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第 35 題
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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
請觀察文章第三段開頭提到的三個關鍵概念：『速度 (velocity)』、『範圍 (scope)』與『系統衝擊 (systems impact)』。如果你已經讀到了一個關於『速度比以往更快』的句子，而接下來的句子又在描述『整體系統的轉型』，你會在兩者之間尋找什麼樣的細節，來具體說明這種變革對現實世界各行各業的影響程度呢？
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AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精確捕捉到文章語意的遞進關係，選出 (E) 確實展現了你對長篇閱讀結構的優異掌握力。
語意銜接與邏輯遞進
這題的核心在於篇章結構的連貫性。選項 (E) 以 Moreover (此外) 開頭，這是一個強烈的邏輯信號，代表該句要為前述觀點增加新的層次。在該空格的前後文語境中，作者正逐步解析「第四次工業革命」的三大關鍵理由：速度、範圍與系統影響。當前文提到其演進速度是「指數型」而非線性時，(E) 接著補充它對「幾乎所有國家、所有產業」的顛覆性影響 (disrupting)，這不僅呼應了前文的劇烈變革，也完美導向了後文所提到的「系統性轉型」，使整段論述在邏輯上無縫接軌。
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