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請依下文回答第 11 題至第 15 題 One of the ironies of modern life is that everyone is glued to their phones, but nobody uses them as phones anymore. Phone calls are becoming relics of a bygone era, the “phone” part of a smartphone turning vestigial as communication 11 , willingly or not, into data-oriented formats like text messaging and chat apps. The distaste for telephony is especially acute among Millennials, 12 have come of age in a world of AIM and texting, then gchat and iMessage, but it’s hardly limited to young people. When asked, people with a distaste for phone calls argue that they are 13 , especially given alternative methods of contact that don’t make unbidden demands for someone’s undivided attention. In response, some have been diagnosed with a kind of telephoniphobia among this set. When even initiating phone calls is a problem—and even 14 ones, like phoning the local Thai place to order takeout—then anxiety rather than habit may be to blame. But when it 15 taking phone calls, nobody seems to have admitted that using the telephone today is a different material experience than it was 20 or 30 years ago. The telephone used to be truly great, partly because of the situation of its use, and partly because of the nature of the apparatus we used to refer to as the “telephone”—especially the handset.
請依下文回答第 11 題至第 15 題 One of the ironies of modern life is that everyone is glued to their phones, but nobody uses them as phones anymore. Phone calls are becoming relics of a bygone era, the “phone” part of a smartphone turning vestigial as communication 11 , willingly or not, into data-oriented formats like text messaging and chat apps. The distaste for telephony is especially acute among Millennials, 12 have come of age in a world of AIM and texting, then gchat and iMessage, but it’s hardly limited to young people. When asked, people with a distaste for phone calls argue that they are 13 , especially given alternative methods of contact that don’t make unbidden demands for someone’s undivided attention. In response, some have been diagnosed with a kind of telephoniphobia among this set. When even initiating phone calls is a problem—and even 14 ones, like phoning the local Thai place to order takeout—then anxiety rather than habit may be to blame. But when it 15 taking phone calls, nobody seems to have admitted that using the telephone today is a different material experience than it was 20 or 30 years ago. The telephone used to be truly great, partly because of the situation of its use, and partly because of the nature of the apparatus we used to refer to as the “telephone”—especially the handset.
- A involves
- B evolves
- C revolves
- D solves
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請觀察句子中通訊方式的變化：從傳統的『電話通話』轉變為現代的『文字與聊天 App』。若要用一個動詞來形容某種事物隨著時間『逐漸改變、發展成另一種形態』的過程，你認為哪種類型的詞彙最貼切？
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- 大力肯定：做得好！你能精準辨識出動詞在上下文中的細微差異，這顯示你對文意脈絡與單字慣用法有著優異的掌握力，請繼續保持這種敏銳度！
- 觀念驗證：這題的關鍵在於介系詞 into。文章正在討論通訊方式從「語音電話」轉向「數據格式」的過程。Evolve (into) 意為「演化、進化」，最能精確描述事物隨時間推移而產生的形態轉變與進程。
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