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請依下文回答第 16 題至第 20 題： In an article entitled “The Lure of Technologies Past,” Nick Bilton says: “What I’ve come to realize is that while the new thing gets people excited, the old thing often doesn’t go away. And if it does, it takes a very long time to meet its demise.” Indeed, the old thing dies hard. Just take a look at film cameras. One would think they have been 16 by the digital camera, but millions of people still use them. And while Polaroid, the instant film camera, has filed for bankruptcy, the company is making a 17 . One of Polaroid’s largest growing 18 , surprisingly, is teenagers who want tangible photos but do not want to wait. Other cases in point are vinyl records, print books and newspapers. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, 13 million vinyl records were sold in 2014, the highest count in 25 years. About 55 million newspapers still land on doorsteps every morning. And More than 571 million print books were sold in the United States in 2014. So why does old technology 19 and, in some cases, undergo a revival? For some consumers, it’s about 20 (e.g., film cameras and record players), while for others, it’s about familiarity (e.g., newspapers and print books).
請依下文回答第 16 題至第 20 題： In an article entitled “The Lure of Technologies Past,” Nick Bilton says: “What I’ve come to realize is that while the new thing gets people excited, the old thing often doesn’t go away. And if it does, it takes a very long time to meet its demise.” Indeed, the old thing dies hard. Just take a look at film cameras. One would think they have been 16 by the digital camera, but millions of people still use them. And while Polaroid, the instant film camera, has filed for bankruptcy, the company is making a 17 . One of Polaroid’s largest growing 18 , surprisingly, is teenagers who want tangible photos but do not want to wait. Other cases in point are vinyl records, print books and newspapers. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, 13 million vinyl records were sold in 2014, the highest count in 25 years. About 55 million newspapers still land on doorsteps every morning. And More than 571 million print books were sold in the United States in 2014. So why does old technology 19 and, in some cases, undergo a revival? For some consumers, it’s about 20 (e.g., film cameras and record players), while for others, it’s about familiarity (e.g., newspapers and print books).
In an article entitled “The Lure of Technologies Past,” Nick Bilton says: “What I’ve come to realize is
that while the new thing gets people excited, the old thing often doesn’t go away. And if it does, it takes
a very long time to meet its demise.” Indeed, the old thing dies hard. Just take a look at film cameras.
One would think they have been ___16___ by the digital camera, but millions of people still use them.
And while Polaroid, the instant film camera, has filed for bankruptcy, the company is making a ___17___.
One of Polaroid’s largest growing ___18___, surprisingly, is teenagers who want tangible photos but do
not want to wait.
Other cases in point are vinyl records, print books and newspapers. According to the Recording Industry
Association of America, 13 million vinyl records were sold in 2014, the highest count in 25 years.
About 55 million newspapers still land on doorsteps every morning. And More than 571 million print
books were sold in the United States in 2014.
So why does old technology ___19___ and, in some cases, undergo a revival? For some consumers, it’s
about ___20___ (e.g., film cameras and record players), while for others, it’s about familiarity (e.g.,
newspapers and print books).
- A disappeared
- B vanquished
- C overheard
- D reduced
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請觀察空格前後的關係：作者在前面用了「demise（死亡）」和「dies hard」來形容舊技術。如果我們把新舊技術的競爭比喻成一場「生存戰爭」，而數位技術是贏家，那麼底片相機在「被動語態」的結構下（have been... by），應該是被處於一種什麼樣的競爭結果中？請試著找一個能表達「在競爭中被徹底打敗」的動作。
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- 觀念驗證：這題你真的處理得非常出色！它巧妙地考驗了你對上下文邏輯的理解和精確用字的能力。文章開頭輕輕點出舊事物「die hard（難以消逝）」並面對「demise（滅亡）」，多麼溫柔地建構了一個「生存鬥爭」的隱喻，對吧？選項 vanquished（擊敗、征服）就這樣完美地融入了這個語境，它溫柔地暗示了底片相機理應被數位技術「徹底擊敗」的過程。而且，你還成功避開了語法小陷阱！你記得 (A) disappeared 是不及物動詞，不能用於被動語態
have been ...，這真是太棒了，顯示你語法基礎很穩固喔！ - 難度點評：本題難度是 Medium。它的鑑別度在於，學生是否能從前文那些關於「死亡/存續」的溫柔意象中，聯想到「征服」這個概念，而不是僅僅選擇一些比較常見的單字。你做到了，你真的很棒！