8/29/2014 變題後最新 Verbal 機經 (含 CR, SC, RC)
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CR (邏輯推理) :
Question:
Biologists have long been concerned about the danger posed
to albatross populations from large fishing fleets, since
discarded fish from the fleets attract albatrosses, which
then are often killed by net cables and other fishing equipment.
This not only directly lowers adult populations but, in general,
also lowers populations of chicks being raised by adults.
However, studies have shown that in some cases the presence
of fishing fleets boosts the number of albatross chicks that
survive to the age when they can fly and find their own food.
生物學家一直擔心albatross數量面臨的危險，捕魚船丟棄的魚類會吸引
它們，通常它們會因為不慎撞到網索或其他捕魚器而喪生。這不單單介紹
了成年信天翁的數量，幼鳥也會受到影響。但是研究表明一些情況下漁船
的出現反而會有助於幼鳥們存活長大直至可以獨立飛翔和覓食。
Which of the following, if true, would most contribute to an
explanation of this state of affairs ?
下面哪個選項最能解釋這類事件？
A. Birds that prey on albatross chicks have an alternative
food source in the fish discarded by fishing fleets.
以幼鳥為食的其他動物會多了其他的食物選項而給信天翁幼鳥留下
了更多的存活機率。
B. Some organizations have advocated that fishing fleets be
required to install equipment that minimizes their impact
on seabirds.
一些組織提倡漁船需要安裝一些設備意使得對海鳥的影響最小化。
C. Conservation groups run albatross breeding programs in
several areas, including some where fishing fleets operate.
保護組織在很多區域進行了信天翁繁殖計畫，包括那些漁船時常出入的地方。
D. It takes about one year after hatching for albatross chicks
to develop the ability to fly.
信天翁幼鳥從孵化到能夠獨自飛翔需要一年的時間。
E. Adult albatrosses typically return to the place they were
raised in order to breed and raise chicks.
成年信天翁們會回到它們生長的地方，為了繁殖和哺育。
Answer: A
SC (語法修詞):
Question:
If elected, the position of councilor will either improve on
the candidate’s past performance or just enable her to be
more powerfully useful to the same special interests for which
she was previously an advocate.
A. elected, the position of councilor will either improve on
the candidate's
B. elected, the candidate as councilor will either improve her
C. the candidate is elected, her position as councilor will
either allow her to improve on her
D. she is elected councilor, the candidate will either improve her
E. the candidate is elected county councilor, the position will
either improve her
Answer: C if 引導的從句省略句，補全主語應該是“人”，position
不能be elected,其次improve on sth. 然後就能看出來了。
RC (閱讀理解) demo :
Question:
According to the passage, De Leon believes which of the following
to be true of Houston's Mexican American community ?
Arnoldo De Leon’s study of the development of the Mexican American
community in Houston, Texas, is not only a chronicle of this
community's growth in the twentieth century, but also an examination
of the relationship between the preservation of a distinctive ethnic
culture and the process of assimilation to a new culture. In tracing
this relationship, De Leon expands his historical scope beyond the
themes of racism, oppression, and struggle that have been the
cornerstones of most earlier Chicano histories. While he acknowledges
the significance of these issues, he argues that this community's
ethnic identity was also deeply affected by twentieth-century urban
development, which brought about various changes in the community's
culture, ideology, and class structure. Rather than viewing the
Mexican American community as a separate entity with an independent
history, De Leon seeks to establish that the history of the
community was dynamically intertwined with the history of other
ethnic groups in Houston and with the larger social, economic,
political, and cultural patterns of United States history.
Two notions frame his revisionist work. First, he emphasizes
the importance of the middle class, in contrast to other historians
of Chicano culture, who have either ignored or repudiated it. De Leon
argues that an activist middle class in the Mexican American
generation of the 1930's and 1940's sought to persuade their
community to accept the ways of the host country and adopt a
Mexican American identity, but never at the expense of their
ethnic identity.
De Leon’s second notion is one of biculturalism.（1C）Identifying
a central crisis of ethnicity in the 1930's,he maintains that the urge
to adapt to the predominant culture vied with ethnic retrenchment as
residents in the Houston barrios sought effective ways of countering
the effects of racism and discrimination. De Leon convincingly depicts
acculturation as a response that always occurred, whether consciously
or not. But he shows, too, that retaining distinctive ethnic ties in
the community remained an attractive choice not only because it
provided a haven from racism and discrimination, but also because
it held the community together with a collective historical memory.
DL 研究 MA（Mexican American community）的發展，特別是種族特色文化的
保留和被新文化同化的過程之間的關係。早期的chicano歷史學家們的重點研究
是racism, oppression, struggle,DL研究的領域更寬一些。他認為20世紀的城
市發展也對這種社會形態下的文化，意識形態和等級結構產生影響，他並沒有
將MA看成是一個獨立的社會存在結構，MA的歷史是與houston其他的種族群體
的歷史相互交織的，而且也受到美國整體的社會，經濟，政治和文化的模式影
響。
他主要有兩個觀點。第一個強調的是中層階級的重要性，這一點剛好是其他歷
史學家忽略的。1930’s和1940’s期間MA的中層們曾試圖讓他們的community
接受host country的方式但是要保留自己的民族特色。
他的第二個觀點是二元文化原則，1930’s有過種族劃分危機，houston貧民窟
的居民們在尋求抵制種族主義和歧視的有效途徑的時候，適應主文化的迫切
需求已經和種族刪減出現競爭趨勢。DL確定文化滲透一直都存在的，無論有
意無意。但他也表明保留獨特的民族文化痕跡(紐帶，聯繫)一直都是一個
attractive choice,不僅因為這樣可以避免種族歧視，而且可以使得整個
社會存在可以有collective historical memory.
A. It showed effects of economic and social changes that took place
in the United States as a whole.
在美國經濟和社會的發展對MA帶來了影響
B. Its history was separate from that of other ethnic groups in
Houston.
MA的歷史是與其他ethnic groups分開的
C. It did not suffer a crisis of identity during the 1930's and
1940's as did other ethnic communities.
並沒有像其他groups一樣在1930’s 和1940’s期間遭遇identity危機
D. It was resistant to biculturalism. 抵制二元文化
E. It was controlled by the middle class. 由中層階級控制
Answer: A