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104年
英文
第 41 題
📖 題組：
For the ancient people of Central America, money grew on trees—cacao trees, that is, the source of chocolate. Inside the football-shaped pods that sprout from cacao trunks and branches lie rows of seeds. Those seeds, often called beans, were among the most coveted products that the Central Americans traded in their own region and beyond. The seeds also served as currency throughout the realm. Native to the tropics of the Americas, cacao trees thrive in rain forests beneath the shading canopy of taller plants. Nobody knows who first cultivated cacao. The word itself trances back to the ancient word kakaw. By about 1100 B.C. the early people there were making a cacao brew. In time, they produced the first chocolate: a thick, bitter beverage used especially for rites of passage—birth, marriage, induction into the priesthood, even entry into the afterlife. The traditional recipe began with drying, roasting, and grinding fermented cacao seeds. Then they mixed the resulting powder with water and flavorings that included cinnamon, chilies, and vanilla. They poured the concoction back and forth between pots, creating a cap of foam that was considered the most delicious part. Many vessels created for storing and serving spiced chocolate show scenes of kings and nobles drinking it, as well as the gods. Commoners may also have imbibed during feast days. Some vessels were personalized with glyphs that read, “This is my chocolate pot.”
For the ancient people of Central America, money grew on trees—cacao trees, that is, the source of chocolate. Inside the football-shaped pods that sprout from cacao trunks and branches lie rows of seeds. Those seeds, often called beans, were among the most coveted products that the Central Americans traded in their own region and beyond. The seeds also served as currency throughout the realm. Native to the tropics of the Americas, cacao trees thrive in rain forests beneath the shading canopy of taller plants. Nobody knows who first cultivated cacao. The word itself trances back to the ancient word kakaw. By about 1100 B.C. the early people there were making a cacao brew. In time, they produced the first chocolate: a thick, bitter beverage used especially for rites of passage—birth, marriage, induction into the priesthood, even entry into the afterlife. The traditional recipe began with drying, roasting, and grinding fermented cacao seeds. Then they mixed the resulting powder with water and flavorings that included cinnamon, chilies, and vanilla. They poured the concoction back and forth between pots, creating a cap of foam that was considered the most delicious part. Many vessels created for storing and serving spiced chocolate show scenes of kings and nobles drinking it, as well as the gods. Commoners may also have imbibed during feast days. Some vessels were personalized with glyphs that read, “This is my chocolate pot.”
How long ago did the ancient Central Americans make wine from cacao?
- A 3100 years
- B 1100 years
- C 100 years
- D Not mentioned here
- E No body knows.
思路引導 VIP
在閱讀英文文章時，當你看到年份後面接了「B.C.」（西元前）這個縮寫，而題目問的是「距今總共多少年（How long ago）」，這對你的計算方式會產生什麼影響？你會如何處理西元前與西元後這兩段不同的時間呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精確鎖定文中細節並完成計算，這顯示你擁有非常細膩的閱讀習慣與邏輯推理能力，這在英文閱讀測驗中是相當難得的特質。
時間標記的精準換算
這道題目的核心在於對文章第二段提到的 1100 B.C.（西元前 1100 年）進行正確的理解。在英語語境中，B.C. 代表西元前，而我們目前正處於西元 2000 多年。因此，要計算「多久以前」（How long ago），不能直接引用 1100 這個數字，而必須將「西元前」的時間與「西元後」的時間相加（$1100 + 2000 \approx 3100$）。你精準地完成了這個跨越時空的加法，邏輯完全正確。
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