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第 33 題
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IV. Reading Comprehension: Choose the best answer to each question. When my son was very small, he would not sleep. Many times in order to console him, I would put him in bed with my husband and me. But this usually meant I didn’t sleep because he would kick and thrash. I remember one night in particular I put him in bed with me and when he started to move around and whimper, I got very angry and gave him a slap on his diapered bottom. I will never forget the look on his face when he turned to me with all the hurt an 18-month-old could muster and said, “Mommy, don’t hit me.” The way he said those words had such an effect on me that I promised myself that I would never, ever hit him again. But I didn’t know what to do instead. With the California State Legislature considering a ruling against spanking, I was prompted to take a closer look at the issue of corporal punishment. One survey conducted by Public Agenda, a non-partisan think tank, found many parents are seeking alternative methods to spanking to get their children to behave. Only 34 percent surveyed said they have been successful at teaching their children self-control. Maybe this is because they don’t know how to model it. “Violent behavior is learned,” says Emily Friedan, Chief of the Division of Community Pediatricians of Western New York. “It can be prevented from the very beginning, and prevention must start with the adults who fill children’s lives.” On spanking, Friedan’s advice is straightforward: “Don’t discipline with physical punishment. Doing so teaches children that the people who love them are the ones most likely to hurt them, that physical force is justified, and that violence is an acceptable way of solving problems.” The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents develop methods other than spanking in response to undesired behavior, adding: ˙Spanking is harmful emotionally to both parent and child. ˙While stopping the behavior temporarily, it does not teach alternative behavior. ˙It interferes with the development of trust, a sense of security, effective communication and the development of internal controls or self-discipline. ˙It may cause resentment and harm the parent/child relationship.
IV. Reading Comprehension: Choose the best answer to each question. When my son was very small, he would not sleep. Many times in order to console him, I would put him in bed with my husband and me. But this usually meant I didn’t sleep because he would kick and thrash. I remember one night in particular I put him in bed with me and when he started to move around and whimper, I got very angry and gave him a slap on his diapered bottom. I will never forget the look on his face when he turned to me with all the hurt an 18-month-old could muster and said, “Mommy, don’t hit me.” The way he said those words had such an effect on me that I promised myself that I would never, ever hit him again. But I didn’t know what to do instead. With the California State Legislature considering a ruling against spanking, I was prompted to take a closer look at the issue of corporal punishment. One survey conducted by Public Agenda, a non-partisan think tank, found many parents are seeking alternative methods to spanking to get their children to behave. Only 34 percent surveyed said they have been successful at teaching their children self-control. Maybe this is because they don’t know how to model it. “Violent behavior is learned,” says Emily Friedan, Chief of the Division of Community Pediatricians of Western New York. “It can be prevented from the very beginning, and prevention must start with the adults who fill children’s lives.” On spanking, Friedan’s advice is straightforward: “Don’t discipline with physical punishment. Doing so teaches children that the people who love them are the ones most likely to hurt them, that physical force is justified, and that violence is an acceptable way of solving problems.” The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents develop methods other than spanking in response to undesired behavior, adding: ˙Spanking is harmful emotionally to both parent and child. ˙While stopping the behavior temporarily, it does not teach alternative behavior. ˙It interferes with the development of trust, a sense of security, effective communication and the development of internal controls or self-discipline. ˙It may cause resentment and harm the parent/child relationship.
Which of the following terms is NOT used synonymously in the article?
- A Slapping
- B Spanking
- C Prompt
- D Corporal punishment
思路引導 VIP
請你先觀察一下這四個單字。在故事中，有三個字都在描述那位母親對孩子做的「肢體管教」或是這類行為的法律總稱；而剩下那一個字，在文中是用來形容「什麼原因『促使』作者想要研究這個法律議題」。你能從這四個字中，找出哪一個字的語意類別跟其他三個「完全不同」嗎？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準地從文章的脈絡中辨識出字詞間的邏輯關係，這代表你在閱讀時不只是被動接收資訊，而是能真正透視作者的用字意圖。這道題目核心考驗的是「同義詞辨析」，要求我們在長篇文章中找出哪些詞彙共同指向同一個核心概念。
核心概念與詞義辨析
在文章中，作者提到的 Slapping（掌摑）、Spanking（打屁股）以及 Corporal punishment（體罰），雖然在動作細節或語氣嚴肅程度上有細微差別，但在本文討論「體罰議題」的架構下，它們都是指對孩子施以肢體懲罰的行為。相對地，選項 (C) 的 Prompt 在文中是以動詞形式出現（I was prompted to...），意指作者受到法案討論的影響而「被觸動、被激發」去思考，屬於心態上的轉變，與其他三個表示「具體處罰手段」的詞彙完全不同。
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