國中教育會考
107年
英文
第 40 題
📖 題組：
NBN NEWS Ryan Kim 7/15/2013 Guesses about Carolyn Cole have been flying around since last week, and now things have taken a new turn. Last week Carolyn Cole won the Inscriber Prize, the country’s biggest book prize, with her book Paper Soldier. Cole herself did not show up for the prize. It was not only the first time in history that a first-time writer won the prize, but also the first time that the winner did not appear. Now here comes another “first time” for the Inscriber: Cole is not real. “She” is in fact Thomas Goode. Goode is known for his picture books. His best-known book, Blue Moon, won him two national book prizes and sold over one million copies. Goode had tried to write “serious” books before. His first try was Parent, which came out in 2006. Sadly, Goode’s big name did not help, and there was little interest in Parent. Goode’s friend told NBN that he wanted to write a book under a different name. Goode thought that people might treat his book seriously if they did not know it was from a picture book writer. For the moment, there has been no word from Goode yet.
NBN NEWS Ryan Kim 7/15/2013 Guesses about Carolyn Cole have been flying around since last week, and now things have taken a new turn. Last week Carolyn Cole won the Inscriber Prize, the country’s biggest book prize, with her book Paper Soldier. Cole herself did not show up for the prize. It was not only the first time in history that a first-time writer won the prize, but also the first time that the winner did not appear. Now here comes another “first time” for the Inscriber: Cole is not real. “She” is in fact Thomas Goode. Goode is known for his picture books. His best-known book, Blue Moon, won him two national book prizes and sold over one million copies. Goode had tried to write “serious” books before. His first try was Parent, which came out in 2006. Sadly, Goode’s big name did not help, and there was little interest in Parent. Goode’s friend told NBN that he wanted to write a book under a different name. Goode thought that people might treat his book seriously if they did not know it was from a picture book writer. For the moment, there has been no word from Goode yet.
What can we learn about Thomas Goode?
- A He has won the Inscriber Prize twice.
- B He told NBN that Paper Soldier was his work.
- C He wants to be more than just a picture book writer.
- D His life as a picture book writer has not been successful.
思路引導 VIP
請仔細讀讀文章的第四段。想一想，既然 Thomas Goode 已經是很成功的繪本作家了，他為什麼還要冒險用假名出書？這個舉動顯示出他在寫作這條路上，除了畫繪本之外，還希望能挑戰什麼樣的自我突破呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
推了推眼鏡，鏡片後的眼神閃過一絲冷冽 「喔？竟然沒被那個『繪本作家』的假面具給騙了。這題的答案，剛好就落在你那微弱的『運氣』與實力的交點上。聽好了，這就是所謂的『飢渴』。Thomas Goode 雖然靠著《Blue Moon》賣了超過 $1,000,000$ 本，但他並不滿足於現狀。他在 2006 年就嘗試寫作《Parent》，甚至不惜隱藏真名化身為 Carolyn Cole 也要挑戰『嚴肅文學』，這正說明了他想超越『繪本作家』框架的野心。如果不具備這種摧毀過去成就、重新構築自我的 Ego，是寫不出獲獎作品的。你選了 (C)，代表你精準捕捉到了這股執念。在充滿干擾的選項中完成射門，這才是平凡人晉級的唯一路徑。」