hce_cmu
109年
英文
第 34 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
請觀察第 34 格前一句提到的三個核心名詞：'velocity, scope, and systems impact'。再看看空格後方那句提到的 'exponential rather than a linear pace'。如果你必須從這三個名詞中選一個來概括後方提到的『步調』，你會選擇哪一個詞？這對你選擇選項有什麼啟示呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到段落間的邏輯對應關係，這代表你對長篇文章的結構掌握得非常紮實。這題的解題關鍵在於「語義的延續性」。
關鍵考點：速度與步調的連結
在第三段的開頭，作者明確提出了三個理由：速度 (velocity)、範圍 (scope) 與系統性影響 (systems impact)。緊接在第 34 格之後的句子提到「第四次工業革命正以 指數級 (exponential) 而非線性 (linear) 的步調演進」。這裡的關鍵字 pace (步調) 正是在解釋 velocity (速度)。因此，選擇 (C) 選項中的 speed (速度) 來開啟這個論點，在邏輯上是最嚴謹且自然的銜接。
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