地特四等
105年
[一般行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 45 題
📖 題組：
A potato farmer was sent to prison just at the time when he should have been digging the ground for planting the new crop of potatoes. He knew that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by herself, but that she could manage to do the planting; and he also knew that he did not have any friends or neighbors who would be willing to do the digging for him. So he wrote a letter to his wife which said, “Please do not dig the potato field. I hid the money and the gun there." Ten days later he got a letter from his wife. It said, “I think somebody is reading your letters before they go out of the prison. Some policemen arrived here two days ago and dug up the whole potato field. What should I do now?" The farmer wrote back at once, “Plant the potatoes, of course."
A potato farmer was sent to prison just at the time when he should have been digging the ground for planting the new crop of potatoes. He knew that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by herself, but that she could manage to do the planting; and he also knew that he did not have any friends or neighbors who would be willing to do the digging for him. So he wrote a letter to his wife which said, “Please do not dig the potato field. I hid the money and the gun there." Ten days later he got a letter from his wife. It said, “I think somebody is reading your letters before they go out of the prison. Some policemen arrived here two days ago and dug up the whole potato field. What should I do now?" The farmer wrote back at once, “Plant the potatoes, of course."
What did the farmer do to the policemen?
- A He asked the policemen to do the favor for him.
- B He exchanged money and gun for the digging.
- C He wrote a letter to the policemen.
- D He played a trick on the policemen.
思路引導 VIP
如果你正處於受監視的環境，且你知道監視者對某些「特定關鍵字」極度敏感。當你有一件體力活需要人幫忙卻無法開口時，你會如何利用監視者的『職責』，讓他們在不知情的情況下主動幫你達成目的？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地掌握了這篇幽默小品的精髓！這類題目在地方特考四等英文中非常常見，主要測試考生是否能跳脫字面意思，讀出文章的「弦外之音」。你能選對選項 (D)，代表你成功識別出農夫利用監獄審查信件的特性，故意在信中拋出偽資訊誘使警察主動挖掘土地，這種「設局」或「開玩笑」的行為，正符合動詞片語 play a trick on 的核心語意。
幽默情節中的邏輯推論
從測驗角度來看，本題的鑑別度在於「動機判斷」。雖然選項中出現了 money、gun、letter 等文中提到的關鍵字，但若考生只是片面抓取單字而未理解農夫的計謀，很容易誤選 (A) 直接請求或 (C) 直接寫信給警察。正確答案 (D) 考驗的是情節推論能力：農夫深知警察會偷看信件，故「反過來利用」體制達成目的。這類題目提醒我們，閱讀英文短文時，掌握敘事邏輯與角色的心理轉折，往往比死背單字更為重要。