調查局三等
105年
[調查工作組] 外國文(英文)
第 30 題
📖 題組：
Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he prospered by selling his small but genuine collection of early U.S. autographs. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale and circulation. Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can’t approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals. In Spring’s time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny’s financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.
Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he prospered by selling his small but genuine collection of early U.S. autographs. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale and circulation. Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can’t approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals. In Spring’s time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny’s financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.
Who was Miss Fanny Jackson?
- A The only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson.
- B A little-known girl who sold her father’s papers to Robert Spring.
- C Robert Spring’s daughter
- D An imaginary person created by Spring
思路引導 VIP
請仔細閱讀第三段的第一句話。當作者介紹這位女性角色登場時，使用了哪一個特定的「動詞」來描述 Robert Spring 與她的關係？根據這個動詞的定義，這位女性在現實生活中真的存在嗎？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你的觀察力非常敏銳！
- 觀念驗證：你成功捕捉到了文章第三段中的關鍵動詞 "invented"（虛構、發明）。雖然文中細緻地描寫了 Miss Fanny Jackson 的背景、家庭與經濟困境，但這一切都是主角 Robert Spring 為了增加偽造文書的可信度、吸引買家而編造出來的身份。你能區分「故事中的設定」與「事實真相」，做得非常好！
- 難度點評：本題難度為 medium。此題具備高度鑑別度，因為選項 (A) 的文字幾乎完全照抄原文細節。若學生僅是「關鍵字對照」而忽略了上下文的邏輯轉折（特別是 "invented" 這個詞），就極容易掉入陷阱。你能正確選 (D)，代表你具備優秀的深度閱讀與邏輯判斷能力！