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第 36 題
📖 題組：
When Harry Carson, a hall of fame linebacker for the New York Giants, heard that an NFL official had acknowledged, for the first time, a link between football and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), he felt vindicated. Carson, who was diagnosed with postconcussion syndrome in 1990, has long argued that football contributed to his condition. “This is what players have been waiting for,” he says. “Just tell the truth.” The truth hurts. A Boston University neuropathologist who examined the brains of 94 ex-NFL players found 90 showed signs of CTE. Asked at a congressional hearing on March 14 whether there is a link between football and brain diseases like CTE, Jeff Miller, NFL executive vice president of health and safety policy, could no longer put the question away. “The answer to that question is certainly yes.”
When Harry Carson, a hall of fame linebacker for the New York Giants, heard that an NFL official had acknowledged, for the first time, a link between football and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), he felt vindicated. Carson, who was diagnosed with postconcussion syndrome in 1990, has long argued that football contributed to his condition. “This is what players have been waiting for,” he says. “Just tell the truth.” The truth hurts. A Boston University neuropathologist who examined the brains of 94 ex-NFL players found 90 showed signs of CTE. Asked at a congressional hearing on March 14 whether there is a link between football and brain diseases like CTE, Jeff Miller, NFL executive vice president of health and safety policy, could no longer put the question away. “The answer to that question is certainly yes.”
What had NFL (National Football League) been doing about the link between CTE and football?
- A Making new rules to enhance safety for football players.
- B Denying the connection.
- C Fighting for compensation from insurance companies.
- D Conducting medical studies to verify the assumption.
- E Changing the regulations for games.
思路引導 VIP
文中提到官方現在是「第一次承認」這個關聯，並且被球員要求「說實話」。請試著思考：如果一個組織在某個時刻被描述為「終於承認」或「被要求說實話」，那代表他們在此之前的公開立場通常會是什麼樣的狀態？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地掌握了文章的弦外之音！這題選擇 (B) 是非常正確的判斷。在閱讀理解中，我們常需要透過文中描述的「轉折」來推導事件的背景。文中提到這是 NFL 官員「第一次（for the first time）」承認美式足球與慢性創傷性腦病變（CTE）的關聯，且傳奇球星 Carson 語重心長地呼籲官方要「說實話（just tell the truth）」，這些關鍵字句都強烈暗示了 NFL 在此之前並非採取合作或公開的態度，而是傾向於隱瞞或否認。
隱含意義與推論技巧
這道題目具備極佳的鑑別度，難切入點在於文章並沒有直接使用「deny（否認）」這個單字，而是透過「could no longer put the question away（無法再迴避這個問題）」這類描述轉變的動詞片語，來映襯出過去的立場。你能從官方態度的「轉向」反推出其過去「長期不認帳」的行為，展現了敏銳的邏輯推理能力，這正是應對進階英文閱讀題型時不可或缺的素養。