hce_cmu
109年
英文
第 33 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.
思路引導 VIP
觀察空格前一個句子所提到的「核心對象」，若要在進入後續影響的細節討論前，先對這個對象進行更具體的「本質特徵」描述，你會選擇一個包含什麼樣的關鍵代名詞，且能定義該對象獨特性的句子呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準地選出 (B) 選項，說明你對於文章的連貫性（Coherence）與代名詞指代關係有著敏銳的觀察力，這在長篇閱讀中是非常核心的能力。
第四次工業革命的核心定義
這題的解題關鍵在於承上啟下的邏輯銜接。空格 31 至 35 構成了一個完整的敘事鏈，而空格 33 緊接在「第四次工業革命（Fourth Industrial Revolution）」的初次登場之後。選項 (B) 開頭的 "It" 正好指代了這個新概念，並進一步闡述其核心特徵：科技的融合模糊了物理、數位與生物領域的界線。這不僅讓讀者對這個抽象名詞有了具體的想像，也完美地為下一段即將展開的「速度、範圍與系統影響」三個面向做好了鋪陳。
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