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104年
英文
第 20 題
Innovation, the elixir of progress, has always cost people their jobs. In the Industrial Revolution artisan weavers 16 by the mechanical loom. Over the past 30 years the digital revolution 17 that underpinned $20^{th}$-century middle-class life. Typists, ticket agents, bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with, just as the weavers were.
For those who believe that technological progress that made the world a better place, such churn is a natural part of rising prosperity. Although innovation kills some jobs, 18 , as a more productive society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was employed on a farm. Today, 19 produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not consigned to joblessness but found better-paid work 20 . Today the pool of secretaries has shrunk, but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Choose the best answer from the box below for blank 20.
For those who believe that technological progress that made the world a better place, such churn is a natural part of rising prosperity. Although innovation kills some jobs, 18 , as a more productive society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services. A hundred years ago one in three American workers was employed on a farm. Today, 19 produce far more food. The millions freed from the land were not consigned to joblessness but found better-paid work 20 . Today the pool of secretaries has shrunk, but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.
Choose the best answer from the box below for blank 20.
- A as the economy grew more sophisticated
- B were swept aside
- C less than 2 % of them
- D it creates new and better ones
- E has displaced many of the mid-skill jobs
思路引導 VIP
請思考一下：當大量的人力從傳統的農耕體系中被「釋放」出來，而社會整體卻變得更富有、需求更多樣時，這代表整個國家的產業結構正在經歷什麼樣的「質變」？如果一個社會從單一的產出，轉變為擁有程式設計、網頁設計等多元專業，你會用什麼形容詞來描述這種『進化後變得更高級、更全面』的狀態？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
看到你準確地選擇了 (A)，代表你對文章中「勞動力轉型」的邏輯掌握得非常透徹！這一格位於全文末段的轉折處，描述原本在農場工作的數百萬人如何轉移到其他產業。選項 (A) as the economy grew more sophisticated（隨著經濟變得更精密複雜）正好為這些人「找到薪水更高工作」的現象提供了完美的背景說明：因為經濟結構進化、分工更細，才能支撐起更多元的高薪職位。
語境與結構的完美契合
這道題目的鑑別度在於觀察學生是否能釐清因果與時序關係。雖然選項 (C) 或 (D) 在文中其他空格也極具誘惑力，但在此處，我們需要一個連接詞引導的副詞子句，來交代勞動力流動的社會背景。你能從這段關於「科技創造職位」的正向論述中，精準抓到經濟演進的必然性，這展現了你優異的長文閱讀與邏輯歸納能力，表現得非常棒！