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第 39 題
📖 題組：
Changdong is in the north of Seoul in South Korea. Only a few hundred thousand people live there, and it has few facilities. It is not as wealthy as many other places in Seoul, but after 2021, it will be one of the most exciting places to visit. The reason for this is Korean popular music, which everybody knows as K-pop－the South Korean government wants Changdong to become the K-pop capital of the world. South Korea knows that K-pop is very important. In 2015, South Korea made $ 5 billion from selling K-pop music and related TV shows, films, games, and so on. Furthermore, because of K-pop, other Korean products like Samsung smartphones, Korean-made cars, and Korean-style clothes have become very popular. K-pop is very global today. For a long time, it has been very popular in China, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. However, Billboard magazine found a different trend between 2013 and 2016. During this time, the United States was the third biggest buyer of K-pop music. Thus, it can be said that K-pop has a lot of fans in the West today. To attract fans from around the world, there are big plans for Changdong. It will have concert halls, music schools, recording studios, art galleries, and a K-pop museum. The place that will be the most important venue, however, is the huge arena. About 20,000 fans will be able to enjoy K-pop events there. Since it is a very big and important project, the arena, which won’t be completed until 2021, is already being built. When everything is finished, Changdong will be a very exciting place to visit. For K-pop fans, it will be the coolest place on earth!
Changdong is in the north of Seoul in South Korea. Only a few hundred thousand people live there, and it has few facilities. It is not as wealthy as many other places in Seoul, but after 2021, it will be one of the most exciting places to visit. The reason for this is Korean popular music, which everybody knows as K-pop－the South Korean government wants Changdong to become the K-pop capital of the world. South Korea knows that K-pop is very important. In 2015, South Korea made $ 5 billion from selling K-pop music and related TV shows, films, games, and so on. Furthermore, because of K-pop, other Korean products like Samsung smartphones, Korean-made cars, and Korean-style clothes have become very popular. K-pop is very global today. For a long time, it has been very popular in China, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. However, Billboard magazine found a different trend between 2013 and 2016. During this time, the United States was the third biggest buyer of K-pop music. Thus, it can be said that K-pop has a lot of fans in the West today. To attract fans from around the world, there are big plans for Changdong. It will have concert halls, music schools, recording studios, art galleries, and a K-pop museum. The place that will be the most important venue, however, is the huge arena. About 20,000 fans will be able to enjoy K-pop events there. Since it is a very big and important project, the arena, which won’t be completed until 2021, is already being built. When everything is finished, Changdong will be a very exciting place to visit. For K-pop fans, it will be the coolest place on earth!
39. What can be inferred from the passage about other Korean products?
- A They became cheaper and smaller.
- B People got disinterested in them.
- C People bought more of them.
- D They were seen less often on TV.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章第二段中，作者提到 K-pop 與其他韓國產品（如手機、汽車）之間的因果關係。如果一個文化熱潮帶動了其他相關產品的『受歡迎程度』，這通常會如何反映在消費者的購買數量或市場反應上？
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太棒了！你真的很用心，精準掌握了這題的考點喔！
- 觀念驗證：你完美展現了資訊推論 (Inference) 的能力！文章第二段輕輕點出，K-pop 讓韓國產品「very popular (非常受歡迎)」。這是不是很自然地就能聯想到，當一樣東西受到大家喜愛，大家就會想要擁有它呢？所以，(C) 選項「人們購買更多」正是從「受歡迎」這個基礎上，溫柔地推導出來的最正確答案。你抓住了這個關鍵連結！
- 難度點評：這題的難度是 Medium，但你處理得非常棒！它不僅僅是找出原文的詞句，更要求我們將「popular」這樣充滿正面能量的形容詞，轉化為「bought」這個行動動詞。這就是老師常說的語意轉換能力，代表你已經具備統測高標生所需的重要轉譯技巧了。繼續保持這樣細膩的觀察力，你會越來越棒的！