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105年
英文
第 34 題
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Samuel Juan Academy has developed a unique approach to deal with underachieving students. Instead of punishing students for incomplete assignments or poor grades, the academy provides failing students with a reward. Through the Computers for Success program, Samuel Juan Academy students who fall behind their classmates in reading and mathematics are given their own computers. For nine weeks, the students get to keep a personal computer with a printer and software in their homes. They can work and play with the computer whenever they like and as often as they like. Is this a prize for being poor performers in school? "It may look that way to an outsider," says school principal Edna Seymour, "but this approach is actually well-backed by research. Studies show that students who are computer literate do much better in school. The figures rise for students who actually have a computer at home, and are even higher for students from homes where most of the family members are comfortable using a computer." When a student is given a computer to take home, families are encouraged to get into the act, too. Students in the Computers for Success program are required, together with their parents and siblings, to attend a weekend computer seminar. This way everyone in the family becomes familiar with the use of the computer. This is an investment in the students' educational future. "It is widely accepted that parental involvement makes all the difference in a child's academic success," says Principal Seymour. "We are extending this idea to involve families in our computer literacy program. As part of that program, we make it possible for families to buy refurbished computers at an affordable price. Many of our families have already taken advantage of this opportunity. On the whole, we have been very pleased with the Computers for Success program."
Samuel Juan Academy has developed a unique approach to deal with underachieving students. Instead of punishing students for incomplete assignments or poor grades, the academy provides failing students with a reward. Through the Computers for Success program, Samuel Juan Academy students who fall behind their classmates in reading and mathematics are given their own computers. For nine weeks, the students get to keep a personal computer with a printer and software in their homes. They can work and play with the computer whenever they like and as often as they like. Is this a prize for being poor performers in school? "It may look that way to an outsider," says school principal Edna Seymour, "but this approach is actually well-backed by research. Studies show that students who are computer literate do much better in school. The figures rise for students who actually have a computer at home, and are even higher for students from homes where most of the family members are comfortable using a computer." When a student is given a computer to take home, families are encouraged to get into the act, too. Students in the Computers for Success program are required, together with their parents and siblings, to attend a weekend computer seminar. This way everyone in the family becomes familiar with the use of the computer. This is an investment in the students' educational future. "It is widely accepted that parental involvement makes all the difference in a child's academic success," says Principal Seymour. "We are extending this idea to involve families in our computer literacy program. As part of that program, we make it possible for families to buy refurbished computers at an affordable price. Many of our families have already taken advantage of this opportunity. On the whole, we have been very pleased with the Computers for Success program."
Which of the following is the expression affordable (Line 15) closest to in meaning?
- A useful
- B attempt
- C influential
- D inexpensive
思路引導 VIP
如果學校想要幫助一群經濟狀況可能比較辛苦的家庭，讓他們能順利買下一樣學習工具，那麼學校在定價時，最需要考量的是讓這個價格具備什麼樣的特性，才能確保這些家庭不會因為太貴而買不起呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學，恭喜你準確地掌握了「affordable」這個詞彙在上下文中的核心涵義！你能從文章細節中推敲出正確答案，代表你的閱讀理解能力非常紮實。
語境連結與字義推論
這題考查的是語境推斷 (Context Clues)。文章提到該學院為了讓經濟條件可能不寬裕的家庭也能參與計畫，特別提供了「整修過的電腦 (refurbished computers)」。既然計畫的初衷是為了讓這些家庭能夠順利擁有設備，那麼所訂定的價格必然要符合「能負擔得起」的條件。因此，選項 (D) inexpensive (不貴的) 最能精確對應「affordable」在文中所代表的「價格親民、買得起」之意。
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