Fish can "talk" to each other and make a range of 11 by vibrating their swim bladder.
答案:(D) noises
make noises(發出聲音)表示魚類透過振動魚鰾發出各種聲音來「交談」;choices/objects/accents 均不符合此處語意。
noise 這個字,你的印象大概只有「噪音」,帶著吵人、惱人的意思,所以看到魚在「說話」就不敢選它。其實 noise 泛指任何聲響,是中性的。
這是同義勾環:空格要的字,同一句後面已經先講出來了。句尾的 to produce or receive sound(發出或接收聲音)點明魚鰾的作用就是發聲,而空格前的 make a range of ______ 講的正是魚發出來的東西,sound 與 noise 是同一組意思,所以填 noises。動詞也對得上:make a noise(發出聲音)是成組的說法。整句讀成 make a range of noises(發出各式各樣的聲音)。
choices(選擇)與 objects(物體)都能接在 a range of 後面,形態吻合,容易被順手選走,但振動魚鰾產生的既不是選擇也不是物體;accents(口音、腔調)看起來與「說話」有關,但口音講的是說話的腔調,要先有語言才談得上口音,魚發出的只是聲響。
make a noise(發出聲音)、a range of(一系列的、各式各樣的)、vibrate(振動)、be used as(被當作……使用)、attract mates(吸引配偶)、accent(口音、腔調)。
The undersea world isn't as quiet as we thought, according to a New Zealand researcher. Fish can "talk" to each other and make a range of 11 by vibrating their swim bladder, an internal gas-filled organ used as a resonating chamber to produce or receive sound.
Fish are believed to speak to each other for a number of reasons, such as to attract mates, scare off predators, or give directions to other fish. Damselfish, for example, have been found to make sounds to scare off 12 fish and even divers. Another discovery about fish sounds is that not all fish are 13 "talkative." Some species talk a lot, while others don't. The gurnard species has a wide vocal repertoire and keeps up a constant chatter. Codfish, 14 , usually keep silent, except when they are laying eggs.
Any goldfish lover who hopes to strike up a conversation with their pet goldfish is 15 . Goldfish have excellent hearing, but they don't make any sound whatsoever. Their excellent hearing isn't associated with vocalization.