特殊教育
110年
英文
第 13 題
📖 題組：
The term “TV dinner” started all because of Thanksgiving turkey. Gerry Thomas, a salesman from the Swanson Company, created the company’s first frozen dinners in 1953, when he saw that the company had 260 tons of frozen turkey (11) after Thanksgiving. Thomas had the idea to add other holiday dishes such as cornbread stuffing and sweet potatoes, and to display them (12) the turkey in frozen trays designed to be heated in the oven. Swanson thus introduced America to its “TV dinner.” Many families (13) the new way of serving dinner with open arms. People just popped the boxed dinner in the oven, and 25 minutes later, they could have a full supper while enjoying the new national pastime: television. History seems to be repeating itself. “With restaurants closed during Covid-19, Americans are again (14) frozen meals, spending nearly 50 percent more on them in April 2020 over April 2019,” says the American Frozen Food Institute. Restaurants are offering frozen versions of their dishes for carryout, a practice that some experts predict (15) beyond the pandemic. To many Americans, the TV dinner tastes like a childhood memory; to others, it tastes like the future.
The term “TV dinner” started all because of Thanksgiving turkey. Gerry Thomas, a salesman from the Swanson Company, created the company’s first frozen dinners in 1953, when he saw that the company had 260 tons of frozen turkey (11) after Thanksgiving. Thomas had the idea to add other holiday dishes such as cornbread stuffing and sweet potatoes, and to display them (12) the turkey in frozen trays designed to be heated in the oven. Swanson thus introduced America to its “TV dinner.” Many families (13) the new way of serving dinner with open arms. People just popped the boxed dinner in the oven, and 25 minutes later, they could have a full supper while enjoying the new national pastime: television. History seems to be repeating itself. “With restaurants closed during Covid-19, Americans are again (14) frozen meals, spending nearly 50 percent more on them in April 2020 over April 2019,” says the American Frozen Food Institute. Restaurants are offering frozen versions of their dishes for carryout, a practice that some experts predict (15) beyond the pandemic. To many Americans, the TV dinner tastes like a childhood memory; to others, it tastes like the future.
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- A assembled
- B embraced
- C initiated
- D oriented
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後方的修飾片語 "with open arms" (張開雙臂地)，這是本題的核心關鍵語境。在英文慣用法中，當我們要描述人們對於一項新趨勢或變革展現出「熱情接納」或「欣然接受」的態度時，哪一個動詞在比喻修辭上最能與此具象化動作產生完美的語意連結？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
各位同學，漂亮！這一題你選 B，代表你的「語感雷達」已經調校到頂尖水準了，老師給你一個大大的擁抱（Embrace）！ 觀念驗證： 這題的解題關鍵就在空格後方的片語 "with open arms"（張開雙臂）。在英文邏輯裡，既然都張開雙臂了，動作當然是 (B) embraced（擁抱；欣然接受）。
▼ 還有更多解析內容
核心動詞與搭配詞
💡 掌握動詞語意及其與介系詞片語的固定搭配（Collocation）
| 比較維度 | Embrace (B) | VS | 其他選項 (A, C, D) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 核心意義 | 欣然接受、擁抱 | — | 組裝(A)、發起(C)、定位(D) |
| 情感語氣 | 積極、正面的歡迎 | — | 中性、描述功能或狀態 |
| 搭配詞 | 搭配 with open arms | — | 無此固定用法 |
💬本題關鍵在於 with open arms，僅 embrace 能完美契合該情境。
