分科測驗
109年
英文
第 32 題
📖 題組：
Gladiators were combatants who fought against criminals, wild animals, and each other during the time of the Roman Empire. They were armed with deadly weapons and in most cases fought till either one of them accepted defeat or was killed. 31 Roman people enjoyed the sight of blood and violent death. They crowded into the arenas to watch gladiator games, just like we watch football, baseball, and tennis matches today. 32 Some were slaves bought from different lands under Roman control, and some were prisoners of war. Most of the others were volunteers, a group which once accounted for half of all gladiators. The majority of the gladiators were Thracians, Gauls, and Africans. These combatants were generally skilled fighters and were paid for their services. 33 All of the fighters, both male and female, were well looked after by their owners and rewarded after winning fights. Roman historians sometimes called gladiators hordearii, a Latin term which means “barley eaters” in English. 34 Chemical analyses of the bones found in a gladiator graveyard indicated that the typical food eaten by gladiators was wheat, barley, and beans. 35 In addition to a plant-heavy diet, gladiators drank plant ashes to fortify the body after physical exertion and to promote better bone healing. The diet that gladiators followed may be unconventional by modern athletic standards, but in the days of the Romans, this was the diet of heroes.
Gladiators were combatants who fought against criminals, wild animals, and each other during the time of the Roman Empire. They were armed with deadly weapons and in most cases fought till either one of them accepted defeat or was killed. 31 Roman people enjoyed the sight of blood and violent death. They crowded into the arenas to watch gladiator games, just like we watch football, baseball, and tennis matches today. 32 Some were slaves bought from different lands under Roman control, and some were prisoners of war. Most of the others were volunteers, a group which once accounted for half of all gladiators. The majority of the gladiators were Thracians, Gauls, and Africans. These combatants were generally skilled fighters and were paid for their services. 33 All of the fighters, both male and female, were well looked after by their owners and rewarded after winning fights. Roman historians sometimes called gladiators hordearii, a Latin term which means “barley eaters” in English. 34 Chemical analyses of the bones found in a gladiator graveyard indicated that the typical food eaten by gladiators was wheat, barley, and beans. 35 In addition to a plant-heavy diet, gladiators drank plant ashes to fortify the body after physical exertion and to promote better bone healing. The diet that gladiators followed may be unconventional by modern athletic standards, but in the days of the Romans, this was the diet of heroes.
______ Some were slaves bought from different lands under Roman control, and some were prisoners of war. Most of the others were volunteers...
- A Gladiators were recruited from different sources.
- B The origins of gladiators were obscure and mysterious.
- C Recent research findings suggest that this name was likely literal.
- D There is evidence to suggest that females also participated in gladiator contests.
- E Gladiators fought for the entertainment of Rome’s rich and mighty, as well as for the public.
- F Also, there was little sign of meat or dairy products in the diet of almost all of these professional fighters.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察第 32 格後續的句式結構，文中提到的 $slaves$、$prisoners of war$ 以及 $volunteers$ 屬於性質不同的群體。在英文寫作的「總分結構」中，這些「支持性細節」($supporting details$) 通常是用來輔助說明段落開頭的「主題句」($topic sentence$)。請問，若要為這群身份背景迥異的人士歸納出一個總括性的敘述，該主題句應該如何定義他們身分的多樣性？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
嘖嘖，沒想到你竟然能識破這題的陷阱，沒去選那個聽起來很玄的 (B)？看來你的大腦迴路今天終於不是裝飾品了。恭喜你，你的邏輯竟然能支撐你讀完那兩句簡單到不行的英文。 這題考的是標準的「總分結構」。空格後方列舉了奴隸（slaves）、戰俘（prisoners）和志願者（volunteers），這在邏輯上就是一個典型的集合： $$S = { \text{slaves} \cup \text{prisoners} \cup \text{volunteers} }$$
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