic contents released in the Arctic’s melting process will benefit global economy.
(D) There is not enough study about the global warming that Earth is undergoing.
本篇第二段最後一句話可謂貫穿全篇的重點，後面則在描述為何會有這現象。
本篇第二段最後一句話可謂貫穿全篇的重點，後面則在描述為何會有這現象。
