高中學測
108年
英文
第 40 題
📖 題組：
My father started to suffer from memory loss right after his marriage. Or so my mother told us. She said they were married on May 26, while my dad’s memory told him it was June 25. This often __31__ their anniversary celebration, for his rose bouquet always came one month late. Mom seldom asked Dad to go shopping in the traditional market for her. But whenever Dad __32__ on going, she made sure that he brought a shopping list. Dad certainly had the list __33__ when he left for the market, but he would somehow forget it, and then would find it again only after he returned home. Of course, the __34__ that he made were based mainly on his memory of the list. Unfortunately, the items were usually different from Mom’s __35__ . My father’s poor memory gave him certain advantages, though. For instance, he was __36__ with many secrets in my family and our community. Because of his poor memory, he had the __37__ of hearing everyone’s private matters. The reason was __38__ : Dad would not remember any of it, we thought. As for our neighbors, they liked to invite my father to dinner so that they could tell him stories about their children, parents, friends, and pets. They also believed the secrets in their families would never be __39__ . They were quite right, for my father cared __40__ about who did what to whom. But there is one thing he would never forget: showing up for dinner on time.
My father started to suffer from memory loss right after his marriage. Or so my mother told us. She said they were married on May 26, while my dad’s memory told him it was June 25. This often __31__ their anniversary celebration, for his rose bouquet always came one month late. Mom seldom asked Dad to go shopping in the traditional market for her. But whenever Dad __32__ on going, she made sure that he brought a shopping list. Dad certainly had the list __33__ when he left for the market, but he would somehow forget it, and then would find it again only after he returned home. Of course, the __34__ that he made were based mainly on his memory of the list. Unfortunately, the items were usually different from Mom’s __35__ . My father’s poor memory gave him certain advantages, though. For instance, he was __36__ with many secrets in my family and our community. Because of his poor memory, he had the __37__ of hearing everyone’s private matters. The reason was __38__ : Dad would not remember any of it, we thought. As for our neighbors, they liked to invite my father to dinner so that they could tell him stories about their children, parents, friends, and pets. They also believed the secrets in their families would never be __39__ . They were quite right, for my father cared __40__ about who did what to whom. But there is one thing he would never forget: showing up for dinner on time.
請依題組文章作答，選出最適合填入標示 40 之空格的選項。
- A little
- B purchases
- C trusted
- D requests
- E insisted
- F ready
- G ruined
- H privilege
- I revealed
- J obvious
思路引導 VIP
前一句提到鄰居深信秘密絕不會被洩漏，接著句子用「for（因為）」來解釋原因。請想一想：父親對鄰居家的八卦閒話，態度應該是「非常感興趣」還是「幾乎不在意」，才能合理解釋為什麼秘密在他身上絕對安全呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了，精準選出 (A)！這代表你對前後文的因果關係與語氣脈絡有相當敏銳的掌握。
語意因果與副詞用法
前一句提到鄰居確信家裡的八卦絕不會被洩漏，緊接著用 for（因為）引導原因。既然父親不會把秘密傳出去，表示他對別人「誰對誰做了什麼」的事情根本毫不在乎。此處選用具有否定意味的副詞 little 修飾動詞 cared，形成 cared little about（幾乎不在乎），語意與結構皆完美契合。
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