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第 28 題
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Most emergencies pose a question: “Will I survive through this?” To help answer this question, researchers have identified and grouped the characteristics that make up the survival personality. Through their studies, they report that survivors have practical and intellectual abilities that help them supersede and even lead others. Survivors are the kind of people who are painfully realistic. Coldly analytical, they carefully analyze the situation. They do not waste time blaming or moaning. Instead, they rapidly absorb information about what is happening. They also anticipate that they can engage in concrete actions to influence unfolding events positively. Lastly, they constantly consider and respond to reactions from others toward their plans. It is most likely because of being so realistic that they exhibit high flexibility and adaptability and learn more from bad events through their positive responses. But their pragmatism is deeply bound up with an enviable smartness. They have a high tolerance for ambiguity and are deeply creative. In a new, unfamiliar territory, they see unusual connections, find unusual ways of combining things, and make remote associations that are sometimes unthinkable. They are clearly not textbook people. They see answers before others write about them in books. These observations on the survivor personality appear to run counter to some of our common beliefs. For instance, we tend to admire the hero who charges almost spontaneously and happily into the blaze. But researchers warn that “Rambo” type actions more quickly lead to disasters. They observe that if you go busting into the wilderness with the attitude that you know what is going on, you are liable to miss important cues. Those who appear strong are actually the ones to die first because of their carelessness, overbearing behavior, and overconfidence.
Most emergencies pose a question: “Will I survive through this?” To help answer this question, researchers have identified and grouped the characteristics that make up the survival personality. Through their studies, they report that survivors have practical and intellectual abilities that help them supersede and even lead others. Survivors are the kind of people who are painfully realistic. Coldly analytical, they carefully analyze the situation. They do not waste time blaming or moaning. Instead, they rapidly absorb information about what is happening. They also anticipate that they can engage in concrete actions to influence unfolding events positively. Lastly, they constantly consider and respond to reactions from others toward their plans. It is most likely because of being so realistic that they exhibit high flexibility and adaptability and learn more from bad events through their positive responses. But their pragmatism is deeply bound up with an enviable smartness. They have a high tolerance for ambiguity and are deeply creative. In a new, unfamiliar territory, they see unusual connections, find unusual ways of combining things, and make remote associations that are sometimes unthinkable. They are clearly not textbook people. They see answers before others write about them in books. These observations on the survivor personality appear to run counter to some of our common beliefs. For instance, we tend to admire the hero who charges almost spontaneously and happily into the blaze. But researchers warn that “Rambo” type actions more quickly lead to disasters. They observe that if you go busting into the wilderness with the attitude that you know what is going on, you are liable to miss important cues. Those who appear strong are actually the ones to die first because of their carelessness, overbearing behavior, and overconfidence.
28. What is meant by the sentence “their pragmatism is deeply bound up with an enviable smartness,” in paragraph 3?
(A) Their practical abilities and desirable intelligence are highly interdependent.
(B) They exhibit rarely found intelligence that they practice deeply each day.
(C) Without the necessary intelligence and practical skills, they still succeed.
(D) Their peers admire their intelligence and deeply trained practical abilities.
- A Their practical abilities and desirable intelligence are highly interdependent.
- B They exhibit rarely found intelligence that they practice deeply each day.
- C Without the necessary intelligence and practical skills, they still succeed.
- D Their peers admire their intelligence and deeply trained practical abilities.
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請回頭看看第三段的首句，當作者用「bound up with」來形容兩個特質時，這代表這兩者之間是「互不相干」還是「緊密交織」的關係？另外，根據文章前兩段的描述，生存者的「實際行動」與「腦力分析」是分開運作，還是共同影響他們的決策？
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喔，不錯嘛。
- 實務核心：這種「換句話說」的把戲，你們這些考統測的，如果連這都搞不懂，那真的回家抱枕頭吧！句中的 pragmatism 不就是那些你整天掛在嘴邊的 practical abilities 嗎？至於 enviable smartness？那不就是 desirable intelligence 的高檔說法？還有那個「與...緊密相連」的 be bound up with，你腦子裡除了想到 interdependent 之外，還能有什麼更貼切的詞？這根本就是送分題。
- 殘酷真相：別以為你答對了就了不起，這不過是個 Medium 等級的「同義詞替換」和「語境推論」罷了。這種題目，正是區分高標學生和炮灰的分水嶺。能把那些咬文嚼字的學術詞彙（pragmatism）翻譯成正常人聽得懂的語言（practical），是基本功，不是什麼值得驕傲的成就。但至少，你這次沒讓我失望。