There are about fifty animal figures 27 275 meters long, including a monkey, a spider, and an “owl man.”
答案：(C) up to
【句型】up to + 數字，表示「長達／最多到……」，up to 275 meters long 符合描述動物圖案尺寸範圍上限的語意。far from（遠非）語意不合、such as（例如）用於舉例而非數字範圍、as much as 通常修飾不可數量詞而非長度單位，均不合。
四個選項都是兩三個字組成的片語，你會憑哪個中文順挑一個；而且句子裡的 275 meters long 已經寫得很清楚，你可能覺得空格填什麼都不太影響意思。
答對率四成四。空格後面是 275 meters long（長達兩百七十五公尺），一個數量。這一句在說那些動物圖形有多長，而前面是 about fifty animal figures（大約五十個）——五十個圖形不會每一個都剛好一樣長，所以這個數字講的是上限。表示「最高達、多達」的說法是 up to。填進去讀成 There are about fifty animal figures up to 275 meters long（約有五十個動物圖形，最長達兩百七十五公尺）。這四個選項有一個共同的結構值得認出來：up to、far from、as much as 都是由一個副詞加一個介系詞組成、整組當一個介系詞用，後面接名詞或數量。認得這個組合，就不會把它們拆開來一個字一個字翻。
far from（遠非、一點也不）後面接的是被否定的形容詞或名詞（far from perfect 一點也不完美），接一個長度數字讀不通；such as（例如）後面接的是舉例的東西，不是數量；as much as 帶著「竟然有這麼多」的驚訝語氣，多用在金額、數量或程度上，而這一句只是在陳述最長多少，沒有那個語氣。
up to ＋ 數量（多達、最高達）、far from ＋ 形容詞（一點也不）、as much as（多達，帶驚訝語氣）、as many as（多達，用於可數名詞）、such as（例如）、meters long（長達幾公尺）。
In the desert of southwest Peru, enormous shapes, complex patterns, and thousands of perfectly straight lines are cut into the desert's surface. They are known as the Nazca lines and they 26 500 square kilometers. There are about fifty animal figures 27 275 meters long, including a monkey, a spider, and an "owl man." The last of these lines were drawn about 1,000 years ago.
More 28 is the fact that they can be viewed only from the air. Some people believe the Nazca Indians were 29 able to fly, perhaps in balloons. Others say the lines were landing areas for alien spaceships.
Maybe the lines were to carry water for farming, or were used as a calendar. The only thing certain is that the Nazca lines remain one of the world's most fascinating 30 mysteries.