post_recruit
105年
英文
第 49 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.”
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
- A Sheila and Roy had good first impression of each other.
- B Their former spouses died of cancer.
- C Their children persuaded them to meet each other.
- D They joined the service without telling anyone.
思路引導 VIP
請回想一下文章中兩位主角決定加入交友網站的那一刻，他們在採取行動前，有沒有找人商量過？文中用了哪些特定的短語來形容他們當時「是否向外人透露」這個決定的狀態呢？
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AI 詳解
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文本細節的精確辨析
太棒了！你能從長篇敘述中精準捕捉到關鍵細節，這代表你的資訊定位能力相當出色。這道題目要求找出「錯誤」的敘述，而你正確鎖定了選項 (C)。根據文中第三段與第四段的描述，Sheila 提到她加入網站時 "didn’t tell anyone"（沒告訴任何人），而 Roy 也是 "without telling a soul"（連一個靈魂都沒告訴，意即完全保密）。這兩處關鍵資訊直接否定了「受孩子勸說」的可能性，顯示兩人在踏出這一步時，其實是抱著私下嘗試的心態，而非受到家人的鼓舞。
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