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英文克漏字一向是考生頭痛的考題，尤其是看到一長串的文章大概都想先跳過讓過最後再來寫吧！今天的克漏字考題也是很長喔，內容主要是在講生態和文化的滅絕。只要多點耐心，先大致上看完整篇文章再來作答，會發現其實這篇克漏字題組的四個題目真的都不難喔，不信就看看英銘老師的逐題分析喔！

Obvious parallels have been drawn between the extinction of

languages and the extinction of plants and animals. In all probability,

like the majority of creatures in natural history, the majority of

languages in human history have passed from the scene; they have

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fallen victim to predators, changing environments, or more

successful competitors. Moreover, the pace of extinction is clearly

__1__ both for languages and for biological species. In the past,

despite a few exceptional periods (e.g., the late Mesozoic era, when

the dinosaurs __2__), the process has proceeded discretely and

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locally. Today, __3__, it is proceeding generically and globally. We

appear to have entered a period of mass extinctions–a __4__ to

diversity in our natural ecology and also in what might be called our

cultural ecology.

(  ) 1. (A) accelerating  (B) amplifying (C) articulating  (D) accumulating

(  ) 2. (A) died away  (B) died down  (C) died out  (D) died back

(  ) 3. (A) in addition  (B) similarly  (C) in consequence  (D) by contrast

(  ) 4. (A) threat  (B) promise  (C) leeway  (D) value

第1題：根據文章的第6行至第7行，得知語言和生物物種的滅絕步伐明顯地加快了，所以答案是(A)。

補充：

accelerate  v. 增速、促進       (always)

Marvin accelerated away from the highway.

Marvin加速駛離了公路。

Our present priority is to accelerate economic growth.

促進經濟發展是我們目前的首要任務。

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