<純粹猜猜樂 一點小心意 大家盡力而為了>
1. 數位的尖端科技已經把人類帶往新紀元。
機器人很快就可能取代勞工。
2. 人們可以從這個大幅的進步中獲益匪淺，
但其副作用是不容忽視的。
ans.
1. Digital cutting edge technology has brought humans
to a new era. Robots may soon substitute for laborers.
# labor [U] # substitute for = replace (vt.)
2. People can benefit a lot from this tremendous
advance, but its side effect(s) cannot be overlooked.
文意選填 <復興空難> 題目有點難 請斟酌是否作答後 心情會被打擊者不適用 > <
怕浪費時間沒考出來的 請不要作唷 僅供猜測題目練習用
Engine flameout has been cited as a possible cause of the deadly
TransAsia Airways air crash in Taiwan on Wednesday morning.
The death __1__ has risen to 40, with 3 people still missing.
A flameout is the __2__ of the flame in the engine's combustion
chamber, which can be caused by mechanical failure and fuel
starvation. Another possible cause of a flameout is a bird strike.
The TransAsia ATR-72-600 turboprop aircraft was flying
with 58 people, five crew members, 22 Taiwanese passengers and
31 Chinese passengers __3__. The aircraft was traveling from
Taipei Songshan Airport to the island of Kinmen on Wednesday,
local media reported. Air traffic control recordings show that
the plane was __4__ for takeoff at 10:52 a.m. The pilot sent out
a distress call reporting engine flameout at 10:54 a.m.
Seconds later, the plane clipped a bridge and hit a taxi
before __5__ into the Keelung River.
The __6__ authorities said the plane entered the
water nose first, leading to the belief that most of those trapped
were seated in the front rows. __7__ 1,000 soldiers, firemen
and police experts were dispatched to __8__ in the rescue operation.
An M3 amphibious rig and speedboats were also deployed.
This is the second TransAsia plane crash in seven months.
In July last year, 48 people were killed when TransAsia flight
GE222 crashed in Taiwan's outlying island of Penghu. All of the
recordings and information extracted __9__ the plane's black box
will be released either tomorrow or the day after, according to
Taiwan's Aviation Safety __10__.
(A) cleared (B) some (C) poll (D) included
(E) extinction (F) plunging (G) assist (H) relevant
(I) from (J) toll (K) council (L) against
解析:
(A) cleared (B) some (C) poll (D) included
vpp.清除; 獲得允許 adv. 大約= opinion poll vpp. 被包括
通關起飛 approximately 民意 調查
(E) extinction (F) plunging (G) assist (H) relevant
n. 熄滅; 絕種 v. 急降; 栽入 v. 協助 a. 相關的
= the authorities concerned
有關當局
(I) from (J) toll (K) council (L) against
extract from n. 死亡人數 n. 市議會 prep. 反對; 抵抗
萃取l; 提煉; 摘要 過路費
ans. J E D A F H B G I K
[Key Lexicon] ***為超出指考範圍字 可略過 # 為重要字
1. cite vt. 引用,引證,提名表揚
2. combustion* n. 燃燒
3. chamber n. 室,房間,議院,會所,(槍)膛
4. mechanical adj. 機械的,呆板的###
5. fuel starvation n. 缺乏, 饑餓,餓死###
6. strike n.v. 罷工,打擊,
7. prop* n. 螺旋槳, 支持者, 道具, vt.支撐,維持
8. crew n. 全體人員
9. pilot n. 飛行員,領航員###
10 clip v.n. vt.夾,迴紋針,
11. authority n. 權威人士,權力,職權
12. dispatch vt. 分派,派遣 n.派遣###
13. rescue vt. 援救,營救 n.援救###
14. operation n. 運轉,操作,業務,手術###
15. amphibious* adj. 兩棲的
16. rig* n. 裝備, 鑽探平臺
17. deploy* v. 部署，展開
18. outlying adj. 偏僻的,無關的,題外的
19. information n. 通知, 情報, 知識, 見聞, 資訊
20. aviation n. 飛行,航空,航空學###