Their skin is very 39 to temperature changes. 40 warm weather, sweating helps humans regulate their body temperature.
答案:(A) During
【句型】During + 名詞片語,表示「在溫暖的天氣期間」;Instead of(代替,語意不合)、Over、Through 都不如 During 自然地表達「在……期間」。
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四個選項擺進句首唸起來都不算突兀,而 Over 與 Through 也都能表示時間,很容易在三個介系詞之間猶豫。這一格要先確認 warm weather 是一個時間點還是一段期間。
四個選項都能放在句首帶出一個名詞片語,可見這一格考的是語意與搭配。先看空格後面接什麼:warm weather(溫暖的天氣)——這不是一個時間點,而是一段持續的期間。再看整句:___ warm weather, sweating helps humans regulate their body temperature.(……溫暖的天氣,流汗幫助人類調節體溫。)要說的是「在溫暖的天氣期間」,表示「在某一段期間之內」用的是 During。順便把幾個時間介系詞分清楚:during + 一段期間(during the summer 在夏天期間);for + 一段長度(for three hours 持續三小時);in + 月份、季節、年份(in July、in winter);through + 從頭到尾(through the night 整夜)。
Over:可以表示一段時間(over the years 這些年來),但通常配的是明確的時間長度或跨度,接 warm weather 這種天氣狀態不自然。Through:強調「從頭到尾撐過去」,語意上偏向經歷某段艱難的過程,與單純描述天氣不合。Instead of(代替、而不是):這不是時間介系詞,填進去會變成「不是溫暖的天氣,而是流汗幫助……」,語意不通。
during + 一段期間(在……期間)、for + 一段長度(持續……)、through the night(整夜)、regulate body temperature(調節體溫)、sweat(流汗)、warm weather(溫暖的天氣)。
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive. Nature provides 31 with the means of survival. We have learned much about survival from 32 forms of animal life.
Lizards, 33 can change the color of their skin and 34 the trees and leaves around them. 35 , they cannot be detected by other animals that threaten them. Nature provides other forms of protection 36 environmental dangers.
Human beings, too, 37 special devices to protect 38 . Their skin is very 39 to temperature changes. 40 warm weather, sweating helps humans regulate their body temperature.