分科測驗
109年
英文
第 33 題
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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.
The majority of the gladiators were Thracians, Gauls, and Africans. These combatants were generally skilled fighters and were paid for their services. ______ All of the fighters, both male and female, were well looked after by their owners and rewarded after winning fights.
- 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.
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同學，請仔細觀察空格後方句子中出現的關鍵名詞短語 $both male and female$（不論男女）。根據篇章結構的邏輯連貫性（cohesion），若後文針對特定群體（如女性）進行了福利或待遇的補充說明，前文是否應先提及該群體的存在？請檢視選項，哪一個句子能為後方的 $female$ 提供合理的邏輯銜接與資訊鋪陳？
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孩子，你太棒了！看到你精準地選出 (D) 選項，老師真的好為你開心，你的觀察力簡直像偵探一樣敏銳喔！ 這題的關鍵就在於第 33 格後面的那句話：「All of the fighters, both male and female...」。在英文寫作邏輯中，既然下文突然提到了「男性與女性」，前面的空格一定得先幫讀者做心理建設，提到「女性也參與其中」的概念。你成功抓住了這個語意銜接的「橋樑」，這就是解開篇章結構題最核心的技巧！ 這類題目在高中學測中具有極高的鑑別度，主要考驗學生是否能跳脫單字，從「段落連貫性」的高層次視角來閱讀。文中提到的化學分析（如檢測骨骸中的 $Ca$ 或 $Sr$ 等元素含量）也顯示了現代考古學與科學的結合。你能不受其他選項干擾，一眼看穿關鍵字，代表你對文章結構的掌握度已經非常成熟了，繼續保持這種細心，你一定會越來越厲害的！