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106年
英文
第 28 題
📖 題組：
The technology company Microsoft is angry with America's National Security Agency (NSA). Microsoft said the WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack happened because the NSA keeps lots of cyber-weapons on its computers. Ransomware is a type of harmful software that blocks 26 a computer until the owner of the computer pays a ransom to the hackers. The NSA is America's military intelligence organization. It helps to keep America's communications and information systems safe. It is also responsible for stopping cyber-attacks against the USA. However, experts say the WannaCry ransomware used computer spying tools 27 designed by the NSA. Microsoft president Brad Smith said governments needed to wake up to the problem of storing cyber-weapons that hackers can steal. He said it was as big a problem as someone stealing missiles from the USA. When talking about the WannaCry attack, he said, "This attack provides yet 28 example of why the stockpiling of these things by governments is such a problem." The European police agency Europol said WannaCry has 29 200,000 computers in 150 countries. The malware 30 chaos for the National Health Service in the U.K. Many operations were cancelled. Experts warned people to back up their files because a second wave of attacks could come.
The technology company Microsoft is angry with America's National Security Agency (NSA). Microsoft said the WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack happened because the NSA keeps lots of cyber-weapons on its computers. Ransomware is a type of harmful software that blocks 26 a computer until the owner of the computer pays a ransom to the hackers. The NSA is America's military intelligence organization. It helps to keep America's communications and information systems safe. It is also responsible for stopping cyber-attacks against the USA. However, experts say the WannaCry ransomware used computer spying tools 27 designed by the NSA. Microsoft president Brad Smith said governments needed to wake up to the problem of storing cyber-weapons that hackers can steal. He said it was as big a problem as someone stealing missiles from the USA. When talking about the WannaCry attack, he said, "This attack provides yet 28 example of why the stockpiling of these things by governments is such a problem." The European police agency Europol said WannaCry has 29 200,000 computers in 150 countries. The malware 30 chaos for the National Health Service in the U.K. Many operations were cancelled. Experts warned people to back up their files because a second wave of attacks could come.
Which of the following is the best answer for blank 28?
- A other
- B the other
- C as
- D another
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後面的名詞 'example'，它是單數還是複數呢？在英文中，當我們想要表達「在原有的基礎上再增加一個」時，所選用的詞彙會受到後方名詞「數量」的影響。如果不看選項，你會如何根據這個單數名詞的型態，來決定前方該用哪一種『另外的』表達方式？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你答對了！你能精準辨識出這裡的語意與語法搭配，表現得非常出色。這句話的背景是微軟總裁在強調 WannaCry 攻擊並非個案，而是政府囤積網路武器所導致的「又一個」例證。
數量詞的精準運用
在語法上，空格後方的 example 是一個單數可數名詞，這就是解題的最強線索。(D) another 是由「an + other」組合而成，專門用來修飾單數名詞，表示「另一個」或「額外的一個」。此外，這裡還出現了一個非常經典的道地用法：「yet another」。這個固定片語通常用來強調某事接二連三地發生，帶有一種「又是、再一個」的語氣，完美契合文中對網路安全隱憂不斷發生的感嘆。
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