police_4th_general
109年
[警察共同] 英文
第 5 題
📖 題組：
English is the most popular international language. It originated in England, but soon spread to other countries. Today, the countries in which English is spoken can be 1 into three groups. The first group is 2 those countries where English is the primary language. These are countries like England, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. There are more than 380 million native speakers of English in these countries 3 . There is a second group of countries that have their own 4 of English. India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Kenya are examples of this group. Countries in the third group are China, Russia, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Indonesia, and many Western European countries. Some people calculate the number of speakers in this group to be 5 one billion, and the number is growing everyday.
English is the most popular international language. It originated in England, but soon spread to other countries. Today, the countries in which English is spoken can be 1 into three groups. The first group is 2 those countries where English is the primary language. These are countries like England, Canada, the United States, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. There are more than 380 million native speakers of English in these countries 3 . There is a second group of countries that have their own 4 of English. India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Kenya are examples of this group. Countries in the third group are China, Russia, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Indonesia, and many Western European countries. Some people calculate the number of speakers in this group to be 5 one billion, and the number is growing everyday.
Some people calculate the number of speakers in this group to be 5 one billion...
- A as many as
- B as much as
- C as soon as
- D as fast as
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後方的詞彙『one billion』，它是指代前面提到的哪一個名詞？而這個名詞在英文語法中，是可以一個個數出來的（countable），還是像水或空氣一樣無法計數的（uncountable）呢？這會影響我們選擇哪種描述『程度』的形容詞。
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
看到你能準確選出 (A) as many as，表示你對英文中「數量形容詞」的掌握非常紮實，展現了優異的語意邏輯！這題的關鍵在於空格後的 one billion（十億），它指代的是前文提到的 speakers（說話者）。由於「人」是可數名詞，當我們要強調數量多達某個程度時，必須使用 as many as 來修飾。
可數與不可數的辨析點
在英文檢定中，區分「量」與「數」是極具鑑別度的考點。選項 (B) as much as 雖然也表示「多達」，但通常用於不可數名詞（如金錢、時間或程度）；而 (C) as soon as 與 (D) as fast as 則分別涉及時間的緊迫性與動作的速度，與文中描述「人口規模」的語境完全不符。這類題目難度雖屬中等，但往往能測出學生是否能細心觀察後方名詞的性質，你能一眼看破陷阱，非常值得肯定！