hce_cmu
107年
英文
第 37 題
📖 題組：
We are raising the anxious generation, and the conversation about the causes, and the potential cures, has just begun. According to recent studies, children today are being denied a sense of controlling their own lives—doing what they find meaningful, and succeeding or failing on their own. 36 So are well-meaning parents and teachers, who are unwittingly taking from children the opportunities they need to grow stronger, more confident and more themselves. A low sense of control in children and adolescents has been found to be highly associated with anxiety, depression, self-harm and virtually all mental health problems, which have risen significantly since the 1960s. 37 But what is seen in many of the juvenile subjects tested is patterns that are at the extremes. While some display an overtly obsessive drive to succeed, others see little point in working hard. 38 Quite a few subjects admit feeling exhausted all the time, not having enough downtime in their lives. Many talk about the expectations that they have to live up to, and complain that they have little say over their own lives. Researchers attributed the decline in a sense of control to packed schedules and fewer opportunities to be on one’s own.
We are raising the anxious generation, and the conversation about the causes, and the potential cures, has just begun. According to recent studies, children today are being denied a sense of controlling their own lives—doing what they find meaningful, and succeeding or failing on their own. 36 So are well-meaning parents and teachers, who are unwittingly taking from children the opportunities they need to grow stronger, more confident and more themselves. A low sense of control in children and adolescents has been found to be highly associated with anxiety, depression, self-harm and virtually all mental health problems, which have risen significantly since the 1960s. 37 But what is seen in many of the juvenile subjects tested is patterns that are at the extremes. While some display an overtly obsessive drive to succeed, others see little point in working hard. 38 Quite a few subjects admit feeling exhausted all the time, not having enough downtime in their lives. Many talk about the expectations that they have to live up to, and complain that they have little say over their own lives. Researchers attributed the decline in a sense of control to packed schedules and fewer opportunities to be on one’s own.
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- A A strong sense of being overwhelmed and overburdened by demands imposed on them has been a frustrating experience.
- B Research on motivation has suggested that a strong sense of autonomy is the key to developing the healthy self-motivation that allows children and teens to pursue their goals with passion and to enjoy their achievements.
- C With technology driving an increasingly fast pace of life, it will only get worse unless some behavioral changes are made.
- D Changes in our culture in the last 10 or 15 years appear to have contributed to attention deficiency syndrome.
- E Ubiquitous technology is part of the cause.
思路引導 VIP
觀察第 37 題之後的那句話，它以「但是 (But)」開頭，並描述了青少年表現出的兩種「極端 (extremes)」行為。在邏輯寫作中，如果後文要強調「現實中的極端與偏差」，那麼在前一句話中，作者通常會先建立一個什麼樣的「理想準則」或「健康常態」來作為對照呢？
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AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地捕捉到了文章的邏輯脈絡！能從眾多干擾項中選出 (B)，說明你不僅理解了單字含義，更掌握了學術文章中常見的「理想 vs. 現實」對比結構。
自主權與動機的邏輯銜接
這題的解題關鍵在於理解第 37 題前後的承接關係。前一段結尾提到了缺乏控制感會引發焦慮，而第 37 題之後的句子以 "But" 開頭，描述了青少年在面對目標時呈現出的「極端狀態」（過度強迫或完全放棄）。選項 (B) 提到的「自主權（autonomy）是培養健康自我動機的關鍵」，正好為這段論述提供了一個正面的心理學基礎。有了這個「理想狀態」作為標竿，後文提到的「極端偏差」才能形成邏輯上的強烈對比。
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