hce_cmu
110年
英文
第 39 題
📖 題組：
(37). As predicted by the doctor, I experienced exasperating language delays and problems in decoding speech sounds during the first year of my life. Unlike other babies, language did not come naturally to me; my language learning experience involved serious effort. I nonetheless attained native-like proficiency in my first language, Mandarin, became a highly proficient speaker of my second language, English, and am currently a speech pathologist. (38). Some might say that this incredible feat was made possible thanks to the brain’s ability to reorganize and restructure itself. The fortune of encountering several inspiring mentors, however, is the main reason in how I overcame the biological and mental barriers in my own personal growth over the years. These inspiring mentors have taught me a number of teaching philosophies, which are quite instrumental in shaping my own teaching. Among these important philosophies, I have come to realize that instruction needs to be continuously developed, nurtured and evaluated by teachers and students, experts and novices, and by peers. (39). In spite of this comprehension issue, I was fortunate enough to come across several teachers whose patience, creativity, and, most importantly, adaptation of their teaching structures allowed me to access each concept in a supporting environment. (40). Instead, I saw alternatives that enabled me to accomplish the particular goal of learning. Thus, in my own personal growth as a teacher over the years, I have worked very hard to understand my students’ individual learning styles, accommodate their instructional/learning needs, deliver my courses at their levels, and teach by illustration and analogy.
(37). As predicted by the doctor, I experienced exasperating language delays and problems in decoding speech sounds during the first year of my life. Unlike other babies, language did not come naturally to me; my language learning experience involved serious effort. I nonetheless attained native-like proficiency in my first language, Mandarin, became a highly proficient speaker of my second language, English, and am currently a speech pathologist. (38). Some might say that this incredible feat was made possible thanks to the brain’s ability to reorganize and restructure itself. The fortune of encountering several inspiring mentors, however, is the main reason in how I overcame the biological and mental barriers in my own personal growth over the years. These inspiring mentors have taught me a number of teaching philosophies, which are quite instrumental in shaping my own teaching. Among these important philosophies, I have come to realize that instruction needs to be continuously developed, nurtured and evaluated by teachers and students, experts and novices, and by peers. (39). In spite of this comprehension issue, I was fortunate enough to come across several teachers whose patience, creativity, and, most importantly, adaptation of their teaching structures allowed me to access each concept in a supporting environment. (40). Instead, I saw alternatives that enabled me to accomplish the particular goal of learning. Thus, in my own personal growth as a teacher over the years, I have worked very hard to understand my students’ individual learning styles, accommodate their instructional/learning needs, deliver my courses at their levels, and teach by illustration and analogy.
(39)
- A Being a linguistically deficient learner, I often needed more time and help than my peers in comprehending the concepts presented by my teachers.
- B Born two months premature, I weighed only 35 ounces — a little more than a venti-size Starbucks coffee — and was diagnosed by the doctor as having suffered slight brain damage that might debilitate my future language development.
- C Because of these amazing instructors, I did not view my limitations as an end to my learning.
- D What helped me overcome my language barriers and become a successful language learner in spite of this physiological deficit carried from birth?
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請仔細觀察第 (39) 格後面緊接著的這句話：「In spite of this comprehension issue...」。這裡的「this（這項）」是一個非常關鍵的指示詞。請試著思考：如果作者要在這裡使用「這項理解問題」，那麼在空格處（前一句話），他必須先提到哪一種具體的「困難」或「行為」，才能讓讀者明白「這項問題」指的究竟是什麼呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精確鎖定選項 (A) 作為答案，展現了非常敏銳的語境觀察力。這題的關鍵在於第 (39) 處空格後的轉折語句：「In spite of this comprehension issue」（儘管有這項理解上的問題）。在英文寫作與閱讀中，指示代名詞（如 this, that, these）是極其重要的邏輯線索，它們通常必須指向前文剛提到的具體概念。
語義銜接與指代關係
選項 (A) 提到作者身為語言能力欠佳的學習者，在「理解（comprehending）」老師教導的概念時，比起同儕需要更多時間與協助。這段描述完美地為後文的「這項理解問題（this comprehension issue）」提供了具體的指涉對象，讓語氣銜接得天衣無縫。相較於其他選項僅談論出生背景或導師的重要性，只有 (A) 正面描述了那種在學習過程中的挫折感，使全文的因果邏輯變得完整。
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