105學測英文

第49至52題為題組
51. What does the phrase “in the balance”” in the last paragraph most likely mean?
(A) Being well taken care of.
(B) In an uncertain situation.
(C) Under control by the authority.
(D) Moving in the wrong direction.”

第49至52題為題組
52. According to the passage， which of the following statements is true?
(A) The war in Syria has been going on since 2011.
(B) More than nine thousand schools have been destroyed by wars.
(C) Thirteen million people have been forced to leave their homes in the Middle East.
(D) Forty percent of all children in the world are not attending schools due to ongoing conflict.

第53至56題為題組
Many marine animals， including penguins and marine iguanas， have evolved ways to get rid of excess salt by using special salt-expelling glands around their tongue. However， the sea snake’s salt glands cannot handle the massive amounts of salt that would enter their bodies if they actually drank seawater. This poses a serious problem when it comes to getting enough water to drink. If seawater is not an option， how does this animal survive in the ocean?
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. Because yellow-bellied sea snakes usually spend all of their time far from land， rain is the animals’ only source of fresh water. 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. But during the dry season when there is no rain， snakes presumably have nothing to drink. Thus， the team became interested in testing whether sea snakes became dehydrated at sea.
The researchers collected more than 500 yellow-bellied sea snakes and weighed them. 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. 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. Finally， as predicted， snakes captured during the dry season contained significantly less body water than those scooped up in the rainy season. Thus， it seems the snake is able to endure certain degrees of dehydration in between rains. Scientists believe that dehydration at sea may explain the declining populations of sea snakes in some parts of the world.
53. What is the purpose of the study described in this passage?
(A) To test if sea snakes lose body water at sea.
(B) To see whether sea snakes drink water offered to them.
(C) To find out if sea snakes are greatly reduced in population.
(D) To prove that sea snakes drink only water coming from rivers.

第53至56題為題組
54. Which of the following is true about sea snakes?
(A) Their salt glands can remove the salt in the seawater.
(B) They can drink seawater when it mixes with rainwater.
(C) The ocean is like a desert to them since they don’t drink seawater.
(D) They usually live near the coastal area where there is more fresh water.

第53至56題為題組
55. Which of the following is one of the findings of the study?
(A) If a sea snake was dried and weak， it drank more fresh water.
(B) If captured in the wet season， sea snakes drank a lot of fresh water.
(C) Most of the sea snakes had lost a lot of body water when captured.
(D) Dehydration is not a problem among sea snakes since they live at sea.

第53至56題為題組
56. What can be inferred from the study?
(A) Sea snakes can easily survive long years of drought.
(B) Evolution will very likely enable sea snakes to drink seawater.
(C) Sea snakes will be the last creature affected by global warming.
(D) The sea snakes’ population distribution is closely related to rainfall.

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1.相較於他們父母的世代，現今年輕人享受較多的自由和繁榮。

2.但是在這個快速改變的世界中，他們必須學習如何有效地因應新的挑戰。

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