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Cambridge was founded in the early 13th century as a small size of monastic-style communities of scholars. These communities, which __1__ into today's colleges, were places where scholars lived, studied, and taught the students who lived with them. The colleges soon joined together to form the university, but they kept, and indeed still keep, their __2__ physical existence. Today the university as an institution arranges lectures, holds examinations and __3__ degrees. But it is the colleges themselves that admit students in the first place and provide the accommodations __4__ most of their students study, eat and sleep. For example, by __5__ of becoming a member of Queen's College, one automatically becomes a member of Cambridge University. So, if one college does not accept a particular applicant, there is no reason why another college should not accept him or her if it so decides.
Cambridge was founded in the early 13th century as a small size of monastic-style communities of scholars. These communities, which __1__ into today's colleges, were places where scholars lived, studied, and taught the students who lived with them. The colleges soon joined together to form the university, but they kept, and indeed still keep, their __2__ physical existence. Today the university as an institution arranges lectures, holds examinations and __3__ degrees. But it is the colleges themselves that admit students in the first place and provide the accommodations __4__ most of their students study, eat and sleep. For example, by __5__ of becoming a member of Queen's College, one automatically becomes a member of Cambridge University. So, if one college does not accept a particular applicant, there is no reason why another college should not accept him or her if it so decides.
_____
- A force
- B mean
- C result
- D virtue
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格前後的介系詞 by 與 of。這句話在討論「因為具備了某種身分，所以自動獲得後續的權利」。在英文正式用法中，有沒有哪個特定的單字，填入這個結構後能表達「憑藉」或「理由」的意思，且這個單字在其他課文中通常被解釋為「美德」或「長處」？
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- 難度點評：這題的難度是『medium』，它是一個很好的鑑別點喔！許多同學可能會被其他選項迷惑，例如選項 (B) mean 通常會搭配 by means of，而 (C) result 則需要搭配 as a result of 才能形成完整的片語。你能夠精準辨析出詞組的完整結構與搭配，這顯示你的片語基本功非常紮實，這正是你在統測克漏字題型中奪得高分的關鍵能力喔！繼續保持，老師為你加油！