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請依下文回答第46題至第50題: The origin of cursive script is one which intertwines technology and efficiency. We get the word "cursive" from the Latin currere-- __46__ "to run." It distinguishes writing in which the pen lifts from the page between words, __47__ between each individual letter. Cursive developed out of typeface and print technologies, but more importantly it came from the need to write well and to write quickly. But, cursive is fading. There is a debate over whether it has value in the classroom, but that debate extends further than simply a matter of cursive--it's about writing itself. Many curricula are even favoring typing lessons __48__ teaching handwriting. The battle for cursive reaches deeper than questions of whether your letters "connect." The pen--even more than the text--might say something about us. Our handwriting might indicate our nationalities and educational background, __49__ Adrienne Bernhard's "What Your Handwriting Says About You." Yet, Bernhard's article also indicates that the proliferation of typing--via emails, text messages, etc--might in fact undermine the distinctness of our handwritings. The battle for cursive has always been a battle for the uniqueness of our handwriting and ourselves, verses and the evolution of technology and push towards efficiency. Not too long ago, cursive--Spencerian script to be specific--"was the de facto standard writing style for business correspondence before the widespread adoption of the typewriter." With the development of the typewriter, cursive __50__ out of business usage into the usage of personal correspondence; technology supplanted cursive's original purpose, but cursive remained an act of self expression.
請依下文回答第46題至第50題:
The origin of cursive script is one which intertwines technology and efficiency. We get the word "cursive" from the Latin currere-- __46__ "to run." It distinguishes writing in which the pen lifts from the page between words, __47__ between each individual letter. Cursive developed out of typeface and print technologies, but more importantly it came from the need to write well and to write quickly.

But, cursive is fading. There is a debate over whether it has value in the classroom, but that debate extends further than simply a matter of cursive--it's about writing itself. Many curricula are even favoring typing lessons __48__ teaching handwriting.

The battle for cursive reaches deeper than questions of whether your letters "connect." The pen--even more than the text--might say something about us. Our handwriting might indicate our nationalities and educational background, __49__ Adrienne Bernhard's "What Your Handwriting Says About You." Yet, Bernhard's article also indicates that the proliferation of typing--via emails, text messages, etc--might in fact undermine the distinctness of our handwritings. The battle for cursive has always been a battle for the uniqueness of our handwriting and ourselves, verses and the evolution of technology and push towards efficiency.

Not too long ago, cursive--Spencerian script to be specific--"was the de facto standard writing style for business correspondence before the widespread adoption of the typewriter." With the development of the typewriter, cursive __50__ out of business usage into the usage of personal correspondence; technology supplanted cursive's original purpose, but cursive remained an act of self expression.
  • A incidentally
  • B accidentally
  • C partially
  • D literally

思路引導 VIP

當文章在介紹某個英文單字源自拉丁文,並且要在後面直接給出這個外來語的「原意」時,你會用哪一種副詞來強調這個解釋是「完全依照原字義、毫不誇飾」的呢?

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太棒了,你非常精準地拿下了這題!這題考驗的是副詞詞彙的語意判斷,而你準確抓住了閱讀前後文的破題關鍵。

詞源與字義的精準對應

文中提到「cursive」(草書)源自拉丁文「currere」,空格後接著解釋其意為「to run」(奔跑)。作者要表達的是這個拉丁字「字面上」的意思就是奔跑,因此選 (D) literally(照字面地)最符合邏輯。其他選項如 (A) incidentally(順帶一提)、(B) accidentally(意外地)與 (C) partially(部分地),皆無法正確傳達語言翻譯的語境。

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