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      What do you call it when you intentionally speak softly or quietly? Whispering! It is also the word for a special __41__ to train animals using gentle communication techniques. Though the phrase “horse whispering” dates back to 19th century Europe, it did not come in to popular use __42__ the movie, called The Horse Whisperer, came out in 1998. Since that time, the term whispering has been used to describe any animal training method which is __43__ a sympathetic understanding of an animal’s natural instincts. Have you seen a YouTube video about a lion whisperer, who hugs wild lions? Or how about a shark whisperer from Hawaii, __44__ hands are on the dorsal fin of a great white shark? They seem to have a supernatural gift for it. Besides wild animals, people also apply the techniques to little humans. One popular TV show __45__ a baby whisperer, a woman who teaches parents how to comfort, calm, and communicate with unmanageable toddlers.

文意解釋：

What do you call it when you intentionally speak softly or quietly? Whispering! (如何稱呼刻意的輕聲細語呢？沒錯，就是whispering(耳語)！

It is also the word for a special __41__ to train animals using gentle communication techniques. (這個字彙同時也代表一種使用温和的溝通技巧訓練動物的特殊能力。)

41. (A)ability 能力 (B)motion 動作 (C)issue 問題 (D)result 結果

由後面的 using gentle communication techniques 推斷出空格應為特殊的【能力】。

Though the phrase “horse whispering” dates back to 19th century Europe, it did not come in to popular use __42__ the movie, called The Horse Whisperer, came out in 1998. (儘管「馬耳語」這句短語可追溯至19世紀的歐洲，但直到1998年上映的「輕聲細語」這部電影它才流行起來。

42. (A)after 在...之後 (B)since 自... (C) unless 除非... (D)until 直到

[考文法] ...not...until... (直到...才....)

Since that time, the term whispering has been used to describe any animal training method which is __43__ a sympathetic understanding of an animal’s natural instincts. (從那時起，whispering這個詞語就被用來描述任何建立在對動物天性的同理心上所作的訓練方式。)

43. (A)cured of 治好... (B)based on 以...為依據 (C)caused by 由...引起 (D)served as 用作...

Have you seen a YouTube video about a lion whisperer, who hugs wild lions? Or how about a shark whisperer from Hawaii, __44__ hands are on the dorsal fin of a great white shark? (你可曾在YouTube上看過關於擁抱野生獅子的耳語馴獸師影片嗎？或關於(夏威夷鯊魚耳語師)把手放在大白鯊背鰭上的夏威夷鯊魚耳語師呢？)

44. 

(A) which + S + V 或 which + V

(B) where + S + V

(C) whose + N

(D) whom + S + V

[考文法] 空格後為 hands，是名詞，所以只能用所有詞關係代名詞 whose，這裡的 whose hands 指的是shark whisperer(鯊魚口語者)的手。

* a shark's dorsal fin (鯊魚的背鰭)

They seem to have a supernatural gift for it. (似乎都擁有一種超自然的天賦。)

Besides wild animals, people also apply the techniques to little humans. (除了野生動物之外，人們也把這項技術應用在小孩身上。)

One popular TV show __45__ a baby whisperer, a woman who teaches parents how to comfort, calm, and communicate with unmanageable toddlers. (他們有個有名的電視節目以嬰孩耳語師為特色，由一位女性老師指導父母親如何與不受控制的幼童溝通、安撫並讓他們平靜下來。)

 45. (A)features 以...為特色 (B)concludes 結論 (C)combines 結合 (D)proposes 提議