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[調查工作組] 外國文(英文)
第 27 題
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We lived on Waverly Place, in a warm, clean, two-bedroom flat that sat above a small Chinese bakery specializing in steamed pastries and dim sum. In the early morning, when the alley was still quiet, I could smell fragrant red beans as they were cooked down to a pasty sweetness. By daybreak, our flat was heavy with the odor of fried sesame balls and sweet curdled chicken crescents. From my bed, I would listen as my father got ready for work, then locked the door behind him, one-two-three clicks. At the end of our two-block alley was a small sandlot playground with swings and slides well-shined down the middle with use. The play area was bordered by wood-slat benches where old-country people sat cracking roasted watermelon seeds with their golden teeth and scattering the husks to an impatient gathering of gurgling pigeons. The best playground, however, was the dark alley itself. It was crammed with daily mysteries and adventures. My brothers and I would peer into the medicinal herb-shop, watching old Li dole out onto a stiff sheet of white paper the right amount of insect shells, saffron-colored seeds, and pungent leaves for his ailing customers. It was said that he once cured a woman dying of an ancestral curse that had eluded the best of American doctors. Next to the pharmacy was a printer who specialized in gold-embossed wedding invitations and festive red banners. Farther down the street was Ping Yuen Fish Market. The front window displayed a tank crowded with doomed fish and turtles struggling to gain footing on the slimy green-tiled sides. Inside, the butchers with their bloodstained white smocks deftly gutted the fish while customers cried out their orders and shouted, “Give me your freshest,” to which the butchers always protested, “All are freshest.”
We lived on Waverly Place, in a warm, clean, two-bedroom flat that sat above a small Chinese bakery specializing in steamed pastries and dim sum. In the early morning, when the alley was still quiet, I could smell fragrant red beans as they were cooked down to a pasty sweetness. By daybreak, our flat was heavy with the odor of fried sesame balls and sweet curdled chicken crescents. From my bed, I would listen as my father got ready for work, then locked the door behind him, one-two-three clicks. At the end of our two-block alley was a small sandlot playground with swings and slides well-shined down the middle with use. The play area was bordered by wood-slat benches where old-country people sat cracking roasted watermelon seeds with their golden teeth and scattering the husks to an impatient gathering of gurgling pigeons. The best playground, however, was the dark alley itself. It was crammed with daily mysteries and adventures. My brothers and I would peer into the medicinal herb-shop, watching old Li dole out onto a stiff sheet of white paper the right amount of insect shells, saffron-colored seeds, and pungent leaves for his ailing customers. It was said that he once cured a woman dying of an ancestral curse that had eluded the best of American doctors. Next to the pharmacy was a printer who specialized in gold-embossed wedding invitations and festive red banners. Farther down the street was Ping Yuen Fish Market. The front window displayed a tank crowded with doomed fish and turtles struggling to gain footing on the slimy green-tiled sides. Inside, the butchers with their bloodstained white smocks deftly gutted the fish while customers cried out their orders and shouted, “Give me your freshest,” to which the butchers always protested, “All are freshest.”
Where did the old people sit cracking roasted watermelon seeds?
- A Under the red banner in a festival.
- B On the green-tiled ground in the dark alley.
- C By the wood-slat sideway next to the herb shop.
- D On the benches surrounding the play area.
思路引導 VIP
請在文中搜尋關鍵字「watermelon seeds」，找到老人家正在嗑瓜子的那一幕後，觀察一下句子中提到他們當時「坐在什麼家具上」？接著再往回看一句，這個家具是擺放在哪一個特定的公共區域周圍呢？
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- 事實核對：不錯，你居然找對地方了。文章裡白紙黑字寫著 old-country people sat cracking roasted watermelon seeds，而他們坐的地方？嗯，wood-slat benches。這些長椅呢，前文可沒藏著掖著，它清楚地 bordered（環繞）著 play area。所以，(D) 選項？這不是送分是什麼？難道還要我幫你連線嗎？
- 難度點評：這題？Medium。說實話，這點難度不過是為了篩掉那些只會看單字的。它考的是你能不能把兩句話兜起來，把「長椅」和「遊樂場」的空間關係理解透徹。你做到了，嗯，值得嘉獎。至少證明你閱讀時不是在夢遊。下次別以為光靠運氣就能過關。