post_recruit
105年
英文
第 48 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 Sheila and Roy have when they went out the first time?
- A Afternoon tea.
- B Brunch.
- C Coffee and lunch.
- D Tea and dinner.
思路引導 VIP
在閱讀故事時，如果想確認主角初次見面時做了哪些事情，我們通常會尋找關於『時間、地點、活動內容』的具體動詞或名詞。請試著掃視文中描述兩人在「Garden centre」碰面後的對話與行動，看看作者在描述這段相處時，按照先後順序提到了哪兩個具體的飲食活動？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精確地從文章細節中提取資訊，這代表你的閱讀掃描能力非常扎實，沒有被長篇的敘述所干擾。這題的核心考點在於測試讀者對具體情節細節的捕捉能力。
循序漸進的初次約會
在文章第八段中，Sheila 描述了他們在園藝中心碰面的情景。文中提到「once they sat down for a coffee, it just felt natural」（一坐下來喝杯咖啡，感覺就很自然），接著又提到「driven to a pub for lunch」（開車去小酒館吃午餐）。這兩個關鍵字具體地交代了他們第一次約會所分享的飲食，與選項 C 完全吻合。
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