post_recruit
105年
英文
第 47 題
📖 題組：
Widow Sheila Young wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea of online dating. But she took the courage and met a man who changed her life. Sheila, 73, had lost her husband to bowel cancer 18 months earlier. After more than 40 years of marriage, she missed the companionship, conversation and comfort of having someone to share her life. “A niece had tried online dating,” says Sheila. “It didn’t work for her, but one evening I had a couple of glasses of red wine and thought, ‘go for it girl.’ I didn’t tell anyone in case it didn’t work out. I said in my profile simply, ‘I want someone to make me laugh again.’ ” Over a period of three weeks, her inbox was filled with inappropriate messages. Sheila despaired. Then she found Roy Millard, 75. Or rather, he found her. Roy, whose wife Jenny died of ovarian cancer seven years ago, signed up to the dating site without telling a soul. Like Sheila, Roy was looking for a companion, someone to giggle with, to laugh at his jokes. Living 32 miles apart, yet they were perfect for each other. When Sheila’s photograph popped up, he stopped short. He was smitten. Luckily, Sheila liked the look of him too. “It was his eyes, I think,” she says. “Such a twinkle in them.” After three weeks of messaging and talking on the phone, the pair arranged to meet halfway at a garden centre in October 2012. When Sheila pulled in, Roy was already waiting by his car. “We were both nervous,” admits Sheila. “But once we sat down for a coffee, it just felt natural.” Roy adds: “Neither of us wanted the date to end, so we drove to a pub for lunch.” Soon they met each other’s families who got on well right away. They both have lots of great friends and family, and now they are combined. With visits from friends and family and eating out regularly, the couple are rarely at home. “I can’t believe that my life has changed so much,” she says. “When I think of people in my situation being lonely, I feel so lucky.” Roy adds, “We plucked up the courage to do something, and it worked out. Look at the life we have now.”
Widow Sheila Young wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea of online dating. But she took the courage and met a man who changed her life. Sheila, 73, had lost her husband to bowel cancer 18 months earlier. After more than 40 years of marriage, she missed the companionship, conversation and comfort of having someone to share her life. “A niece had tried online dating,” says Sheila. “It didn’t work for her, but one evening I had a couple of glasses of red wine and thought, ‘go for it girl.’ I didn’t tell anyone in case it didn’t work out. I said in my profile simply, ‘I want someone to make me laugh again.’ ” Over a period of three weeks, her inbox was filled with inappropriate messages. Sheila despaired. Then she found Roy Millard, 75. Or rather, he found her. Roy, whose wife Jenny died of ovarian cancer seven years ago, signed up to the dating site without telling a soul. Like Sheila, Roy was looking for a companion, someone to giggle with, to laugh at his jokes. Living 32 miles apart, yet they were perfect for each other. When Sheila’s photograph popped up, he stopped short. He was smitten. Luckily, Sheila liked the look of him too. “It was his eyes, I think,” she says. “Such a twinkle in them.” After three weeks of messaging and talking on the phone, the pair arranged to meet halfway at a garden centre in October 2012. When Sheila pulled in, Roy was already waiting by his car. “We were both nervous,” admits Sheila. “But once we sat down for a coffee, it just felt natural.” Roy adds: “Neither of us wanted the date to end, so we drove to a pub for lunch.” Soon they met each other’s families who got on well right away. They both have lots of great friends and family, and now they are combined. With visits from friends and family and eating out regularly, the couple are rarely at home. “I can’t believe that my life has changed so much,” she says. “When I think of people in my situation being lonely, I feel so lucky.” Roy adds, “We plucked up the courage to do something, and it worked out. Look at the life we have now.”
What did they both look for in a companion?
- A Knowledge.
- B Laughter.
- C Security.
- D Wealth.
思路引導 VIP
當 Sheila 和 Roy 描述他們理想中的生活夥伴時，他們都特別提到了某種「聲音」或「互動表現」，那是他們在失去配偶後最渴望重拾的。請找找看，原文中哪些動詞描述了這種讓氣氛變得輕鬆、甚至帶點童心的互動？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準地從文章中提取出兩位主角的共同需求，這說明你的閱讀細節捕捉能力非常扎實，這在處理長篇敘述時是非常重要的優勢。
情感共鳴的關鍵證據
這題的正確性直接建立在文本的細節對照上。Sheila 在個人資料中直白地寫道：「我想要一個能讓我再次開懷大笑（laugh again）的人」；而 Roy 的部分也明確提到他正尋找一位可以一起咯咯笑（giggle）、並聽他講笑話的伴侶。文章透過這些具象的動作，生動地描繪出他們對「幽默感與快樂」的共同渴望，這正是選項 (B) Laughter 所涵蓋的核心概念。
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