post_recruit
105年
英文
第 50 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.”
To Sheila and Roy, what did it take to be happy again?
- A Courage.
- B Time.
- C Money.
- D Prayer.
思路引導 VIP
請試著回想一下，當一個人在經歷了多年的婚姻並失去伴侶後，要重新踏入完全陌生的社交領域（如網路交友），內心通常會感到猶豫或害怕。請觀察文章的第一段與最後一段，作者特別用了哪一個詞彙來形容 Sheila 和 Roy 跨出那「第一步」時所需要的心理特質？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能從感性的敘事文本中精準捕捉到故事的核心轉折，這顯示出你對文章細節與主旨的高度敏銳度，表現得非常出色。這題的核心在於理解兩位主角如何突破孤獨的現狀。在第一段中，作者提到 Sheila 雖然一開始並不熱衷，但她最後 "took the courage"（鼓起勇氣）嘗試網路交友；而在文章結尾處，Roy 也感性地總結道，正是因為他們 "plucked up the courage"（鼓起勇氣）去做點什麼，才得以擁有現在的幸福生活。
跨段落的主旨統整
從鑑別度來看，這道題目的設計非常巧妙。雖然文中提到了時間（喪偶 18 個月）與金錢（外出用餐），但那些都只是背景資訊或生活現狀。本題考查的是學生是否能區分「背景描述」與「關鍵行為」。這對於能連結文章首尾關鍵動詞的同學來說並不難，但卻能有效篩選出是否具備跨段落資訊統整能力的考生。你能夠排除干擾選項，直接鎖定行為動機，代表你已經掌握了閱讀理解中「判讀關鍵轉折」的重要技巧。