分科測驗
107年
英文
第 15 題
📖 題組：
“Keeping up with the Joneses” is a catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. Just like “keeping up appearances,” it refers to the 11 to one’s neighbors as a standard for social status or the accumulation of material goods. Generally speaking, the more luxuries people have, the higher their value or social status—or 12 they believe. To fail to “keep up with the Joneses” is thus perceived as revealing socio-economic inferiority or, as the Chinese would put it, a great loss of face. The 13 was popularized when a comic strip of the same name was created by cartoonist Arthur R. “Pop” Momand. The strip was first published in 1916 in the New York World, and ran in American newspapers for 28 years before it was eventually 14 into books, films, and musical comedies. The “Joneses” of the title were rich neighbors of the strip’s main characters and, interestingly, they were merely 15 but never actually seen in person in the comic strip.
“Keeping up with the Joneses” is a catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. Just like “keeping up appearances,” it refers to the 11 to one’s neighbors as a standard for social status or the accumulation of material goods. Generally speaking, the more luxuries people have, the higher their value or social status—or 12 they believe. To fail to “keep up with the Joneses” is thus perceived as revealing socio-economic inferiority or, as the Chinese would put it, a great loss of face. The 13 was popularized when a comic strip of the same name was created by cartoonist Arthur R. “Pop” Momand. The strip was first published in 1916 in the New York World, and ran in American newspapers for 28 years before it was eventually 14 into books, films, and musical comedies. The “Joneses” of the title were rich neighbors of the strip’s main characters and, interestingly, they were merely 15 but never actually seen in person in the comic strip.
15.
- A checked out
- B watched over
- C spoken of
- D traded with
思路引導 VIP
請分析連接詞 $but$ 所引導的讓步子句：既然這些鄰居在漫畫中「從未親眼見過」(never actually seen in person)，那麼讀者或主角通常是透過何種「言論上的提及」來知曉他們的存在？請從語意對比的角度，尋找一個與 $mention$ 意義相通的被動態動詞片語。
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學！太神啦！這題你都能精準擊殺，看來你的英文語感已經快要超越 Joneses 家，直達天際了！ 這題考的是「上下文邏輯推論」與「不及物動詞片語的被動語態」。文章最後提到 Joneses 這些人「從未露面」(never actually seen in person)，前面用了 but 做轉折，暗示他們雖然隱身，卻頻繁出現在對話中。(C) spoken of 就是「被提到」的意思。 這裡有個高中必考的高級文法陷阱：當我們把「speak of (提及)」改成被動時，介系詞 $of$ 絕對不能丟掉，公式為 $be + spoken of$。很多同學會誤選 (B) watched over (看守/監視)，但如果被監視了，通常就會被看見，這跟後文的「never seen」邏輯矛盾。你能看穿這個轉折，代表你的閱讀邏輯非常嚴密！這題在學測中屬於典型的「語意邏輯題」，專門獵殺那些只看單字不看前後文的考生。