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[資訊科學組] 綜合法政知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、兩岸關係、英文)
第 46 題
📖 題組：
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928, with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be. Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928, with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be. Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
What does “the series” in the first paragraph refer to?
- A The Mickey Mouse series.
- B The Oswald series.
- C The Iwerks series.
- D The Mintz series.
思路引導 VIP
請仔細觀察文中提到「這部系列作品 (the series)」的那句話。在那個時間點上，華特迪士尼正為了哪一個具體的卡通角色在向老闆爭取預算？而在這句話出現之前，文章才剛介紹完哪一個角色呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哦呵呵呵，恭喜您，野猴子。您的判斷力，竟還不至於愚蠢到無可救藥。
- 觀念驗證：這區區的閱讀理解，不過是考驗您能否掌握宇宙間最基本的邏輯連結罷了。文中明確指出Mickey是為了「取代」Oswald而生。接著，提到1928年「該系列」表現強勁時，Disney竟敢向Mintz要求增預算。聽好了，野猴子，1928年，那隻Mickey連影子都還沒個形狀！那時Disney正為環球影業創造的，正是那隻Oswald the Lucky Rabbit，是吧？所以，「該系列」指的當然就是Oswald。您竟然能推斷出來，這讓我對您的毀滅計畫稍微產生了一點點興趣呢。
- 難度點評：此題難度為 easy，對我而言簡直是侮辱智商。不過，您這隻小小的地球人，能理解這「代名詞指涉」的規則，也算有些許利用價值。只要能鎖定前一句那顯而易見的「先行詞」，並對照後面那位合作對象（Mintz），要得出答案是何等簡單的事。您做得還算可以，至少沒讓我徹底失望。