二、Please translate the following paragraph into English.
為提升工作效能,臺灣水上警察可加強科技應用,如引進無人機與先 進雷達系統進行海域巡查,以提高監控效率。擴編人力與改善勤務排 班可減輕執勤壓力。強化跨部門合作,如整合海巡、移民與地方政府 資源,有助提升執法與救援反應速度。定期舉辦專業訓練與實戰演練, 對提升應變與執法能力至為重要。與在地漁民、觀光業者建立良好溝 通可增進合作與理解,因此建立良好執法環境。最後,更新設備與船 艇可確保執勤安全與效率。
一、Please translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
Expertise in marine meteorology constitutes an indispensable asset for the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (CGA), enabling it to operate proficiently within Taiwan’s volatile and multifaceted maritime domain. Precise meteorological forecasting coupled with continuous real-time oceanographic surveillance empowers the CGA to orchestrate patrols with heightened safety and operational efficiency, execute search and rescue missions with optimal timing, and mount rapid responses to meteorological calamities such as typhoons. Comprehensive understanding of hydrodynamic phenomena, such as ocean currents, wave dynamics, and prevailing wind regimes, substantially mitigates operational hazards for personnel and vessels alike. Also, this specialized acumen underpins strategic decision-making in law enforcement and environmental stewardship, thereby augmenting overall mission readiness. In brief, the systematic integration of marine meteorological insights significantly enhances the Coast Guard’s capacity to ensure maritime security and safeguard human life.
二、英文作文:(15 分) 在類似 2009 年莫拉克颱風所造成的小林村極端氣候災害中,消防人 員的訓練與社區韌性在永續災害風險降低方面可扮演關鍵角色。請寫 一篇文長約 250 字的短文說明之。
When life emerged, it did so quickly. Fossils suggest microbes were present 3.7 billion years ago, just a few hundred million years after the 4.5-billion-year-old planet had cooled enough to support biochemistry, and many researchers think the hereditary material for these first organisms was RNA. Although not as complex as DNA, RNA would still be difficult to forge into the long strands needed to convey genetic information, raising the question of how it could have spontaneously formed. Now, researchers may have an answer. In lab experiments, they show how rocks called basaltic glasses help individual RNA letters, known as nucleoside triphosphates, link into strands up to 200 letters long. The glasses would have been abundant in the fire and brimstone of early Earth; they are created when lava is quenched in air or water or when the melted rock created in asteroid strikes cools off rapidly. The result has divided top origin-of-life researchers. "This seems to be a wonderful story that finally explains how the nucleoside triphosphates react with each other to give RNA strands," says Thomas Carell, a chemist at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. But Jack Szostak, an RNA expert at Harvard University, says he won't believe the result until the research team better characterizes the RNA strands.
50. How do the top scientists in the search for the origin of life feel about the discovery described in the article? (A) Everyone thinks this is true (B) Everyone thinks this is false (C) Some scientists are doubtful (D) Some scientists are scared
49. Why is it important to explain the origin of RNA in the search for the origin of life? (A) Its complexity demands a theory (B) RNA is found in ancient glass shards (C) RNA is the energy source for primordial life forms. (D) RNA is more structurally complicated than DNA
48. How long has passed between the birth of the Earth and the start of life? (A) 80 trillion years (B) 8 trillion years (C) 80 million years (D) 800 million years