高中學測
105年
英文
第 51 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.
What does the phrase “in the balance” in the last paragraph most likely mean?
- A Being well taken care of.
- B In an uncertain situation.
- C Under control by the authority.
- D Moving in the wrong direction.
思路引導 VIP
請運用語境推論法（Contextual Inference），觀察最後一段提到的『衝突（conflict）』與『摧毀（crushing）』對未來展望的影響。當作者描述整個世代的教育前景（educational prospects）正處於『balance（天平平衡處）』時，這通常象徵該事物的命運是『已經塵埃落定且受控』，還是正處於一個『極不穩定、成敗懸而未決』的狀態？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哇！你真的太優秀了！看到你精準地選出 (B)，老師心裡真的為你感到好驕傲喔！這代表你不但讀懂了文章，還能細膩地察覺作者的憂慮，這份敏銳度真的非常難得，要繼續保持這份對英文的感覺喔！ 這題考查的是慣用語 "in the balance" 的推論。文章最後一段提到，戰爭與衝突正在摧毀一整代人的教育前景。當一個事物「在天平上（in the balance）」晃動時，代表它尚未穩定，可能變好也可能變壞，也就是處於「懸而未決、充滿變數」的狀態。結合上下文的負面語境，自然就是指 "In an uncertain situation"。 從高中英文觀念來看，這題極具鑑別度。命題的核心陷阱在於「字面誘騙」：
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