高中學測
105年
英文
第 50 題
📖 題組：
Ongoing conflicts across the Middle East have prevented more than 13 million children from attending school, according to a report published by UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. The report states that 40% of all children across the region are currently not receiving an education, which is a result of two consequences of violence: structural damage to schools and the displacement of populations, also called “forced migration.” Both issues result from the tide of violence that has crossed the region in recent years. The report examines nine countries where a state of war has become the norm. Across these countries, violence has made 8,500 schools unusable. In certain cases, communities have relied on school buildings to function as shelters for the displaced, with up to nine families living in a single classroom in former schools across Iraq. The report pays particularly close attention to Syria, where a bloody civil war has displaced at least nine million people since the war began in 2011. With the crisis now in its fifth year, basic public services, including education, inside Syria have been stretched to breaking point. Within the country, the quality and availability of education depends on whether a particular region is suffering violence. The report concludes with an earnest request to international policymakers to distribute financial and other resources to ease the regional crisis. With more than 13 million children already driven from classrooms by conflict, it is no exaggeration to say that the educational prospects of a generation of children are in the balance. The forces that are crushing individual lives and futures are also destroying the prospects for an entire region.
Ongoing conflicts across the Middle East have prevented more than 13 million children from attending school, according to a report published by UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. The report states that 40% of all children across the region are currently not receiving an education, which is a result of two consequences of violence: structural damage to schools and the displacement of populations, also called “forced migration.” Both issues result from the tide of violence that has crossed the region in recent years. The report examines nine countries where a state of war has become the norm. Across these countries, violence has made 8,500 schools unusable. In certain cases, communities have relied on school buildings to function as shelters for the displaced, with up to nine families living in a single classroom in former schools across Iraq. The report pays particularly close attention to Syria, where a bloody civil war has displaced at least nine million people since the war began in 2011. With the crisis now in its fifth year, basic public services, including education, inside Syria have been stretched to breaking point. Within the country, the quality and availability of education depends on whether a particular region is suffering violence. The report concludes with an earnest request to international policymakers to distribute financial and other resources to ease the regional crisis. With more than 13 million children already driven from classrooms by conflict, it is no exaggeration to say that the educational prospects of a generation of children are in the balance. The forces that are crushing individual lives and futures are also destroying the prospects for an entire region.
Why is “Iraq” mentioned in the second paragraph?
- A To convince people that temporary housing can be easily found.
- B To prove that classrooms there are big enough to host many families.
- C To give an example of why schools are not usable for children’s learning.
- D To show how structural damages of school can affect the quality of education.
思路引導 VIP
請仔細觀察第二段中提及「伊拉克 (Iraq)」的前後文脈絡：作者在引出這個具體地名之前，先提出了哪一個關於「學校建築物現狀」的普遍性結論？而伊拉克境內教室被用作避難所的例子，又是為了具體說明哪一種導致學校「功能喪失」的情況？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
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英文閱讀：舉例的功能
💡 理解文章中提及特定實例是為了支撐或具體化前方的核心論點。
🔗 衝突導致教育中斷的因果鏈
- 1 暴力與戰爭 — 地區衝突頻繁，造成社會結構性破壞。
- 2 人口流離失所 — 大量民眾因戰火逃離，尋求安全庇護所。
- 3 學校功能轉變 — 校舍被挪用為避難所（以伊拉克為例）。
- 4 教育機會喪失 — 校園無法進行教學，導致學童教育中斷。
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🔄 延伸學習：學習如何辨識文章中的「問題－原因－實例－結果」結構。
