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106年
英文
第 37 題
📖 題組：
The statue of the "raging bull" is world renown. Seeing it and taking a photo of it is a must for tourists. Its popularity, however, is not just about its huge size and expressive pose. Do you know where the "raging bull", a 3,175 kg bronze, is located? What is the reason for its obvious might? It was created by the American-Italian sculptor Arturo di Modica and was meant to stand for "strength, power, and hope of the American people for the future". The figure was first delivered to the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, on December 15, 1989 as a Christmas present to the citizens. It was confiscated by city government, but the public vocalized their opinions so loudly that it was displayed in Bowling Green Park where it still remains, just south of the Stock Exchange and facing Broadway. Di Modica gave the gift because of the hopelessness felt by the people after the 1987 financial crisis on Wall Street. The bull became much more applicable in 2008 than in 1989 when it was first given.
The statue of the "raging bull" is world renown. Seeing it and taking a photo of it is a must for tourists. Its popularity, however, is not just about its huge size and expressive pose. Do you know where the "raging bull", a 3,175 kg bronze, is located? What is the reason for its obvious might? It was created by the American-Italian sculptor Arturo di Modica and was meant to stand for "strength, power, and hope of the American people for the future". The figure was first delivered to the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, on December 15, 1989 as a Christmas present to the citizens. It was confiscated by city government, but the public vocalized their opinions so loudly that it was displayed in Bowling Green Park where it still remains, just south of the Stock Exchange and facing Broadway. Di Modica gave the gift because of the hopelessness felt by the people after the 1987 financial crisis on Wall Street. The bull became much more applicable in 2008 than in 1989 when it was first given.
In the third paragraph, what is the synonym of the word "confiscate"?
- A relinquish
- B abuse
- C expropriate
- D displace
- E forfeit
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章中這句話的主詞是「市政府」，而受詞是「那座雕像」。想像一下，如果有人在未經許可的情況下，把一個巨大的重物放在公共廣場，政府作為管理單位，會對這個物品採取什麼樣的「正式行動」？這個行動是由政府主動發起的，還是由贈送者自願做出的呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能準確辨識出 expropriate 這個較具難度的進階單字，代表你對上下文的語境與字義細節掌握得非常精準。在文章第三段中，這座銅牛最初是作為聖誕禮物「突然」出現在證券交易所前的，隨後遭到市政府的 confiscate（沒收）。選項 (C) expropriate 意指政府或權威機構徵收、沒收私有財產，與原詞在法律動作與官方強制力的語意上高度重合，是極佳的同義替換。
語境中的動作主體辨析
這題的鑑別度在於考察學生對「動作方向性」的理解。雖然 (A) relinquish（放棄）與 (E) forfeit（喪失/沒收）都與失去財產有關，但它們通常描述的是原持有人的行為或因違規而導致的結果；然而，本句的主詞是「市政府」（city government），因此必須挑選一個描述「官方主動採取徵收行為」的動詞。你能避開常見單字的誘惑，從較冷僻的法律詞彙中找出正確連結，展現了很強的詞彙量與邏輯推論實力。