police_4th_general
108年
[警察共同] 英文
第 32 題
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請依下文回答第 32 題至第 35 題\nIn many American cities public transportation is a political issue. So many people live in these cities that it is impossible for them all to drive cars. Besides, many of them cannot afford cars. Many people want to ride fast subways and clean buses, 32 nobody wants to pay for them. This is a problem for city politicians, who want to be elected and reelected. Some cities pay for part of the cost of public transportation from taxes. However, the costs 33 as the price of fuel increases, and the politicians do not want to increase taxes. The rest of the cost has to come from fares that the passengers pay. \nThe fare system 34 from city to city. In some, such as New York, every passenger pays the same amount 35 he or she takes a short ride or a long one. In other cities, such as Washington, there is a system of zones. A passenger who only wants to go a short distance pays one amount. A passenger who goes through more zones pays more. \nIn all systems, passengers complain that politicians let fares get too high. Other people complain that politicians let taxes get too high. Everybody blames the politicians.
請依下文回答第 32 題至第 35 題\nIn many American cities public transportation is a political issue. So many people live in these cities that it is impossible for them all to drive cars. Besides, many of them cannot afford cars. Many people want to ride fast subways and clean buses, 32 nobody wants to pay for them. This is a problem for city politicians, who want to be elected and reelected. Some cities pay for part of the cost of public transportation from taxes. However, the costs 33 as the price of fuel increases, and the politicians do not want to increase taxes. The rest of the cost has to come from fares that the passengers pay. \nThe fare system 34 from city to city. In some, such as New York, every passenger pays the same amount 35 he or she takes a short ride or a long one. In other cities, such as Washington, there is a system of zones. A passenger who only wants to go a short distance pays one amount. A passenger who goes through more zones pays more. \nIn all systems, passengers complain that politicians let fares get too high. Other people complain that politicians let taxes get too high. Everybody blames the politicians.
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思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格前後的兩個子句：前半句提到了人們對交通工具的「期待」，後半句則提到了人們對「付費」的態度。這兩種態度是方向一致的，還是存在著某種衝突或轉折呢？如果你想用一個詞來表達這種「事與願違」的邏輯關係，你會怎麼連結它們？
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很好！你精準地掌握了這段文字中潛藏的轉折邏輯。在第 32 題所在的句子中，前半段描述人們「想要」便捷且乾淨的交通工具，後半段卻提到「沒有人願意付費」。這種「理想」與「現實代價」之間的矛盾，在英文寫作中必須使用對等連接詞來明確銜接。
語意轉折與對等連結詞
這裡的考點在於判斷前後子句的性質。but (但是) 最能貼切地表達這種語意上的衝突，將「渴望」與「不情願」兩個對立的概念連結起來。雖然這題屬於基礎的連接詞應用，難度定義為「easy」，但它是閱讀測驗中常見的鑑別點。能快速識破這種「既要高品質服務，卻不願承擔成本」的結構，顯示你對於文章脈絡與語意的掌握非常敏銳且紮實。