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109年
英文
第 31 題
📖 題組：
Part 2. (A) The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. (B) It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres. (C) The speed of current breakthroughs has no historical precedent. (D) In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. (E) Moreover, it is disrupting almost every industry in every country. We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. 31 We do not yet know just how it will unfold, but one thing is clear: the response to it must be integrated and comprehensive, involving all stakeholders of the global polity, from the public and private sectors to academia and civil society. 32 The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is building on the Third, the digital revolution that has been occurring since the middle of the last century. 33 There are three reasons why today’s transformations represent not merely a prolongation of the Third Industrial Revolution but rather the arrival of a Fourth and distinct one: velocity, scope, and systems impact. The three reasons are briefly addressed below. 34 When compared with previous industrial revolutions, the Fourth is evolving at an exponential rather than a linear pace. 35 And the breadth and depth of these changes herald the transformation of entire systems of production, management, and governance.
Part 2. (A) The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. (B) It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres. (C) The speed of current breakthroughs has no historical precedent. (D) In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. (E) Moreover, it is disrupting almost every industry in every country. We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. 31 We do not yet know just how it will unfold, but one thing is clear: the response to it must be integrated and comprehensive, involving all stakeholders of the global polity, from the public and private sectors to academia and civil society. 32 The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is building on the Third, the digital revolution that has been occurring since the middle of the last century. 33 There are three reasons why today’s transformations represent not merely a prolongation of the Third Industrial Revolution but rather the arrival of a Fourth and distinct one: velocity, scope, and systems impact. The three reasons are briefly addressed below. 34 When compared with previous industrial revolutions, the Fourth is evolving at an exponential rather than a linear pace. 35 And the breadth and depth of these changes herald the transformation of entire systems of production, management, and governance.
- A The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production.
- B It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.
- C The speed of current breakthroughs has no historical precedent.
- D In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before.
- E Moreover, it is disrupting almost every industry in every country.
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請觀察空格後面的那句話：「我們還不知道它將如何展開，但有一點很明確：對它的回應必須是整合且全面的。」如果我們對某件事的應對需要如此高度的謹慎與全面參與，那麼在空格處，我們應該如何描述這件事的「影響力」或「嚴重程度」，才能讓後面的這個結論顯得合情合理呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到第一段的宏觀語境並選出選項 (D)，顯見你對文章結構與語氣的掌握非常細膩，這反映出你具備優異的閱讀直覺。
語境連結與核心主旨
這題的關鍵在於首段的起承轉合。文章開頭提到這場技術革命將「從根本上改變」人類生活，而選項 (D) 提到的「規模、範疇與複雜度」以及「人類前所未見（unlike anything humankind has experienced before）」的特質，正好呼應並強化了前句的震撼感，同時也為後文提到「我們尚不清楚它將如何發展（We do not yet know...）」做了完美的邏輯鋪墊。這種從整體概念出發的宏觀敘述，正是文章導言段落最典型的結構。
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